By Mike Deak
InkFreeNews

INDIANAPOLIS – A record 850 athletes were named Academic All-State by the Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association.

To make the list, which was over 100 athletes higher than a year ago, athletes had to carry at least a 3.5 grade point average, be a senior and on the varsity roster. The state saw the cumulative list register a 3.95 overall grade point average.

Locally, more than a dozen athletes were honored for their work in the classroom. Tabbed from Warsaw were Abbie Porter, Abby Sanner, Kylie Smith, Sadie Walden and Cora West tabbed; from Wawasee were Amber Beer, Kai Jamora, Dylan Konieczny, Talia Kuhl, Elizabeth Miller and Leslie Vazquez; from Tippecanoe Valley were Brayden Baney, Mallory Durkes and Macy Kirchenstien; from NorthWood were Annika Bennett and Alana Lehman. Also were Jolie Groves, Justice Keininger and Lauren Snyder and Whitko had Reese Bradford and Morgan Dyck.

Area recipients included:

Bethany Christian: Hope Hochstedler, Ivonne Ortiz, Jenna Oostland, Jordan Farran

Bremen: Grace Meyer, Gretchen Willis, Jaiden Monhaut, Philicity Collignon, Trinity Beachy, Zoey France

Columbia City: Carlie Price, Jillian Whaley, Mollie McCoy, Savanna Reed

Concord: Gracie Westlake, Sophia Trout

Culver Academy: Cellestine Havig, Lani Dye, Madison Miller, Martha Weirick, Sam Jorgensen, Taylor Bowen

Culver: Sydney Denham

East Noble: Brinley Beaupre, Hannah Mast, Lillian Dechert

Elkhart Christian: Hallie Tice, Heidi Gratix, Karlie George

Elkhart: Olivia Knepper

Fairfield: Brooke Sanchez, Ella Weatherton, Iris Miller, Kate McGuire, Sydney Stutsman

Glenn: Jessica Wilk, Katelynn Braunn

Jimtown: Brianna Cook, Cali Campbell

Lakeland: Kasey Priestly, Lilly Schackow, Shaylin Smith

LaVille: Abigail Goffinet, Madelyn Fuchs, Olivia Goze

Maconaquah: Lilly Maple, Riley Hair, Taylor Roesler

Manchester: Blake Drasny, Lauren Barrett, Makenzy Meyer

Marian: Avery Sharp, Maura Meyers, Tatum Montague

Mishawaka: Emily Eggleston

New Prairie: Sarah Kwiatkowski

NorthWood: Annika Bennett, Alana Lehman

Penn: Emily Hickey, Janet Moala, Sydney Hanna, Taylor Hostetler

Peru: Abigail Martin, Casidy Bartel, Cate Wolfe, Mallori Grund, Taylor Colter

Plymouth: Clara Sheedy

Rochester: Alexus Thomas, Emily Hughes, Kylie Houston, McKenzie Bradley

St. Joe: Mary Raster, Molli Credi, Nora Hosinski, Paige Staszewski

Southwood: Marissa Metzger, Mya Denney

Tippecanoe Valley: Brayden Baney, Mallory Durkes, Macy Kirchenstien

Triton: Jolie Groves, Justice Kieninger, Lauren Snyder

Wabash: Kasey Long

Warsaw: Abbie Porter, Abby Sanner, Kylie Smith, Sadie Walden, Cora West

Wawasee: Amber Beer, Kai Jamora, Dylan Konieczny, Talia Kuhl, Elizabeth Miller, Leslie Vazquez

West Noble: Carolina Flores, Dana Ritchie, Ella Stoner, Maysie Clase, Sam Klages

Whitko: Morgan Dyck, Reese Bradford

Winamac: Alyssa Villanueva, Kaya Campbell