By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Seaman senior Maegan Mills has been named the United Kansas Conference volleyball offensive player of the year for the second straight season while Viking coach Tatiana Dowling was a repeat pick as the UKC coach of the year.
Seaman senior Maegan Mills (23) has been named the United Kansas Conference offensive player of the year for the second straight season. [Photo by Jesse Bruner/Special to TSN]
Seaman volleyball coach Tatiana Dowling has been named the United Kansas Conference volleyball coach of the year for the second straight season. [File photo/TSN]
Mills was joined on All-United Kansas Conference first team by senior teammate Campbell Chabot, who moved up from the second team.
Shawnee Heights senior Kaydence Torrez was a first-team selection for the second straight season while T-Bird senior Taylor Brees moved up to the first team after being a second-team pick in 2023.
Seaman seniors Ava Esser and Kinley Wilhelm were second-team All-UKC honorees along with Topeka West sophomor Sydney VanDyke.
Lansing junior Avery Sands was named the UKC defensive player of the year and also was a first-team pick, along with De Soto junior Chloe Kmiecik, Lansing sophomore Halle Laincz and Piper senior Abbie Roth.
ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL
First team
Chloe Kmiecik, jr., De Soto; Avery Sands, jr., Lansing; Halle Laincz, so., Lansing; Abbie Roth, sr., Piper; Campbell Chabot, sr., Seaman; Maegan Mills, sr., Seaman; Kaydence Torrez, sr., Shawnee Heights; Taylor Brees, sr., Shawnee Heights.
Second team
Georgia Rogers, jr., Basehor-Linwood; Regan Ruisinger, fr., De Soto; Ashley Scott, jr., De Soto; Lilianah Jackson, fr., Lansing; Myrsa Greenamyre, so., Piper; Ava Esser, sr., Seaman; Kinley Wilhelm, sr., Seaman; Sydney VanDyke, so., Topeka West.
Honorable mention
Basehor-Linwood: Addison Anderson, fr; Brianne Walker, sr. De Soto: Kylie Groves, jr.; Makenzie Farmer, sr. Lansing: Brooklyn Andrews, fr. Leavenworth: Amelia Sanderson, so.; Marlie Fanning, sr.; Piper: Anneliese Lockwood, jr.; Kaylee McClanahan, jr. Seaman: Kinsley Smith, jr.; Maggie Moulden, sr. Shawnee Heights: Avery Willey, jr.; Reianna Vega, jr. Topeka West: Aniyah Sanders, sr. Turner: Andrea Ruby, sr.; Brooklyn Dillard, sr,
Offensive player of the year -- Maegan Mills, Seaman.
Defensive player of the year -- Avery Sands, Lansing.
Coach of the year -- Tatiana Dowling, Seaman.
