Wes-Del’s volleyball team won the Class A state championship Saturday at Worthen Arena. When the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association All-State teams were released Tuesday, the Warriors were the most represented squad on the Class A first team.
Wes-Del’s Alysa Sutton, Kristen Lansing and Kennedy Petro were each named to the first team, while no other school had more than two players on the Class A first team.
Kennedy Petro
Sutton, an outside hitter, led her team in kills, finishing the year with 455. She was also second on her team in digs with 324. Lansing played defensive specialist for the Warriors and finished the year with 271 digs. Petro was the Warriors’ setter and finished the year with 990 assists, while also providing 218 digs.
Alysa Sutton
A fourth Warrior, libero Chloe Kinsey, was named to the second team. Kinsey led her team with 530 digs.
Wes-Del went 35-3 en route to the state title, sweeping (New Albany) Christian Academy in the state championship match.
Warriors coach Biff Wilson was unable to conduct an interview Tuesday due to illness. He provided an e-mail to The Star Press sharing his thoughts about his team’s All-State honorees.
Kristen Lansing
“I’m extremely pleased with the Warriors’ representation on the All-State team,” Wilson said. “Chloe, Kristen, Kennedy and Alysa have worked very hard for the volleyball program and are deserving of the recognition. I’m very proud of them and the rest of the girls in the Warrior volleyball program.”
Along with Wes-Del’s three first-team selections, two other players from East Central Indiana were named to first teams. Delta’s Teaghan Dishman and Central’s Micah Leavell were each selected to the Class 3A first team.
Leavell led Central with 358 kills. Dishman, the Eagles’ libero, had 645 digs for her team this season.
Micah Leavell
Along with Kinsey, five other players from East Central Indiana also earned second-team honors.
Union’s DeAnn Kauffman joined Kinsey on the Class A second team, finishing with 423 kills and 403 digs.
Both Dishman and Leavell had a teammate on the Class 3A second team. Delta’s Audrey Woodin was named to the second team after a season in which she logged 426 kills. Central setter Lacee Adams was also honored after a season that included 1,124 assists and 164 digs.
Wapahani’s Addie Reynolds joined Woodin and Adams on the Class 3A second team. Reynolds had 354 kills and 174 digs this season.
Yorktown’s Karli Acree was named to the Class 4A second team. Acree had 368 kills and 285 digs this year.
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ICGSA All-State Volleyball Selections
Class 4A Second Team
• Karli Acree, Yorktown
Class 3A First Team
• Teaghan Dishman, Delta
• Micah Leavell, Central
Class 3A Second Team
• Audrey Woodin, Delta
• Lacee Adams, Central
• Addie Reynolds, Wapahani
Class A First Team
• Alysa Sutton, Wes-Del
• Kristen Lansing, Wes-Del
• Kennedy Petro, Wes-Del
Class A Second Team
• DeAnn Kauffman, Union
• Chloe Kinsey, Wes-Del