By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Seaman's volleyball team, which won the United Kansas Conference championhip before posting a fourth-place state finish in Class 5A, put three players on the eight-player All-UKC first team while sophomore Maegan Mills was named the conference offensive player of the year and Viking coach Tatiana Dowling was named the UKC coach of the year.
Maegan Mills
Taylor Rottinghaus
Laynee Brown
Brooklyn Gormley
Makinsey Jones
Seaman volleyball coach Tatiana Dowling was named the United Kansas Conference coach of the year after leading the Vikings to the league title and a fourth-place finish in Class 5A. [File photo/TS
Mills was joined on the first team by senior Laynee Brown and junior Brooklyn Gormley as city schools earned five of the eight first-team spots.
Shawnee Heights senior Taylor Rottinghaus was a first-team pick and was also named the UKC defensive player of the year while Topeka West senior MaKinsey Jones also earned first-team honors.
Seaman sophomore Reagan McGivern and Shawnee Heights senior Emily Loy were named to the all-conference second team.
Eight city players received honorable mention.
ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL
First team
Laynee Brown, sr., Seaman; Brooklyn Gormley, jr., Seaman; Sage Grann, jr., Piper; Makinsey Jones, sr., Topeka West; Anna Laincz, jr., Lansing; Maegan Mills, so., Seaman; Taylor Rottinghaus, sr., Shawnee Heights; Skylar Weaver, sr., Lansing.
Second team
Erin Barr, sr., De Soto; Taylor Cruse, sr., Basehor-Linwood; Ashlynn Jaccard, jr., Lansing; Emily Loy, sr., Shawnee Heights; Reagan McGivern, so., Seaman; Abbie Richards, jr., Basehor-Linwood; Abbie Roth, so., Piper; Carson Schuman, sr., De Soto.
Honorable mention
Basehor-Linwood: Harley Baker, jr.; Reese Ruisinger, jr.; Mila Seaton, sr. De Soto: Chloe Kmiecik, fr. Lansing: Taelyn Jones, sr.; Jessi Ritchhart, sr.; Tabor Scanlon, jr. Leavenworth: Emma Kenny, jr. Piper: Avery Bejan, jr. Seaman: Campbell Chabot, so.; Ava Esser, so.; Taylin Stallbaumer, jr.; Kinley Wilhelm, so. Shawnee Heights: Ellie Curry, sr. Topeka West: Addison Brooks, jr.; Malayah Henderson, sr.; Siani Sanchez, jr. Turner: Avery Bryant, sr.; Ariene Carillo, sr.; Megan Rockett, sr.
Offensive player of the year -- Maegan Mills, so., Seaman.
Defensive player of the year -- Taylor Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights.
Coach of the year -- Tatiana Dowling, Seaman.
