11/13/23

SEVERAL LOCAL VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS EARNED MAJOR RECOGNITION FOR THEIR WORK ON THE COURT. IN THE GRAND CANYON REGION, BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN’S HANNAH PLATT WAS NAMED THE REGION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. SHE NOTCHED 314 KILLS. PRESCOTT’S EPHRAIM BERNARD WAS VOTED THE REGION COACH OF THE YEAR, TAKING PRESCOTT FROM A 2-22 RECORD LAST YEAR TO A 10-17 MARK THIS YEAR. 

ALL-REGION FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS WERE PRESCOTT’S PAYTON JOHNSON AND BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN’S HANNAH PLATT. SECOND TEAM HONORS WENT TO PRESCOTT’S BELLA ABT AND KATE WRIGHT AND BRADSHAW’S SADIE SULLIVAN AND BRI HELMERSON. HONORABLE MENTIONS WERE GIVEN TO PRESCOTT’S RUBY JENSEN AND BRYNN THEIN, AND BRADSHAW’S AVA LEE, MACKENZIE PROFFER, AND KALLI SMITH. 

FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION, CHINO VALLEY’S MAKAYA MOODY WAS NAMED THE REGION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. SHE POSTED 596 DIGS. ALSO FOR CHINO, MOODY WAS AN ALL-REGION FIRST TEAM SELECTION. KAYLEE ELLIOTT AND BROOKELYN LITTLE MADE THE SECOND TEAM. HONORABLE MENTIONS WENT TO ALI ESTALA, AIRIANA FORREST, MACY FRY, TAYEN PARKER, EVA SANCHEZ, AND CARLITA TREVINO.