Section 9 girls volleyball coaches announce all-star picks, all-state selections
The Section 9 volleyball coaches named Mount Academy junior Amy Boller as its player of the year and Millbrook’s Shawn Stoliker as the coach of the year.
An outside hitter, Boller ranked second in the state with 518 kills and her hitting percentage ranked sixth at .420. Named by the local chapter of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, Boller will be attending the national championships in Tampa, Fla.
Stoliker led the Blazers to the Section 9 Class C title, a regional title and a berth in the state finals. Stoliker was chosen for his “love of the game and commitment to excellence in the fundamentals’’ of teaching.
The coaches also selected all-stars and most valuable players spread over six divisions. The MVPs were Ellie Hoppe of Pine Bush (Class AAA), Eva Fitzpatrick of Minisink Valley (AA), Genevieve Pollock of Wallkill (A), Mia Merino of Red Hook (B), Gianna Dipilato of Millbrook (C) and Madison Marsh of Tuxedo (D).
Twenty first-team picks were also put up for all-state honors, with first-team selections going to Hoppe of Pine Bush (AAA), Cornwall’s Zakara Masibo-Ballard and Lily Byrne (AA), Millbrook teammates DiPilato and Marisa Markou (C) and Tuxedo’s Marsh (D).
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All-state selections in parenthesis
All Section 9 Class AAA
MVP: Ellie Hoppe, Pine Bush (first team)
First team: Kingston – Nadya Gorton; Monroe-Woodbury – Payton Grove (fifth team); Emily O’Brien; Abby Ohren; Pine Bush – Anabella Almeida; Monica Ilioiu (fourth team)
Honorable mention: Kingston – Dayna Blackmon; Middletown – Jimiah Marcelin; Rebeckah Soter; Newburgh Free Academy – Isabella Martinez; Mckayla Rafferty; Pine Bush – Kendall Morris
All Section 9 Class AA
MVP: Eva Fitzpatrick, Minisink Valley
First team: Cornwall – Lily Byrne (first team); Zakara Masibo-Ballard (first team); Julie Santafemia (second team); Minisink Valley – Kayla Wasserman; F.D. Roosevelt – Sanaiya Whitted; Warwick – Erin Smith
Second team: Cornwall – Lily Hessari; Minisink Valley – Angelina Rivera; F.D. Roosevelt – Marina Scott; Valley Central – Jadrianne Rodriguez; Warwick – Halle Hansen; Kelly Nevins; Washingtonville – Samantha Greenbaum
Honorable mention: Minisink Valley – Chloe Marcovecchio; Monticello – Rachel Zirt; Taylor Zirt; F.D. Roosevelt – Emma Bodo; Abbey Greenspan; Warwick – Adriana Nicosia; Washingtonville – Mukisa Kemmelman; Sophia Siruchek
All Section 9 Class A
MVP: Genevieve Pollock, Wallkill (third team)
First team: Our Lady of Lourdes – Molly Quirk; Marlboro – Kalista Birkenstock; New Paltz – Gabby Lutz (sixth team); Annabel Voorhis; Wallkill – Kaylee DeGroat (third team); Madison Stauss
Second team: Beacon – Lila Burke; Goshen – Nicasandra Chan; Our Lady of Lourdes – Sophia Camacho; Marlboro – Jaedyn Lunsford; New Paltz – Daphne Paul-Laronca; Port Jervis – Addison McElroy; Wallkill – Daniella Aluisio
Honorable mention: Beacon – Daveya Rodriguez; Allie Thomas; Goshen – Lily Noteboom; Alexia Rattray; Our Lady of Lourdes – Kyra Courtemanche; Madison Tegeler; New Paltz – Ella McDonough; Port Jervis – Kamrynne Leicht; Ava Saint Louis; Saugerties – Mackenzie Brott
All Section 9 Class B
MVP: Mia Merino, Red Hook (third team)
First team: John S. Burke Catholic - Onoria Demarest; Jamie Hernandez; Highland – Christina Johnston; Cadence Meltz; James I. O’Neill – Maddie Thompson; Red Hook – Leah Merino; Cami Palumbo; Spackenkill – Priscilla McReynolds (fifth team)
Second team: Dover – Lenna Bova; Fallsburg – Ashley Ingrassia; James I. O’Neill – Timeran Learey; Reese Starling; Red Hook – Sandhya Rifenburgh; Spackenkill – Clara Chapin; Liela Clarke
Honorable mention: Dover – Summer Anderson; Fallsburg – Maya Ballard; Jordyn Wall-Carty; Highland – Amelia Delforno; Navy Ruparelia; James I. O’Neill – Sophia Lindberg
All Section 9 Class C
MVP: Gianna Dipilato, Millbrook (first team)
First team: John S. Burke Catholic – Jaime Hernandez (sixth team); Chester – Jazmine Watson; Millbrook – Natalie Fox (second team); Marisa Markou (first team); Mount Academy – Jazmine Watson; Danika Winter (third team). NOTE: Overall MVP Amy Boller was chosen third-team all-state
Second team: John S. Burke Catholic – Anna Lawless; Chester – Kayleen Matos; Millbrook – Nina Lapine; Mount Academy – Gina O’Connell; Pine Plains – Molly Eiffert
Honorable mention: John S. Burke Catholic – Maya Tudrej; Pine Plains – Alana Scofield; Rhinebeck – Addison Fountain; Danielle Rocco
All Section 9 Class D
MVP: Madison Marsh, Tuxedo (first team)
First team: S.S. Seward – Abigail Orlando; Mikaelah Schreibeis; Saniya Walker; Tuxedo – Veronica Chavez-Granillo; Vanessa Duarte (fourth team); Alexandria Scully
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