MIVCA Miss Volleyball Finalists Selected

October 1, 2013

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association has announced its finalists for this season's Miss Volleyball award, which will be given to a senior during the week of the MHSAA Finals, beginning Nov. 18.

This is the 12th year of the award. Battle Creek St. Philip’s Amanda McKinzie won the honor in 2012.

Find bios of each candidate and more at MIVCA.net

  • Krysteena Davis, 6-foot-0, middle hitter, Grand Haven
  • Alyssa Garvelink, 6-3, middle hitter, Holland Christian
  • Jami Hogeboom, 5-11, setter, Grand Haven
  • Sierra Hubbard-Neil, 5-9, outside hitter, Battle Creek St. Philip
  • Jessie Kopmeyer, 5-10, outside hitter, Birmingham Marian
  • Maeve McDonald, 5-6, setter, East Grand Rapids
  • Paige O’Connor, 5-11, outside hitter, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
  • Christina Porada, 5-6, libero, Dearborn Divine Child
  • Carli Snyder, 6-1, outside hitter, Macomb Dakota
  • Holly Toliver, 6-2, outside hitter, Berrien Springs


PHOTO: Macomb Dakota’s Carli Snyder (right) prepares to receive a volley during last season’s Class A Final at Kellogg Arena. She led her team to its first MHSAA championship. 

Serving Up District Volleyball Results

November 3, 2014

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The MHSAA volleyball tournament begins today with 169 District matches over four classes.

Stay up to the moment on every result and future matchup on MHSAA.com. 

Be sure to click on MHSAA Score Center throughout tonight and this week for scores as we receive them, and see brackets updated real-time with next game information for every class. (See the "view class" menu in the upper right-hand corner of the brackets page to switch between classes, and click the rectangles within the "bracket navigation" box to switch among District tournaments.)

The volleyball season will conclude Nov. 22 at Battle Creek's Kellogg Arena. All four Finals will be covered on Second Half, with a preview of all 16 semifinalists published Nov. 19. 

PHOTO: Saginaw Valley Lutheran finished runner-up at the Tri-Valley Conference all-division tournament Saturday, to North Branch. (Click to see more from HighSchoolSportsScene.com.)