Our top 50 Austin-area high school volleyball players heading into the 2024 season

Butch Hart

With the 2024 high school volleyball season starting next week, here are 50 Austin-area players to watch, headlined by our top 10 preseason players:

Henley Anderson, Dripping Springs

Anderson is only a junior and is already the American-Statesman's two-time Central Texas player of the year and a member of the U-19 USVBA national team who has committed to Texas. The outside hitter led the Tigers to the 2022 UIL state tournament as a freshman and to last year's regional finals. She has averaged double-digit kills and digs the past two years.

Simone Baskin, Bowie

Bowie's senior middle blocker had a great junior year followed by a strong club season. Last year she had 161 kills, 20 aces and averaged 2.9 kills and two blocks per set. She can play six positions.

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Takyla Brown, Weiss

Last year's District 12-6A MVP led Weiss to the area playoffs and a 28-9 season. The senior setter has committed to LSU and is coming off a big year: 1,157 assists (an average of 10.4 per set), 66 kills, 57 aces, 25 blocks and 382 digs. For her career, she has 2,489 assists, 842 digs, 288 kills, 149 aces and 57 blocks.

McCallum middle blocker Greta Carlson tries to stop a shot against Ann Richards during their district game on Oct. 24, 2023. Carlson has led McCallum to consecutive district championships.
McCallum middle blocker Greta Carlson tries to stop a shot against Ann Richards during their district game on Oct. 24, 2023. Carlson has led McCallum to consecutive district championships.

Greta Carlson, McCallum

McCallum's senior middle blocker was District 24-5A's most valuable hitter and has led the Knights to back-to-back district championships, averaging double-digit kills and nearly double-digit blocks over the past two district seasons.

Lily Davis, Westlake

The senior outside hitter is one of Central Texas' premier all-around players. The Texas-bound beach volleyball pledge is a six-rotation standout who was District 26-6A's MVP last year. Her 634 kills were sixth-most in the state, according to MaxPreps, and she averaged 4.8 per set. She led Westlake with 62 aces and had 535 digs.

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Parker Duncan, Anderson

Duncan, who will play at Arkansas, had nearly 500 kills as a junior last year as a six-rotation standout. The Trojans have dropped down from Class 6A to Class 5A, making them a district favorite as well as a contender for state honors.

Austin High outside hitter Riley Malloy whips the ball for a kill against Lake Travis setter Kacey Kazmierski during their District 26-6A match on Sept. 26, 2023.
Austin High outside hitter Riley Malloy whips the ball for a kill against Lake Travis setter Kacey Kazmierski during their District 26-6A match on Sept. 26, 2023.

Laney Hennessee, Wimberley

Headed to play for Alabama, the two-time All-Central Texas outside hitter averaged 4.4 kills per set for the Texans, who were regional finalists last year and have gone 102-27 in Hennessee's three years.

Riley Malloy, Austin High

One of two juniors on our top 10 list, Malloy is a 6-foot-4 outside hitter and six-rotation standout who had 387 kills, 258 digs and a team-leading 41 aces. She averaged 3.8 kills per set.

Raegan Ramirez, Georgetown

The UTSA-bound libero is her district's reigning MVP and is an uber-athletic defensive standout with exceptional ball handling and footwork skills. She averaged double-digit digs as a junior last year when the Eagles won a co-district championship.

Christa Wilburn, Dripping Springs

The junior outside hitter was a TAPPS all-state selection last year, when she averaged a double-double for Austin Regents. She'll have two years left at Dripping Springs after transferring.

Other Austin-area players to watch this season:

Outside hitters

Haley Burton, sr., Cedar Park

Riley Certain, sr., Dripping Springs

Adyson Davis, soph., Lake Travis

Addison Gaido, sr., Georgetown

Taylor Gaines, sr., Liberty Hill

Allie Hudgins, soph., Westlake

Jennavee Jensen, jr., Vista Ridge

Jade Key, jr., Rouse

Harper Luthy, sr., Austin High

Caylee Mejia, sr., Weiss

Noah Morris, soph., Ann Richards School

Addison Parks, jr., Wimberley

Layla Todd, sr., Lake Travis

Annie Witt, sr., Liberty Hill

Joy Udoye, jr., Cedar Park

Chayse Wilson, sr., Round Rock Christian

Ava Wind, sr., Glenn

Middle blockers

Evie Bruce, sr., Liberty Hill

Ashley Euston, sr., Dripping Springs

Audrey Hedlund, soph., Vandegrift

Amaya Horton, sr., Stony Point

Lindsey Henry, sr., Gateway College Prep

Ava Kostroun, sr., Liberty Hill

Eloise Roffers, sr., Dripping Springs

Vibha Sheth, sr., LASA

Kerington Thornton, soph., Round Rock

Marlee Whitford, jr., Anderson

Setters

Lexi Ankerstar, sr., Round Rock

Emerson Butler, soph., Westlake

Jasmine Dion, sr., Vista Ridge

Sydney Lund, jr., Dripping Springs

Lexi Rosenblatt, jr., McCallum

Peyton Turner, sr., Round Rock Christian

Liberos/defensive specialists

Donnica Armstrong, sr., St. Stephens

Brooklyn Escobar, sr., Liberty Hill

Ashley Go, jr., Weiss

Merrick Hammel, sr., Vista Ridge

Jessie Hoang, sr., Vandegrift

Callie Krueger, sr., Cedar Park

Mary Schirpik, sr., Rouse

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Top 50 Central Texas volleyball players to watch in the 2024 season

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