By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Five city players were named to the all-tournament teams for last weekend's Class 6A and 5A state tournaments by the Kansas Volleyball Association.
Washburn Rural senior Brooklyn DeLeye earned Class 6A all-state tournament honors for the fourth straight season after helping lead the Junior Blues to the state volleyball title. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Taylor Russell
Jada Ingram
Brooklyn Gormley
Maegan Mills
Washburn Rural's Brooklyn DeLeye, a 6-foot-2 senior, earned all-state tournament honors for the fourth straight season and is joined on the All-6A team by senior teammate Taylor Russell (6-1) and junior teammate Jada Ingram (6-0) after the Junior Blues won the state championship with a 45-1 record and 44 straight victories.
Seaman, which finished fourth in the 5A state tournament, is represented on the all-tournament team by junior Brooklyn Gormley (6-1) and sophomore Maegan Mills (6-0) after the Vikings finished a 32-11 season.
KANSAS VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION
ALL-STATE TOURNAMENT TEAMS
Class 6A
(listed in alphabetical order)
Name, school Ht. Pos. Year
Brooklyn DeLeye, Washburn Rural 6-2 OH Sr.
Ella Florez, Mill Valley 5-11 S/Opp Fr.
Victoria Gelles, Blue Valley 5-9 S Sr.
Janelle Green, Blue Valley North 5-9 S Jr.
Connelly Kilgore, Blue Valley 5-11 OH Sr.
Julia Kinney, Blue Valley 6-0 OH Sr.
Jada Ingram, Washburn Rual 6-0 MB Jr.
Ryan McAleer, Blue Valley 5-6 L Jr.
Logan Parks, Blue Valley North 6-0 OH/S So.
Taylor Russell, Washburn Rural 6-1 Opp Sr.
Sawyer Thompson, Free State 6-2 MB Sr.
Lily Wedman, Blue Valley West 5-8 S So.
Class 5A
(listed in alphabetical order)
Name, school Ht. Pos. Year
Mya Bolton, St. James 5-3 L Jr.
Betsy Goodenow, Aquinas 6-0 RS/OH Sr.
Alea Goolsby, Aquinas 5-11 OH So.
Brooklyn Gormley, Seaman 6-1 MB Jr.
Tatum Grimes, Aquinas 6-2 MB Jr.
Maliyah Johnson, Hutchinson 5-11 OH Sr.
Anna Laincz, Lansing 5-9 OH Jr.
Reese Messer, St. James 6-0 S So.
Maegan Mills, Seaman 6-0 OH So.
Gracie Morrow, Maize South 6-0 OH Jr.
Allie Paulsen, Andover Central 6-2 MB Sr.
Ava Spachek, St. James 5-10 OH Jr.
