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Volleyball: Best of the best

By Tim Kolehmainen, Breakdown Sports Media, 01/14/19, 10:00PM CST

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ASHBURN NAMED 2018 BREAKDOWN PLAYER OF THE YEAR

The Breakdown is pleased to announce its 2018 Minnesota high school volleyball players and coaches of the year. After leading Champlin Park to its first Class AAA state title, Izzy Ashburn was honored as the overall Breakdown player of the year. The full list of honorees is below:

Overall

  • POY — Izzy Ashburn, Champlin Park
  • COY — Stephanie Hanson, Park Rapids Area

Class AAA

  • POY — Izzy Ashburn, Champlin Park
  • COY — Karl Katzenberger, Minnetonka

Class AA

  • POY — Cianna Selbitschka, North Branch
  • COY — Stephanie Hanson, Park Rapids Area

Class A

  • POY — Lydia Sussner, Minneota
  • COY — Jim Lee, Ada-Borup

Congratulations to our postseason players and coaches of the year for the 2018 Minnesota high school volleyball season!

For the past 17 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 (17 years of girls' and boys' basketball, 12 years of boys' hockey and girls' volleyball, five years of boys' baseball, two years of girls' softball and one year of girls' hockey).

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