12 alpha: Haley Howarth - Haley is a second year starter on the 12 Alpha team.  Haley has proven to be one of the best players in the 12's division.  She is one of our strongest hitters and setters and really can play any position that we ask of her.   Haley is also a great leader on the court.  She communicates to her teammates very well and always plays hard.  It will be fun to watch Haley grow as a player over the years.  Congrats, Haley!!

16 beta: Kylee Rosette - Kylee is an amazing all around volleyball player. She continues to lead the team for the season in blocks, kills and holds the highest passing average. She is the definition of coachable and is eager to learn more about the game of volleyball. Throughout the year Kylee was asked to play at a higher level of competition with our 17’s Alpha team and stepped up to the challenge! She is great and we are so lucky to have her!

14 beta: Amy Sohlberg - Amy has been a consistent leader all season for the 14 beta team as an all-around player. In March, Amy played with the 14 alpha team in a 16U tournament. Without even practicing with the team, she stepped into the middle blocker position and did a great job. Amy was 2nd in kills, 2nd in blocks, 2nd in digs, and 4th in aces. We couldn't have had such a successful day without her.

17 alpha: Devyani Gupta -

12 alpha: Lexy Thompson - This is Lexy Thompson's 4th year as an Athena player.  Lexy started at Athena as a 4th grader, playing 12's for three years.  She is now on our 13 Alpha team and proving to be one of our most well rounded players.  Lexy is an outside hitter for our team, one of our strongest and most consistent servers and is she doesn't stop there.  She is also one of our best back row players both in passing and defense.  Lexy loves volleyball and is also a strong softball player who balances both spots at this time of the year.  She will be a force to contend with in her future years as a volleyball player.   Great Job, Lexy!!

15 alpha: Hailey Miller -

14 alpha: Beth Fanger - Beth is AMAZING!!! She just started playing volleyball this season. Beth started out as our libero but this last Power League, we moved her to our outside hitter (only practicing in that position the Thursday before the tourney) and she rocked! She has great ball control and ended the day with the 2nd most kills, the best hitting efficiency, 2nd in digs, and the best serve receive. Beth works hard each and every practice.

16 alpha: Sydney Saunders - She had an attack % of .375, a kill % of .542 and passed a 2.00 with 58% of her passes 3 option.

12 beta: Cameron Kays - She ran to team as a setter in our 4-2 and worked tremendously hard in the last tournament.

17 alpha: Jade Beavers

12 alpha: Emily Strand - This is Emily's first season with Athena.  She is one the most focused players on our 12 Alpha team and comes to practice every day ready to learn.  Emily has improved leaps and bounds since our first practice because of her incredible work ethic.  She always has a smile on her face and you can see her excitement when she wins a point for her team.  She is the perfect example of a "team player" always cheering for her teammates on the court in a game and in practice.  Emily, it is a pleasure to coach you!  Great job!

14 alpha: Lucy Stevens - Lucy was UNSTOPPABLE in our Power League this weekend. She has been working hard in practice on timing for hitting. She played all-around for us all day. Lucy absolutely dominated our crossover match against a tall Salem 14 Black team putting us in the finals for the Bronze division. She led the team offensively with 41 kills (of 56 attempts) and a 0.482 hitting %! WOW! She also had 26 digs and 6 blocks. She took some big steps toward her potential this weekend. To top it all off, she has a TERRIFIC attitude and is always smiling on the court.

16 alpha: Lara Thomas - Lara has been a dedicated Athena member for 3 years.  Lara rarely misses practices and is encouraging to her teammates.  At our last power league tournament Lara held our team as the only one who played well throughout the day both front and back row.  She passed well, dug balls on defense, and was our leading offensive player.

13 alpha: Alex Kaplan - This is Alexa's third year at Athena, two of which she played as a setter at the 12's level.  At the President's Day Classic,  we decided to try Alexa as our libero.  She became a new player in her new position.  She talks more, she smiles more,  she is so aggressive on defense and she is one of our best passers.  She loves her new role on the team and thanks us almost every day for moving her to the libero position.  Great job Alexa.

16 beta: Makayla Reed -

12 beta: Cara McClean - She had great focus and really gave it 100% yesterday at practice.  She’s always been really athletic, but yesterday she was listening really well and running the crossing pattern out of the back row very well.  She didn’t let very many balls drop.

15 beta: Haley Shaw - Haley had an awesome weekend. She had a great attitude throughout the entire day, playing different positions encouraging her teammates. Giving 100 percent effort no matter the score, also during practice this week she hustled through every drill taking directions really well.

15 alpha: Claire Bange - Claire was my nomination from our last tourney because of her outstanding leadership and high kill percentage. Lately in practice, she's been working hard to focus on the smallest details of her fundamentals and is setting a great example for her teammates.

17 alpha: Kenzie Van DeWege - Kenzie has been an exceptional role model and leader on the court. I never have to ask her to hustle to a ball or to shag a ball. She's been a true inspirational motivator during drills at practice and while doing AJ Training. I can always count on Kenzie being the most vocal player on the court and on the bench. It's for these reasons that her teammates benefit from her enthusiasm for the game and it makes them all better.

14 beta: Wallis Mariucci - We put Wallis into the setter position without much warning or preparation. She has done nothing but work diligently and consistantly to better herself. She has become a 5-1 setter, which we never really had much time to go over, and she takes it in stride. She played every minute of every game at this Sunday's PLQ and never once complained...but instead, took feedback and made the changes!

18 alpha: Meg Williams - Meg Williams has committed to her college of choice, Academy of Art University Urban Knights. Meg has a great attitude and a strong work ethic that has allowed her to reach this goal of hers.

16 alpha: Kelsie Christensen - Kelsie was one of the major contributors to the success we had this weekend. Kelsie played every minute of every match. She gave everything she had throughout the day and was about to fall over after the last match was over.  Kelsie hit .254, passed a 2.1 , and served 12 aces. She was a nut! –Lena