Four-time first teamers Reilly, Nilsson top All-State volleyball squads
Sioux Falls O'Gorman senior outside hitter-setter Bergen Reilly and Warner junior setter Ava Nilsson spearhead the South Dakota Volleyball Coaches Association's 2022 All-State teams.
Reilly made the Class AA first team for the fourth consecutive year and Nilsson accomplished a similar feat in Class B.
Here are the complete teams:
CLASS AA
First TeamBergen Reilly, Sioux Falls O’Gorman 6-1 Sr. RH-Setter (381 kills, 58 aces, 290 digs)
Joslyn Richardson, Sioux Falls Washington 5-11 Sr. OH (427 kills, 53 aces, 424 digs)
Morissen Samuels, Harrisburg 6-1, Sr. RH (297 kills, 47 blocks, 210 digs)
Brogan Beck, Sioux Falls O’Gorman 6-4, Sr. MH (265 kills, 64 blocks)
Jazmen Kutey, Sioux Falls Lincoln 6-1, Jr. MH (253 kills, 149 blocks)
Zoie Husman, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 5-10, Jr. OH (313 kills, 401 digs)
Maddie Paulsen, Sioux Falls Jefferson 6-0 Sr. MH (211 kills, 53 blocks)
Second Team
Bryn Huber, Huron 5-4, Sr. Libero (726 digs, 36 aces)
Macie Malchow, Sioux Falls Washington 5-10 Jr. Setter (84 kills, 44 aces, 289 digs, 1,019 assists)
Lily Sanchez, Pierre 5-9 Sr. Setter (145 kills, 42 aces, 416 assists)
Maggie Meister, Harrisburg 5-7 So. Setter (507 digs)
Ayvrie Kaiser, Pierre 6-0 Sr. OH (46 aces, 270 kills, 263 digs)
Carsyn Mettler, Rapid City Stevens 6-0 Sr. Setter-RS (213 kills, 39 aces, 56 blocks, 342 digs, 819 assists)
Macey Wathen, Rapid City Stevens 5-10 Sr. MH (341 kills, 44 aces, 387 digs)
CLASS A
First Team
Mataya Ward, Belle Fourche 5-10 Jr. OH (537 kills, 441 digs, 89 aces)
Logan Miller, Dakota Valley 5-8 Sr. Setter (75 kills, 44 aces, 192 digs, 863 assists)
Tevan Erickson, Elkton-Lake Benton 5-9 Jr. Setter (56 kills, 62 aces, 318 digs, 63 blocks, 941 assists)
Tyra Gates, Miller 5-5 Sr. Setter (75 kills, 41 aces, 299 digs, 1,040 assists)
Ellie Lems, Sioux Falls Christian 6-0 Sr. MH (378 kills, 72 blocks, 186 digs)
Emma Yost, Wagner 5-11, Sr. OH (330 kills, 39 aces, 502 digs)
Second Team
Alyssa Chytka, Elk Point Jefferson Sr. Libero (48 aces, 485 digs)
Logan Bly, Garretson 6-1 Sr. MH (299 kills, 36 aces, 48 blocks, 289 digs)
Ally Abraham, Hamlin 5-10 Sr. MH (459 kills, 42 aces, 54 blocks, 83 digs)
Audrey Nelson, Madison 6-1, Jr. MH (467 kills, 96 blocks, 258 digs)
Karly VanDerWerff, Platte-Geddes 5-10 Jr. MH (428 kills, 52 aces, 56 blocks, 355 digs)
Olivia Kiefer, Rapid City Christian 5-10, Sr. OH (492 kills, 41 aces, 297 digs)
Peyton Poppema, Sioux Falls Christian 5-10 Sr. OH (299 kills, 291 digs)
Honorable Mention: Emma Van Regenmorter, Baltic 5-11 Sr. MH-OH (181 kills, 49 blocks); Carlee Laubach, Canton 5-6 Sr. OH (258 kills, 41 aces, 10 blocks, 385 digs); Sophie Tuttle, Dakota Valley 5-9 Jr. OH-Libero (293 kills, 44 aces, 244 digs); Rachael Krog, Elkton-Lake Benton 5-10 Sr. OH (330 kills, 430 digs); Dani Deffenbaugh, Kimball-White Lake 5-9 Sr. OH (477 kills, 64 aces, 416 digs); and Addisen Barber, Sioux Falls Christian 5-9 So. Setter (1,149 assists, 220 digs).
CLASS B
First Team
Ava Nilsson, Warner 6-0 Jr. Setter (63 aces, 94 kills, 61 blocks, 250 digs, 1,167 assists)
Adisyn Indahl, Burke 5-6 Sr. OH (520 kills, 56 aces, 514 digs)
Ella Haven, Northwestern 5-9 Sr. OH (670 kills, 59 aces, 316 digs, 68 blocks)
Mya Boomsma, Wolsey-Wessington 5-9 Sr. OH (55 aces, 417 kills, 414 digs)
Lily VanHal, Chester Area, 5-7 Fr. Setter-RH (391 kills, 82 aces, 289 digs, 588 assists)
Daniela Lee, Colman-Egan, 5-5 Jr. OH (268 kills, 150 blocks)
Second Team
Mackenzie Everson, Castlewood 5-7 Sr. OH (340 kills, 35 aces, 459 digs)
Addison Melius, Faulkton Area, 5-10 Jr. OH (50 aces, 331 kills, 274 digs)
Lauren Marcuson, Warner 5-7 Jr. OH (337 kills, 38 aces, 293 digs)
Peyton Ostenson, Edgemont 5-8 Sr. OH (485 kills, 66 aces, 227 digs)
Peyton Rankin, Jones County 5-6 Sr. Setter (64 kills, 62 aces, 126 digs, 680 assists)
TyAnn Mortenson, Faith 5-10 So. MH (417 kills, 101 blocks, 29 aces, 123 digs)
Avery Orth, Wessington Springs 6-2 Jr. MH (435 kills, 31 aces, 122 blocks, 449 digs)
Honorable Mention: Katelyn Schroeder, Hitchcock-Tulare 5-11 So. MH (119 kills, 105 digs); Julia Trygstad, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 5-11 Jr. MH (436 kills, 68 blocks, 249 digs); Coral Mason, Viborg-Hurley 5-10 Sr. OH (438 kills, 434 digs); Hannah Stremick, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 5-8 Sr. Setter (90 aces, 204 digs, 672 assists (1,769 career)); Kailee Frank, Burke 5-8, so., OH (379 kills, 75 aces, 385 digs); and Alyn Spry, Philip 5-4 Jr. Libero (64 aces, 556 digs).
REPEAT SELECTIONS
• 2021 — Class AA (Reilly and Richardson, first team; and Breck and Kaiser, second team); Class A (Miller, Nelson and Kieffer, first team; Erickson and Yost, second team; Ward and Bly honorable mention. VanDerWerff was first team and Deffenbaugh honorable mention in Class B); Class B (Nilsson, Haven and Boomsma, first team; Indahl, second team; and Schroeder, honorable mention).
• 2020 — Class AA (Reilly, first team; and Richardson, second team); Class A (Kieffer, honorable mention); Class B (Nilsson, first team).
• 2019 — Class AA (Reilly, first team); Class B (Nilsson, first team).
This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Meet the South Dakota All-State volleyball squads
