By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural junior Brooklyn DeLeye has been named the Centennial League volleyball player of the year, one of four players from the league-champion Junior Blues on the first team.
Washburn Rural junior Brooklyn DeLeye has been named the Centennial League volleyball player of the year for the 2021 season. [File photo/TSN]
DeLeye, a three-time all-league and All-Class 6A State Tournament selection, helped lead the Junior Blues to a 41-2 record and a fourth-place finish in the 6A state tournament.
Rural also put senior Katelynn Brogan, junior Taylor Russell and sophomore Jada Ingram on the all-league first team, while Rural coach Kevin Bordewick was named the league coach of the year.
Seaman, which finished fourth in the 5A state tournament, is represented on the All-Centennial first team by senior Drew Baxter, junior Laynee Brown and sophomore Taylin Stallbaumer, while Viking freshman Maegan Mills was named the Centennial League newcomer of the year. Seaman posted a 27-13 record on the season.
Drew Baxter
Laynee Brown
Baxter and Brown join DeLeye as repeat All-Centennial League first-team selections.
Topeka West junior Makinsey Jones also earned first-team all-league recognition after helping lead the Chargers to a breakthrough 27-10 season.
Washburn Rural junior Katie Borough and sophomore Zoe Canfield earned second-team all-league honors along with Seaman's Mills and Topeka West sophomore Jaya Miller.
ALL-CENTENNIAL LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL
First team
Drew Baxter, sr., Seaman; Katelynn Brogan, sr., Washburn Rural; Laynee Brown, jr., Seaman; Brooklyn DeLeye, jr., Washburn Rural; Jada Ingram, so., Washburn Rural; Makinsey Jones, jr., Topeka West; Taylor Russell, jr., Washburn Rural; Taylin Stallbaumer, so., Seaman.
Second team
Katie Borough, jr., Washburn Rural; Zoe Canfield, so., Washburn Rural; Gracie Gilpin, sr., Emporia; Jaya Miller, so., Topeka West; Maegan Mills, fr., Seaman; Rylee Peak, sr., Emporia; Maddyn Stewart, sr., Emporia; Grace Xu, sr., Emporia.
Honorable mention
Emporia: Rebecca Snyder, jr. Hayden: Anna Brown, sr.; Jenessa Broxterman, jr.; Abby Dodd, sr.; CC Hammes, sr.; Reagan Huscher, so. Junction City: Ava Deguzman, jr.; Gracie Erichsen, fr. Manhattan: Hayley Hastings, sr.; Aubree Hoffman, sr.; Monroe Say, sr.; Claire Shamburg, sr. Seaman: Brooklyn Gormley, so.; Reagan McGivern, fr.; Lindsey Smith, jr. Topeka High: Jo'Mhara Benning, fr.; Cierra Carranza, jr.; Quincy Smith, jr. Topeka West: Addison Brooks, so.; Malayah Henderson, jr.; Siana Sanchez, so.
Player of the year -- Brooklyn DeLeye, jr., Washburn Rural.
Newcomer of the year -- Margan Mills, fr., Seaman.
Coach of the year -- Kevin Bordewick, Washburn Rural.
