Area Volleyball Standouts Earn KVA State All-Tournament Honors

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Ellinwood, back to back Kansas Class 2A state champions with back-to-back 47-0 seasons, placed six players on the Kansas Volleyball Association Class 2A State All-Tournament Team.

The KVA announced the 2026 State All-Tournament Teams selected during the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s state championships, held Oct. 29–31.

A State All-Tournament Team was selected for each classification and each is comprised of 12 players.

Ellinwood’s Class 2A All-State members are Alyvia Batchman, 5-foot-7 senior setter/outside hitter; Bennett Jacobs, 5-3 senior libero; Mette Maxwell, 5-7 junior setter/outside hitter; Ayla Ritchie. 5-11 junior middle hitter; Reagan Stickney, 5-9 sophomore middle hitter; and Brynn Widener, 5-11, sophomore middle hitter.

Third-place Thomas More Prep-Marian features two All-State players: Brynn Rebel, 5-2 senior libero; and Bria Windholz, 5-8 senior outside hitter/setter.

Fourth-place Moundridge is represented by Hattie Hecox, a 5-10 senior outside hitter.

Andale, which placed second in the Kansas Class 4A state tournament is represented by Abbey McNeal, 5-foot-9 senior outside hitter; and Regan Winter, a 6-2 senior middle blocker.

McPherson’s Rylie Whitfield, a 5-5 senior setter, also made the Class 4A  State All-Tournament Team.

Hesston, which finished third in Class 3A state tournament, placed two players on the 3A State All-Tournament Team: AJ Reiff, a 5-7 junior setter, and Maci Rhodes, a 5-10 junior opposite hitter.

Cheney’s Landry Voth, a 5-7 junior outside hitter, also made the Class 3A team.

Third-place Little River and Goessel each placed two players on the Class 1A Division I State All-Tournament Team.

Little River’s representatives are Dempsey Lafferty, a 5-8 sophomore outside hitter; and Saelyn Raleigh, a 5-10 senior outside hitter.

Goessel’s representatives are Delaney Duerksen, a 5-5 junior outside hitter; and Bella O’Neill, a 5-6 sophomore outside hitter.

Hutchinson Central Christian’s Avery Kauffman, a 5-3 senior setter, made the Class 1A Division II State All-Tournament Team.

2026 KVA State All Tournament Teams