Meet the 2022 All-Livingston County volleyball team
Ruby Earl
► School: Howell
► Class: Senior
► Position: Outside hitter
► Accomplishments: Earl is a three-year starter who moved up to the first team after receiving honorable mention last year. The all-KLAA performer had 221 kills, 183 digs, 39 aces and eight blocks.
► Coach Jayne Williams: “She’s a six-rotation player, so she was able to play all the way around the majority of the year. That’s unusual in many cases in today’s day and age, because we have such specialty positions. She made great choices with her shots, her serving. She has good vision. She’s able to see the ball well and move to the ball well and control the ball.”
Lea Gage
► School: Brighton
► Class: Junior
► Position: Setter
► Accomplishments: Gage is a repeat first-team selection who made all-KLAA and all-region. She led the Bulldogs with 513 assists and 67 aces in 469 serves. Her 214 digs and 174 kills ranked second on the team. She had a .917 serving percentage.
► Coach Scott Pitcher: “When she gets hot serving, she’s one of the more dominant servers in the state. She’s a very solid setter who moves the ball around the court nicely, plays solid defense for a setter and there’s times she’s a respectable blocker. She will get up there and make some good efforts.”
Cameron Herman
► School: Hartland
► Class: Junior
► Position: Outside hitter
► Accomplishments: Herman is back on the first team after making the second team as a sophomore. She had 251 kills, a .286 hitting percentage, 17 blocks, 125 digs and 13 aces. Herman has 596 career kills. She has a 4.07 grade point average. She made all-KLAA and all-region.
► Coach Dallas Wimbrow: “She’s an amazing teammate. She’s one of the captains. She led the team with positive energy. She’s one of our kids who has a big growth mindset.”
Chloe Kiser
► School: Howell
► Class: Senior
► Position: Setter
► Accomplishments: Kiser, an all-KLAA pick, led Livingston County with 722 assists. She also had 144 digs and 38 aces. Kiser will continue her volleyball career at Adrian College.
► Coach Jayne Williams: “A great leader on and off the court. She’s well-respected by her teammates. She distributed the ball really well, giving it to various hitters, creating opportunities for different hitters to have better success attacking.”
Abby Mainka
► School: Brighton
► Class: Junior
► Position: Outside hitter
► Accomplishments: Mainka, an all-KLAA selection, had 32 kills in a five-set loss to Novi. She led Livingston County with 290 kills, an average of 2.8 per set. She had a .361 kill percentage, a .193 hitting percentage and her 200 digs ranked third on the team.
► Coach Scott Pitcher: “Abby adapted to being a better six-rotation player. Abby’s ability to attack out of the middle back is outstanding. She is very effective in that role.”
Kaitlyn Schram
► School: Hartland
► Class: Junior
► Position: Setter
► Accomplishments: Schram, who made all-KLAA and all-region, is the only member of the first team who played junior varsity ball last season. She made a smooth transition to the varsity, leading the team with 666 assists. She had 210 digs, 43 aces, 20 blocks and 72 kills.
► Coach Dallas Wimbrow: “She’s extremely coachable. If she had one downfall, it’s she wants to please too much rather than just ‘let it rip, kid, because you’re good.’ She’s an absolutely dynamic player. These girls you want on your team all the time.”
SECOND TEAM
Alexis Altizer, Pinckney, Jr.
Emerson Baum, Howell, Jr.
Megan Jagst, Brighton, Sr.
Faith Martin, Hartland, Jr.
Emerson Seog, Hartland, Jr.
Reese Williams, Howell, Sr.
HONORABLE MENTION
Brighton: Emily Kramer (Jr.). Charyl Stockwell: Mia Trevino (Jr.). Fowlerville: Julia Johnson (Sr.), Tommi Kleinschmidt (Soph.), Ava Kuch (Sr.). Hartland: Alyssa Bachand (Sr.), Grace Cooney (Soph.), Julia Harper (Sr.), Sophie Phillips (Sr.). Howell: Delaney Gillett (Sr.), Kaylea Jones (Sr.), Mackenzie McCormick (Soph.), Jayden Teachout (Sr.). Livingston Christian: Kelsey Duffy (Fr.), Taylor Wiegand (Fr.). Pinckney: Mallory Dickey (Jr.).
Contact Bill Khan at wkhan@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @BillKhan.
This article originally appeared on Livingston Daily: Meet the 2022 All-Livingston County volleyball team
