Volleyball 910Preps 2023

First team

Taylor Baggett (Gray’s Creek junior) — The Best of 910Preps Volleyball Player of the Year and Western Carolina commit led the U8 regular-season and tournament champion Bears with 332 kills. She also had 55 service aces, 30 blocks, 192 digs and 233 service receptions.
Mackenzie Bagley (Gray’s Creek senior) — A senior leader for the Bears, Bagley put up a team-high 397 assists this season to go with 75 service aces.
Ece Buyukkaan (Berean Baptist junior) — Named to the NCISAA all-state team, the Turkish exchange student ranked sixth in the state among private-school players with 91 aces. Her 218 kills ranked ninth in the NCISAA 2A and she led the Sandhills Conference with a hitting percentage of .405 as Berean won the league championship.
Kailah Harris (Northwood Temple junior) — Also an NCISAA all-state selection, Harris notched a team-high 325 kills for the Eagles, averaging 4.9 per set. She also posted 60 aces, 41 total blocks and 228 digs.
Tabitha Newlin (Cape Fear junior) — The Colts' kills leader led the U8 Conference as well as all of Cumberland County with 345 kills for the league runners-up, averaging 3.7 kills per set. She also had 41 blocks and 136 digs.
Allyson Rouse (Pine Forest senior) — Rouse led the All American Conference runner-up Trojans with 315 kills, ranking second in the league. She also posted 42 aces, 43 blocks and 347 digs in a true do-it-all senior season.

Elie Feliciano (Gray’s Creek junior) — The Bears' second-leading attacker behind Baggett, Feliciano had 186 kills along with 148 digs and 293 assists.
Elizabeth Forrester (Pine Forest senior) — Forrester put up 257 kills for Pine Forest and a team-high 70 aces. She also had 237 digs and 477 service receptions.
Addison Gunter (Cape Fear sophomore) — Cape Fear's second-leading attacker, Gunter posted 231 kills and 78 aces, ranking sixth in the 3A East and No. 1 in the U8 for the latter.
Taylor Miller (Jack Britt senior) — A leader for the Bucs, Miller had a team-high 179 kills and 55 blocks as Britt finished fourth in the U8.
A'mya Pilkington (Gray's Creek sophomore) — Only a sophomore, the 6-1 Pilkington posted 121 kills to rank third for the Bears.
Arianna Story (Seventy-First senior) — The Falcons' kills leader threw down 114 this season along with 28 aces and 123 digs.

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