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Volleyball: best of the best

By Tim Kolehmainen, Breakdown Sports Media, 03/19/17, 1:45PM CDT

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Hilley named 2016 Breakdown volleyball player of the year

The Breakdown is pleased to announce its 2016 Minnesota high school volleyball players and coaches of the year. After leading Champlin Park to the state tournament again as a senior, Sydney Hilley was honored as the overall Breakdown player of the year. The full list of honorees is below:

Overall

  • POY — Sydney Hilley, Champlin Park
  • COY — Marty Kiebel, Maple Lake

Class AAA

  • POY — Sydney Hilley, Champlin Park
  • COY — Kathy Gillen, Eagan

Class AA

  • POY — Mariena Hayden, Belle Plaine
  • COY — Marty Kiebel, Maple Lake

Class A

  • POY — Payton Nutter, Bethlehem Academy
  • COY — Joelle Grimsley, Mayer Lutheran

Congratulations to our postseason players and coaches of the year for the 2016 Minnesota high school volleyball season!

For the past 15 years, the Breakdown has covered the high school sports scene in Minnesota, naming both a preseason and postseason player of the year in each sport covered for each year (15 years of girls' and boys' basketball, 10 years of boys' hockey and girls' volleyball, and three years of boys' baseball).

We've complied that full list of players through the years, which is peppered with recognizable names from Minnesota's high school sports history. The full list may be found at: http://www.breakdownsportsusa.com/page/show/336134