February 12, 2025
Girls Volleyball

All-area girls volleyball team

Bella Alessio

Minooka

The senior rightside hitter and captain collected 218 kills, 37 aces, 64 blocks and 304 digs. Was an All-Southwest Prairie Conference selection.

Emma Baxter

Joliet West

The senior libero and captain finished with
390 digs,
31 aces, 48 assists and a 2.26 serve-receive mark to earn All-Southwest Prairie Conference honors.

Nicki Bechtold

Lincoln-Way East

The senior outside hitter had 152 kills, 150 digs and 46 aces. Was an All-Southwest Suburban Conference Blue pick and all-tournament at Lincoln-Way Central.

Jenna Curbis

Plainfield South

The senior libero and captain was also the Cougars’ MVP. She recorded 219 digs and was an All-Southwest Prairie Conference selection.

Emily Holbrook

Joliet Catholic Academy

The senior outside hitter finished with 274 kills, 337 digs, 28 aces and
16 blocks to receive All-East Suburban Catholic Conference honors.

Jill Hook

Lockport

The senior libero led her team with
51 aces, 2.08 pass average and
395 digs. An All-Southwest Suburban Conference Blue pick was all-tournament at Oak Lawn.

Brianna Knezz

Lincoln-Way West

The senior outside hitter had
267 kills, 51 aces, a 2.04 passer rating and 188 digs. She was named to the All-Southwest Suburban Conference Red team.

Sophie Krzysciak

Joliet Catholic Academy

The senior rightside hitter recorded 164 kills, 274 digs,
14 blocks and
13 aces to help her team to a third-place finish in Class 3A.

Taylor Landfair

Plainfield Central

The junior outside hitter had 505 kills, 40 blocks,
43 aces and
242 digs. Herald-News Player of the Year. She was the Most Valuable Player of the Southwest Prairie Conference and was all-tournament at Plainfield North, Wheaton Warrenville South and Plainfield Central.

Dani Lauer

Lincoln-Way Central

The senior outside hitter recorded
172 kills, 116 digs and 50 aces to earn All-Southwest Suburban Conference Red Division honors for the Knights.

Kirsten Leitshuh

Lincoln-Way West

The junior outside hitter had 220 kills, 63 aces and led her team with a
2.17 passer rate. She was an All-SWSC Red selection and also all-tournament in two invites.

Sara Magdziarz

Bolingbrook

The junior setter finished with
503 assists,
165 digs,
31 blocks and
48 aces. She was an All-SWSC Blue Division pick and all-tournament at Bradley-Bourbonnais.

Natalie Mitchem

Bolingbrook

The senior outside hitter and team MVP had 396 kills,
46 aces, 43 blocks and 257 digs. Was an All-SWSC Blue selection and all-tournament at Bradley-Bourbonnais.

Taylor Morgan

Lockport

The junior outside hitter led the team with 213 kills and also had 21.5 blocks, 131 digs and 18 aces to help the Porters to their most wins and first regional title since 2011.

Becca Oldendorf

Lockport

The junior opposite/middle hitter led the team with a .330 kill percentage and had 203 kills,
30 blocks and
28 digs to earn All-Southwest Suburban Conference Blue honors.

Nicole Ramirez

Lincoln-Way Central

The junior setter had 911 assists,
67 aces and 77 digs for All-Southwest Suburban Conference Red Division honors.

Bella Ray

Joliet Catholic Academy

The junior middle hitter collected
260 kills and
102 blocks to earn All-East Suburban Catholic Conference honors and was all-tournament at Metea Valley and Glenbard East.

Samantha Rendon

Plainfield East

The senior rightside hitter and team captain recorded 210 kills and
51 blocks for the Bengals. Was named All-Southwest Prairie Conference team.

Kaleigh Ritter

Lincoln-Way East

The sophomore libero recorded
353 digs, 24 aces and had a
2.31 serve-receive mark. Was an All-SWSC Blue pick and was all-tournament at Lincoln-Way Central.

Alayna Rooks

Romeoville

The senior outside hitter recorded
154 digs and added 24 solo blocks. The All-Southwest Prairie Conference selection earned all-tournament honors twice.

Amy Schwem

Lemont

The junior setter had 591 assists and had 144 digs, 76 aces and 17 blocks to earn All-SSC Blue Division honors and was all-tournament at Rich East.

Zoey Seput

Minooka

The junior setter had 860 assists,
38 aces, 96 blocks and 263 digs. She was an All-Southwest Prairie Conference selection and was all-tournament at Plainfield North.

Katie Shook

Plainfield Central

The senior libero had 453 digs, 46 assists and 30 aces to earn All-Southwest Prairie Conference honors.

Mekenzie Smith

Plainfield North

The junior libero had 423 digs, a
2.10 passer rating, 31 assists and 20 aces to earn All-Southwest Conference honors and was all-tournament at Wheaton South.

Shannon Smith

Providence Catholic

The senior setter earned a spot on the All-Girls Catholic Athletic Conference team and helped her team to win a Class 3A regional title.

Natalie Stefanski

Joliet West

The junior outside hitter had 354 kills, 229 digs, 46 aces and 29 blocks. Was an all-SPC pick and was all-tournament at Joliet Central, Glenbard West and Lincoln-Way Central.

Regan Trueblood

Plainfield Central

The senior setter recorded 502 assists, 189 kills, 264 digs, 52 aces and 39 blocks to become an All-Southwest Prairie Conference selection.

Ella Wroebel

Plainfield North

The freshman outside hitter had 290 kills, 25 blocks, 243 digs and 34 aces to earn All-SPC recognition and a spot on the Plainfield North all-tournament team.