After running through the Evergreen Conference with an unblemished record, the Tumwater High School volleyball team snared the most first team all-league selections with four and all of them are juniors.
Hitters Paige Henderson and Tove Hugus plus setter Bailey Broeker and libero Lalie Betschart make up the T-Birds quartet. Black Hills had two first team honorees in Tyler Venable and Ellie Johnson plus Centralia’s McKenna Smith earned first team nods. Not one senior is on the first team.
Here is a complete list of the All-EvCo teams.
EvCo MVP – Lilly Camp, sr., Aberdeen
First team – Paige Henderson, jr., Tumwater; Lalie Betschart, jr., Tumwater; Bailey Broeker, jr./, Tumwater; Tove Hugus, jr., Tumwater; Sophie Knutson, soph., Aberdeen; Tyler Venable, soph., Black Hills; Ellie Johnson, jr., Black Hills; McKenna Smith, jr., Centralia
Second team – Chloe Henderson, jr., Tumwater; McKayla Clary, sr., Tumwater; Mia Hallak, soph., Aberdeen; Zoe Vessey, sr., Aberdeen; Sophie Oakes, sr., Black Hills; Madi Malone, sr., Black Hills; Dulce Gaitan-Higareda, sr., Shelton; Grace Simpson, sr., W.F. West; Ariana Wheaton, jr., W.F. West
Honorable mention (locals only) – Brooklyn Bonfield, sr., Tumwater; Ella Goheen, sr., Black Hills; Addison Adams, sr., W.F. West; Mikaela Marazita, sr., Centralia; Makenzie Erickson, jr., Centralia; Brooklyn Sprague, jr., Centralia
