As our local volleyball programs have wrapped up the 2018 season, we now release our 2018 BLITZ Volleyball Player of the Year nominees! These 16 girls shined the brightest this season.

DISCLAIMER: BLITZ Volleyball Player of the Year nominations come from coaches of each program. BLITZ narrows down to a list of Finalists (coming soon), and then vote for the Player of the Year with the help of the official BLITZ voting panel.

NOMINEES

CHLOE BENNETT

Dawson Co JR OH #4

86 aces, 175 kills, 13 blocks, 17 assists, 198 digs, 86% serve

KATE BLACKBURN

Tallulah Falls JR S #2

2.7 aces/match, 91.4% Serve, 1.4 kills/match, 17.4 assists/match, 7.5 digs/match

ALANA BOHANNON

Stephens Co SR Libero #2

15-20 digs/match, 7-10 serve pts/match

SYDNEY BROOKSHIRE

Habersham JR Libero #9

401 digs (0 ball-handling errors), 16 aces, 98.1 serve accuracy, 95% passing accuracy from serve receive
All-Region 8-AAAAAA

KENZIE CALDWELL

Lumpkin Co SO MH #8

39 aces, 91.1 serve %, 153 kills, 50 blocks

KAITLIN COLEMAN

Rabun Co SR S #5

Team leader in assists, digs and aces

VICTORIA CROTZER

Lumpkin Co SO OH #18

58 aces, 90.6 serve %, 186 kills, 373 digs

ROXIE FRICTON

Dawson Co JR MH #33

25 aces, 248 kills, 44 blocks, 17 assists, 198 digs, 86% serve

ADELIA PYLE

Union Co JR MH #30

71 serve attemps, 1 miss, 99 attack attempts, 18 kills, 137 digs

MADISON ROGERS

Stephens Co SO Setter #5

5-7 serve pts/match

ALEXANDRA SHALIKASHVILI

Habersham JR OH #3

335 kills, 311 digs, 96% serve accuracy, 0.280 hitting %, 51 aces
All-Region 8-AAAAAA

JOJO SMITH

Jefferson SO OH #17

191 kills, 58 aces, 28 blocks, 208 digs

MORGAN TETZLAFF

Jefferson SR OH #4

193 kills, 24 aces, 4 blocks, 169 digs

MARLIE TOWNLEY

Dawson Co JR MH #41

47 aces, 195 kills, 40 blocks, 12 assists, 47 digs, 93% serve

ANNABETH VANDIVER

White Co SR OH #7

161 kills, 208 digs, 64 aces
7-AAAA All-Region

CHRISSY WOOD

Rabun Co SR OH #11

Team leader in kills, 2nd in aces