2010 SVCsportszone.com's All-SVC Volleyball Selections

Cory quarterbacks another golden season Junior setter earns SVCsportszone’s Player of the Year

Adena head coach Laura Smith earns COY honors

Please note that these selections are the opinions of SVCsportszone.com and in no way reflect the opinions of the SVC coaches. The official league team will come out sometime next week, but for now, here is our take on SVC Volleyball in 2010.

Best player on the best team – that is the philosophy of many when naming a Most Valuable Player. This year’s Adena team – a team that finished 14-0 in the SVC for the sixth straight season – obviously has a lot of talent, but in our opinion, Cory is the piece that brings the great balance to Adena’s attack. Cory is averaging 10 assists per set, and the junior has also recorded over 3.5 digs per game this season. Joining Cory on our all-league team will be four Adena teammates, Kelsey Bielanow, Olivia Arledge, Hannah Halcomb, and Cara Coy. Bielanow and Arledge dominated the SVC competition at the net while Halcomb and Coy anchored an Adena defense and passing game that made life much easier for Cory. Jenny Grigsby and Logan Bowdle are honorable mention. Westfall and Huntington both finished tied in second-place at 11-3, and it is a no-brainer that both deserve a trio of all-league selections. Westfall’s Olivia Cobb, Hannah Gabriel, and Alex Phillips join Huntington’s Megan Fultz, Jackie Kellough, and setter Taylor Shewalter. Both of these teams mirrored one another in terms of a setter feeding a pair of great hitters. Cobb led the SVC in kills while Phillips enjoyed a great finish to the season. Fultz had an outstanding all-around senior season and her combined with Kellough gave Huntington a huge advantage in the middle throughout the 2010 season. Gabriel and Shewalter finished third and fourth respectively in the SVC assist leaders. As for honorable mention, Westfall’s Haylie Joyce and Oliva Beavers are joined by Huntington’s Kelsey Mitchell and Paige Danner. Unioto finished in the fourth spot. After a great start, the Lady Shermans hit a rough stretch in the middle of the year; however, the purple and gold started to show signs of better play in the final few weeks of the season. A big reason why came with a rotation change that put Madison Davis in the middle of more action. Davis, who moved to setter in Unioto’s 6-2 offense, had a great second half to the season. The second Unioto selection was a little tougher, but we give the nod to senior Kristen McCarty – a player who also went through some position changes and helped improve the team later in the year. This puts Lauren Stout, the other Unioto setter who despite setting only half the time still posted a league’s seventh best assist average per set, and Hannah Miller on our honorable mention list. Next up, the Lady Pioneers of Zane Trace who spent 2010 learning to deal with life after the 2009 POY Jess Roepke. Setter Jenna Wiget is an easy selection here as Wiget finished second in assists behind Cory, and she is joined by a great young talent in Hayley Carle. In Carle’s rookie season, she led the red, white, and blue in both kills and digs. Honorable mention selections for Zane Trace go to Sierra Sigman and Devin Unger. The final three teams struggled in the standings this season, but there are still individual talents that we feel need to be honored. Southeastern’s Merrilee Dresbach had a great year as did Piketon’s Alex Southworth as this pair completes the all-league list. Southeastern’s Morgan Jones and Brianna Weese join Piketon’s Pelphrey sisters – Tori and Aleah – as well as Paint Valley’s Abbie Walls and Taylor Baker to complete our honorable mention list. Coach of the Year honors go to Adena’s Laura Smith. Smith continues to lead a dynasty program that has won 20 titles in 21 years including 18 outright titles. This stretch includes a current 84 straight SVC match winning streak (6 straight gold balls) and 12 of those 18 outright titles have been a result of a perfect SVC season. Adena is also entering sectional play with a 133 match home winning streak.

SVCsportszone’s All-SVC Cadie Cory, Adena (POY) Kelsey Bielanow, Adena Olivia Arledge, Adena Hannah Halcomb, Adena Cara Coy, Adena Megan Fultz, Huntington Jackie Kellough, Huntington Taylor Shewalter, Huntington Alex Southworth, Piketon Merrilee Dresbach, SE Madison Davis, Unioto Kristen McCarty, Unioto Olivia Cobb, Westfall Hannah Gabriel, Westfall Alex Phillips, Westfall Jenna Wiget, Zane Trace Hayley Carle, Zane Trace HONORABLE MENTION Logan Bowdle, Adena Jenny Grigsby, Adena Kelsey Mitchell, Huntington Paige Danner, Huntington Abbie Walls, Paint Valley Taylor Baker, Paint Valley Aleah Pelphrey, Piketon Tori Pelphrey, Piketon Brianna Weese, SE Morgan Jones, SE Lauren Stout, Unioto Hannah Miller, Unioto Haylie Joyce, Westfall Olivia Beavers, Westfall Sierra Sigman, Zane Trace Devin Unger, Zane Trace COY – Laura Smith, Adena

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