Wednesday sports: All-Region 1-7A volleyball team announced
Photo: Claire Smith of Lewisburg, Region 1-7A Most Valuable Player. (@VBPatriots on X/Twitter)
Oct 30, 2024 – Volleyball coaches in MHSAA Region 1-7A Wednesday announced this year’s all-Region team. The team includes Lewisburg’s Claire Smith as MVP, three additional players each from Lewisburg, DeSoto Central and Hernando, along with two players from Oxford.
The all-region selections are as follows:
AVCA BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST
A number of DeSoto County volleyball players have been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Associations’ “Best and the Brightest” team, recognizing excellence both on and off the volleyball court.
Nearly 1,400 players were part of the fourth annual AVCA Best and Brightest Awards for Girls High School Senior student-athletes.
The AVCA Best & Brightest Award is an award meant to honor individual high school Senior student-athletes who excel on and off the court.
To be eligible for the Best and Brightest Award, Senior student-athletes must have earned at least a 3.5 Unweighted/4.0 Weighted GPA (or the equivalent, if using a different GPA scale) during their junior year AND play in 50 percent of their varsity team’s sets during their senior season. Nominations for the award were completed last week.
Some additional tiers of recognition apply:
- AVCA Best and Brightest First Team: 3.8 Unweighted GPA/4.3 Weighted GPA or above
- AVCA Best and Brightest Second Team: 3.65 Unweighted GPA/4.15 Weighted GPA or above
- AVCA Best and Brightest Third Team: 3.5 Unweighted GPA/4.0 Weighted GPA or above
First team selections from DeSoto County are as follows:
- Dallas White, Lake Cormorant
- Laynna Wilson, Lake Cormorant
- Jania Rose, Lake Cormorant
- Zion Rucker, DeSoto Central
- Emma Story, DeSoto Central
- Kaydi Blanchard, Lewisburg
- Ava Becker, Lewisburg
- Baylee Burchyett, Lewisburg
- Allie-Kate Hall, Lewisburg
- Valerie Hurdle, Northpoint Christian
Second team selections from DeSoto County are as follows:
- Zamoria Nelson, Lake Cormorant
- Kelis Parker, Lewisburg
- Shelbi Smith, DeSoto Central
Third team selections from DeSoto County are as follows:
- Ariana Woods, Lake Cormorant
- Hallie Wright, Lewisburg
The complete list may be found on the AVCA website.
SCOREBOARD
Prep girls’ soccer
Hernando 3, Lafayette (Oxford) 0
DELAY IN MHSAA RECLASSIFICATION
Mississippi public schools don’t know yet what class they will be in for the next two years or what region they will be placed in. The reclassification and redistricting of regions for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years has not occurred, due to a delay in getting school numbers from the Mississippi Department of Education. That’s according to MHSAA Executive Director Rickey Neaves, who said Tuesday, “We’re working diligently every day on that, and once we get those numbers we will releasing numbers out to our schools and they are approved.”
Neaves also debunked rumors MHSAA has heard the association already had set up the classifications and regions without the MDE numbers. He also asked coaches to stop setting up schedules for next year until those classifications and regions have been determined.
Neaves’ comments were broadcast on the MHSAA Youtube channel.
