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MACCRAY senior outside hitter/setter Sydney Thein was named the Camden Conference’s Most Valuable Player, the conference announced on Monday.
Thein led the Wolverines to a 21-11 record, a top-10 ranking in Class A, the Camden North championship and a spot in the Section 3A-North sub-section championship game.
Thein will continue her volleyball career in college at Division II Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall.
The Camden’s Coach of the Year is Russell-Tyler-Ruthton’s Daynica Brown. She led the Knights to a 29-4 record and the 3A-South sub-section championship before falling in five sets to eventual state champion Minneota.
The players named to the All-Camden volleyball team were:
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- Minneota: Ireland Stassen, sr.; Lyzah Sussner, jr.; Ella Johnson, jr.; Elivia Faris, so.
- Russell-Tyler-Ruthton: Ella Hesse, sr.; Abigail Carr, jr.; Gabrielle Borresen, jr.; Alexis Schreurs, sr.
- Tracy-Milroy-Balaton: Amber Hensch, sr.; Grace Dolan, sr.
- MACCRAY: Sydney Thein, sr. (MVP); Brielle Janssen, fr.
- Canby: Paige Nelson, sr.; Brooklyn Kindopp, jr.
- Renville County West: Rachel Jakel, jr.
- Lac qui Parle Valley: Lexi Wollschlager, jr.; Isabel Gerdes, jr.
- Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg: Taylor Haats, sr.
- Yellow Medicine East: Ruby Bones, sr.
- Dawson-Boyd: Ayiana Hastad, jr.
- Central Minnesota Christian: Lilly Mellema, jr.
- Lakeview: Korysa Herrick, sr.
- Ortonville: Kendall Gronholtz, sr.
Honorable mentions include: Megan Krog, sr., Minneota; Karlie Wollum, fr., Canby; Jordan Thein, sr., MACCRAY; Hailey Gernentz, jr., TMB; Janessa Erickson, jr., CMCS; Tatum Hess, jr., RTR; Avery Roxberg, so., RCW; Aria Peters, sr., YME; Kate Dahl, sr., Dawson-Boyd; Rylee Lund, sr., LQPV; Olivia Hinz, jr., Lakeview; Olivia Noble, jr., KMS; and Kadyn Gronholtz, jr., Ortonville.
Camden All-Academic
Ninety-two athletes were named to the 2022 Fall Camden Conference All-Academic teams in volleyball and cross-country, the conference announced on Monday.
For area teams, the following athletes were named to the conferenc All-Academic teams:
- MACCRAY: Sydney Thein, sr., volleyball; Lily Hultgren, sr., volleyball; Alexis Noble, sr., volleyball; Alix Bristle, sr., volleyball; Kori Bristle, jr., volleyball; Callie Macht, jr., volleyball; Averie Nurmi, jr., volleyball; Kayloni Dalle, sr., cross-country.
- Renville County West: Ellie Wulf, sr., volleyball; Laila Ridler, jr., volleyball; Hannah Savig, jr., volleyball.
- Central Minnesota Christian: Natasha Erickson, sr., cross-country; Ashlyn Brouwer, jr., cross-country; Timothy Brouwer, jr., cross-country; Cora Watson, sr., volleyball; Ava Schneiderman, sr., volleyball; Avery Duininck, jr., volleyball; Hannah Graves, jr., volleyball; Lilly Mellema, jr., volleyball; CC Roiseland, jr., volleyball; Lauren Taatjes, jr., volleyball.
- Yellow Medicine East: Narria Leenerts, jr., volleyball; Nicole Rillo, jr., volleyball; Riley Streich, jr., volleyball; Ruby Bones, sr., volleyball; Kayla Nordaune, sr., volleyball; Hannah Stark, sr., volleyball; Sanjana Pullan, sr., cross-country.
- Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg: Julia Carlson, sr., volleyball; Elsa Gjerde, sr., volleyball; Josie Gjerde, sr., volleyball; Avery Joyce, sr., volleyball; Katie Klaphake, sr., volleyball; Olivia Noble, jr., volleyball.
- Lac qui Parle Valley: Claire Borstad, jr., volleyball; Andie Dockter, jr., volleyball; Rylee Lund, sr., volleyball; Paige Meyer, sr., volleyball; Eli Hegland, jr., cross-country; Grace Vacek, jr., cross-country; Mya Conrow, sr., cross-country; Anika Fernholz, sr., cross-country; Taylor Shelstad, sr., cross-country; Kalista Bormann, sr., cross-country; Claire Lowry, sr., cross-country; Katelynn Wittnebel, sr., cross-country.
- Dawson-Boyd: Kate Dahl, sr., volleyball; Chelsie Husby, sr., volleyball; Hayley Anderson, jr., volleyball; Allison Estling, jr., volleyball; Rachel Jorgens, jr., volleyball; Taylen Jorgenson, jr., volleyball; Jordan Perkins, sr., cross-country; Justin Perkins, sr., cross-country.
