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The 2025 High School Volleyball Player of the Year Award process:
 

To vote, you will need to provide your EMAIL ADDRESS. Select the candidate that you believe is having the best year in High School Volleyball and cast your vote!! If you want to vote more than once, please refresh your browser. Enter in your EMAIL ADDRESS again to cast another vote! Voting is limited to 100 votes every 7 days. THE ONLINE VOTE WINNER IS AUTOMATICALLY IN THE FINAL 4 AND ACCOUNTS FOR 20% OF THE CRITERIA THAT WILL HELP DETERMINE THE 4 SEMI-FINALISTS!

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The criteria that will be used to select the Player of the Year Award:

30% – Performance Throughout Season
20% – Level of Competition
20% – Online Vote
15% – Big Game Performance
10% – Team Success
5% – Highly Recruited Prospect

Throughout the season, we will be updating player statistics and adding new candidates into the contest as their actual play and performance merits, with a goal of keeping the ten best players on the board. In early-December we will close online voting and select our final four candidates. The final award selection and presentation will take place after the Volleyball Finals with all of our friends at MIElite!
 

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Thanks again to a great partner of State Champs! Network – MIElite
We are thrilled to announce the final four nominees for the prestigious STATE CHAMPS! Volleyball Player of the Year Award, delivered by Michigan Elite Volleyball! 🌟
We’ll reveal the winner shortly after the conclusion of the 2024 Volleyball State Finals. 
Stay tuned to see who will take home this incredible honor!  
 
 
Thanks again to a great partner of State Champs! Network – MIElite

We are thrilled to announce the winner of the prestigious STATE CHAMPS! Volleyball Player of the Year Award, delivered by Michigan Elite Volleyball! Congratulations to Ella Craggs, who has earned this incredible honor with her outstanding performance during the 2024 volleyball season. Thank you to all the nominees for an amazing season!

Thanks again to a great partner of State Champs! Network – MIElite
Campbell Flynn
(Mercy, Class of 2025 - Setter)
Committed to Nebraska.
Ella Craggs
(Northville, Class of 2025 - Setter)
Committed to Illinois State.
Jessica Costlow
(Monroe Saint Mary Catholic Central, Class of 2025 - Outside Hitter)
Committed to Toledo.
Cassidy Pratley
(Battle Creek Harper Creek, Class of 2025 - Middle Blocker)
Committed to Western Michigan.
Karis Chatfield
(Jenison, Class of 2026 - Outside Hitter)
Committed to East Tennessee State University.
Aubree Deschetsky
(North Branch, Class of 2026 - Outside Hitter)
Committed to Indiana Wesleyan University.
Gabby DiVita
(Grosse Pointe South, Class of 2026 - Outside Hitter)
Committed to Nebraska.
Mallory Johnson
(Byron Center, Class of 2027 - Libero)
Committed to Nebraska.
Kate Kalczynski
(Mercy, Class of 2027 - Outside Hitter)
Committed to Ohio State.
Emma Keeping
(Imlay City, Class of 2026 - SETTER)
Committed to Wake Forest.
Kayla Nwabueze
(Bloomfield, Class of 2026 - Middle Hitter)
Committed to Harvard.
Marlie Smith
(Clarkston, Class of 2027 - Setter)
Committed to North Carolina.
Lexi Stotenbur
(Forest Hills Northern, Class of 2026 - Setter)
Committed to Mercer.
Mallory Wandel
(Rockford, Class of 2027 - Outside Hitter)
Committed to Michigan State.

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