COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater Cardinal varsity volleyball team celebrated another successful season during their team banquet Sunday at Lakeland Elementary – a campaign that saw the team win their first District championship in thirteen years. Senior setter Elli Foley and senior middle blocker Ava Longstreet were both voted Most Valuable Player by their teammates.
Elli Foley (L) and Ava Longstreet shared MVP honors for the 2024 Coldwater volleyball team. (Photo by MWC’s Sean Watson)
Longstreet was also named Outstanding Offensive Player, while libero Maren DeBeau was selected Outstanding Defensive Player for the second straight year. Brooklyn Closson, Aubrey Gebbink, and Adyson Qualls shared Most Improved Player honors, Mya Porter was the Best Team Player, and Abby Garcia earned the Super Spirit Award. Braylinn Austin received the Coach’s Cardinal Award.
Foley and Longstreet were named to the Interstate 8 All-Conference First Team, while Porter and DeBeau received Honorable Mention. DeBeau, Foley, Garcia, Gebbink, Porter, Marie Powers, and Kaitlyn Senyk were named Interstate 8 Academic All-Conference.
Foley finished her high school career fourth on the career assists list with 2,293 and sixth in career service aces with 181,
The Cardinals finished the season with a 26-12-3 overall record and finished fourth in the final league standings.
A complete list of honors follows:
COACHES AWARDS (Based on stats)
- MOST CONSISTENT SERVER (100+ serves): Elli Foley, 97.0%
- THE ACE (Most aces): Elli Foley, 67
- THE WALL (Most blocks): Marie Powers, 85
- THE “I DIG IT” AWARD (Most digs): Maren DeBeau, 366
- THE HAMMER (Most kills): Ava Longstreet, 326
- GOLDEN ARM (hitting percentage): Ava Longstreet, 0.194
- SUPER HANDS (most assists): Elli Foley, 534
- SUPER PASSER: Elli Foley, 2.23 rating
PLAYER AWARDS (Voted on by team members except where indicated)
- MOST IMPROVED PLAYER (tie): Brooklyn Closson, Aubrey Gebbink, Adyson Qualls
- SUPER SPIRIT: Abby Garcia
- OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER: Maren DeBeau
- OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE PLAYER: Ava Longstreet
- BEST TEAM PLAYER: Mya Porter
- MVP (tie): Elli Foley, Ava Longstreet
- COACH’S CARDINAL AWARD: Braylinn Austin
ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TEAM – (3.3+ team GPA needed): 3.636
ACADEMIC ALL-STATE INDIVIDUAL (3.7+ GPA, Senior): Elli Foley, 3.844
I-8 ALL CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: Elli Foley, Ava Longstreet
I-8 ALL CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION: Mya Porter, Maren DeBeau
I-8 ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE (3.5+ GPA): Maren DeBeau, Elli Foley, Abby Garcia, Aubrey Gebbink, Mya Porter, Marie Powers, Kaitlyn Senyk
MIVCA REGION 12 ALL-REGION TEAM: Elli Foley, Ana Longstreet, Mya Porter
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