Four members of the Bridgeport High School volleyball team which finished with a record of 33-11 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Class AAA state tournament have earned all-state honors.

 

The Class AAA All-State team was announced today by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.

 

Senior Violet Sickles was a first-team selection. Junior Alexa Martin was named to the second team, while seniors Jacey Lucas and Cambria Freeman earned special honorable mention and honorable mention honors, respectively.

 

Sickles, had 448 kills, 58 aces, 25 blocks and 198 digs prior to the Indians’ state tournament match against Hedgesville.

  

Martin had 267 kills, 48 aces, 52 blocks and 112 digs prior to the state tournament. Lucas led the Indians in assists with 667 and added 50 aces, 31 blocks, 146 digs and 31 kills. Freeman, the team’s libero, had 215 digs and 42 aces.

 

Hedgesville’s Skylar Yates was named the captain of the first team, while Morgantown’s Issy Gruschecky was selected as the second team captain.

 

The complete list of honorees can be seen below.

 

 

 

2021 W.Va. All-State Volleyball

CLASS AAA

FIRST TEAM

Skylar Yates, Hedgesville, SR (CAPTAIN)

Hannah Howard, Musselman, JR

Elysia Salon, Woodrow Wilson, SR

Kennedy Stanley, Spring Valley, SR

Sadie Wright, Musselman, SR

Molly Grimm, George Washington, SR

Violet Sickles, Bridgeport, SR

Paige Brock, Morgantown, JR

Faith Smith, George Washington, SR

Dia Sauvage, Greenbrier East, SO

SECOND TEAM

Issy Gruschecky, Morgantown, SO (CAPTAIN)

Nevaeh Wooding, Greenbrier East, SR

Paige Richmond, Hedgesville, JR

Alexa Martin, Bridgeport, JR

Kendal Currence, Buckhannon-Upshur, JR

Caroline Shipley, Musselman, SR

Olivia Ziolkowski, Woodrow Wilson, SR

Kantley McKown, Hurricane, SR

Rylee Wise, Parkersburg, JR

Kayla Moffatt, Capital, SR

Special Honorable Mention

Brooklyn Morgan, Greenbrier East; Madigan Faircloth, Musselman; Kisten Roberts, Parkersburg; Josey Bryan, Cabell Midland; Jasmine Judy, Parkersburg South; Shelby McDaniels, Buckhannon-Upshur; Amelia Hicks, Hampshire; Ameris Chadband, South Charleston; Grace Washburn, Morgantown; Elli Barry, Huntington; Jacey Lucas, Bridgeport; Averi Bishop, Martinsburg; Maggie Dickerson, Hurricane; Abby Dillon, Woodrow Wilson; Emi Smith, Hampshire; Haylie McPherson, Princeton

Honorable Mention

Cambria Freeman, Bridgeport; Ella Voorhees, Morgantown; Sidney Varney, Ripley; Caroline Frye, Buckhannon-Upshur; Jenna Christopher, Spring Valley; Reese Parsons, Hurricane; Rylee Hightower, Cabell Midland; Ella Hall, George Washington; Paisley Miller, Hedgesville; Logan Bowman, Parkersburg South; Ava Bolen, Brooke; Hannah Gaiser, John Marshall; Olivia Saunders, Washington; Alayna Harper, Hedgesville; Zamahya Moss, Woodrow Wilson; Emily Knotts, Preston