With the volleyball season in the books for 2023, we reached out to head coaches for all the local teams for Player of the Year Nominees. Coaches were permitted to send up to their top 5 players for consideration. The nominee pool includes 30 players. Next up, we will whittle the list down to a finalist group, and the public will be able to vote for a last finalist to join the final list.

Maggie Allen – Dawson County SR OH #2

STATS: 253 Kills, 253 Digs, 62 Aces, 16 Assists, 9 Blocks

Bacey Ausburn – Banks County SR S #17

STATS: 388 Assists, 197 Digs, 62 Kills, 47 Aces, 14 Blocks, 97% Serve

Shae Britt – Banks County JR S #9

STATS: 310 Assists, 172 Digs, 105 Kills, 50 Aces, 12 Blocks

Lily Brookshire – Union County JR OH/RS #8

STATS: 211 Digs, 130 Kills, 32 Aces, 3 Blocks

Katelyn Brown – Union County JR S/OH #10

STATS: 271 Digs, 166 Assists, 135 Kills, 43 Aces, 12 Blocks

Linsey Burke – White County SR S #55

STATS: 925 Assists (All-Time School Record of 3,141), 248 Digs, 93 Aces, 65 Kills, 16 Blocks

Emmie Chitwood – Banks County JR MH #25

STATS: 207 Digs, 92 Kills, 44 Aces, 20 Blocks

Anna Raye Darnell – Rabun County SR OH #10

Callyn Chosewood – Habersham Central JR MH #16

STATS: 136 Kills, 38 Digs, 21 Aces, 20 Blocks, 8 Assists, .298 Kill %, 2nd Team All-Region

Caroline Conger – Commerce SO OH/DS #13

STATS: 54 Digs, 34 Kills, 9 Aces (stats from only 18 matches)

STATS: 207 Digs, 102 Kills, 39 Aces, 5 Blocks, 86 % Serve, 1.21 Receive Rtg

Amayah Dooley – Habersham Central SR L #7

STATS: 285 Digs (850 career – all-time leader), 23 Kills, 19 Aces, 1st Team All-Region

Laci Fitzgerald – Habersham Central JR S #8

STATS: 449 Assists, 151 Digs, 34 Kills, 26 Aces, 17 Blocks, 1st Team All-Region

Katarina Foskey – Tallulah Falls SR OH # 12

STATS: 357 Kills, 41 Blocks, 25 Digs, 13 Assists, 1st Team All-Region

Maribeth Hill – Commerce FR F #14

STATS: 172 Assists, 46 Digs, 21 Aces, 11 Kills, 93% Serve (stats from only 18 matches)

Addison Hoard – Banks County SR OH #5

STATS: 335 Digs, 221 Kills, 42 Aces, 5 Blocks, 90% Serve

Claire Hollars – Commerce SO OH #4

STATS: 85 Digs, 77 Kills, 4 Aces (stats from 18 matches)

Kaytlin Johnson – Jefferson JR OH #30

STATS: 357 Kills, 181 Digs, 53 Aces, 17 Assists, 7 Blocks

Helena Kelley – Jefferson SR S/RS #28

STATS: 498 Assists, 202 Kills, 185 Digs, 106 Aces, 15.5 Blocks

Madilyn Kowalsky – Rabun County SR OH #1

STATS: 329 Digs, 172 Kills, 38 Aces, 6 Blocks, 86% Serve, 1.43 Receive Rtg

Andrea Limehouse – Lumpkin County SR L #1

STATS: 313 Digs, 20 Assists, 13 Kills

A’Niya Mayweather – Stephens County SR MB #11

STATS: N/A

Addy McCoy – Tallulah Falls SR OH #24

STATS: 312 Kills, 180 Digs, 146 Aces (Single-Season & All-Time Record; National Leader), 90.8% Serve, 28 Assists, 22.5 Blocks, Region POY

Gertie Nazaroff – Jefferson SR L #33

STATS: 358 Digs, 89 Assists, 77 Aces, 2 Kills

Zoey Owensby – Commerce SR RS #5

STATS: 45 Digs, 20 Kills, 8 Aces (stats from only 18 matches)

Morgan Powell – Lumpkin County JR OH #4

STATS: 362 Kills, 205 Digs, 40 Aces, 16 Blocks, 10 Assists

Lola Pruitt – Banks County SR OH #2

STATS: 260 Digs, 225 Kills, 41 Aces, 9 Blocks, 95% Serve

Lakyn Redmon – Commerce SO L #10

STATS: 123 Digs, 20 Aces, 8 Assists, 6 Kills, 91% Serve (stats from only 18 matches)

Mary Richardson – Lumpkin County SR MH #20

STATS: 152 Kills, 112 Digs, 59 Aces, 49 Blocks, 13 Assists

Charlei Robinson – Union County JR RS/DS #13

STATS: 239 Digs, 59 Kills, 31 Aces, 8 Blocks

Meghan Roche – Dawson County SR OH #24

STATS: 278 Kills, 265 Digs, 51 Aces, 15 Assists, 7 Blocks