Great Bend’s great volleyball season earned coach Tina Johnson and members of the team recognition on the all-Western Athletic Conference team released on Monday.
The Panthers posted a 35-5 record and earned a bid to the Class 5A state tournament in Overland Park. Great Bend went 1-2 in pool play.
The Panthers won the Great Bend Invitational, the WAC tournament title, the WAC regular-season title (finished 12-0 against WAC teams) and a sub-state title.
Johnson, former coach at Hutchinson and Hoisington high schools for a combined 34 years, was named WAC Coach of the Year in her first season as Panther coach.
Johnson notched her 700th career victory during the Great Bend Invitational and now has a career mark of 712-314.
Kya Behr, a Washburn University commit, was named WAC Player of the Year.
Behr was joined on the all-WAC First Team by teammates Mikala Hinton and Jaya Stroup. Stevie Mayers and Meredith Mazouch were named to the Second Team.
Behr, Mayers and Mazouch are the lone seniors on the Panther volleyball team.
