BLITZ Volleyball Player of the Year Nominees


It was a fantastic volleyball season, and of course just playing a complete schedule was a blessing in light of today’s issues. That said, here were the standout players, as nominated by coaches from the respective programs.
The Nominees will be narrowed down into a finalist pool that will be voted on internally to determine the BLITZ Player of the Year.
NOTE: Stephens County did not nominate a player
NOMINEES
Makenzie Caldwell (Lumpkin SR MH #8)

Stats: 161 kills, 118 digs, 56 assists, 42 blocks, 27 aces
Dasha Cannon (White SR OH #24)

Stats: 230 digs, 185 kills, 41 aces, 11 blocks
Maddie Chosewood (Habersham SR MH #16)

Stats: 191 digs, 159 kills, 38 aces, 31 assists, 24 blocks, 8-AAAAAA All-Region HM
Katy Corbett (Tallulah Falls SR OH #11)

Stats: 303 kills, 327 digs, 36 aces, 16 assists, 7 blocks, 1st Tm All-Region

Annabelle Cox (Jefferson SR OH #8)

Stats: 144 kills, 83 digs, 72 aces, 11 blocks, 6 assists
Gracie Deetz (Rabun JR MH #14)


Abbey Donaldson (Habersham SO S #15)

Stats: 591 assists (school record), 134 digs, 45 aces, 11 kills, 7 blocks, 8-AAAAAA All-Region
Sarah Jennings (Tallulah Falls SO OH #18)

Stats: 210 kills, 256 digs, 61 aces, 16 assists, 1st Tm All-Region

Madeline Koshuta (Habersham SO OH #8)

Stats: 326 kills, 192 digs, 55 aces, 16 blocks, 8-AAAAAA All-Region
Jadelyn McClure (Banks SO S #23)

Stats: 138 digs, 133 assists, 87 aces, 68 kills, 12 blocks
Haley Noe (Union SR L #10)

Stats: 417 digs, 28 aces, 26 kills, 4 assists
Addie Rucker (Lumpkin JR OH #7)

Stats: 160 kills, 121 digs, 45 aces, 14 assists, 12 blocks
JoJo Smith (Jefferson SR #17)

Stats: 244 kills, 89 digs, 20 blocks, 6 assists, 3 aces
Maddie Grace Smith (Jefferson JR S #16)

Stats: 560 assists, 167 digs, 47 aces, 28 kills, 8 blocks
Megan Suber (Commerce SR S #11)

Stats: 96% serve
Kiersta Trammell (Lumpkin JR S #9)

Stats: 461 assists, 105 digs, 45 aces, 22 kills, 9 blocks
Olivia Walls (Dawson SR S/RH #11)

Stats: 270 assists, 22 aces; 1,170 career assists (school record)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- Riley Allison (Union JR OH #11)
- Linsey Burke (White FR S #55)
- Olivia Burrage (Jefferson JR #31): 176 kills, 77 blocks, 15 digs, 7 assists
- Victoria Crotzer (Lumpkin SR OH #18): 177 digs, 91 kills, 47 aces, 5 blocks, 5 assists
- Allie Dalton (Tallulah Falls JR S #1): 526 assists, 156 digs, 42 aces, 9 kills
- Isabel Davenport (Lumpkin SR OH #2): 168 digs, 58 kills, 37 assists, 28 aces, 2 blocks
- Rusty Dye (White SO MH #25)
- Morgan Fussell (Union JR MB #20): 128 kills, 72 digs, 36 aces, 14 blocks
- Kamdyn Hendrix (Jefferson SO L #3): 240 digs, 55 assists, 44 aces, 9 kills
- Addison Hoard (Banks FR OH #5): 34th in kills, 25th in aces, 29th in digs
- Abbey Howard (Jefferson SR #30): 138 kills, 46 aces, 44 blocks, 37 digs, 6 assists
- Saylor Noe (Union SO OH #10)
- Lola Pruitt (Banks FR MH #2): 27th in kills, 26th in blocks, 30th in aces
- Hayley Selzer (Dawson SR OH #7): 59 kills, 53 digs, 8 aces; 340 career digs & 192 career kills
- Reagan Spivey (Lumpkin JR MH #15): 99 kills, 78 digs, 29 aces, 23 blocks, 6 assists
- Barrett Whitener (Tallulah Falls JR MH #12): 80 kills, 29 digs, 30 blocks, 3 assists, 7 aces


Guy’s you selected the wrong photo for Gracie Deetz #14 fir Rabun County! You put her sister Destiny’s Photo up! I will be happy to provide you with the correct photo!
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Sorry, honest mistake, we have one and updated it. Thanks!
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How does the honorable mentions get chosen?
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Hi Wayne, all nominations come from coaches, and we then break the list down between nominees and an honorable mention list to create a little separation. The nominee list includes those who will have serious consideration to be in the POY finalist pool
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Thanks for the answer. Trying to figure out why my daughter was not included considering she was the all time top scorer for the team.
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Send me her name and what school to brian@blitzsportsga.com
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