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By Paul Lecker
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
Conference champion Stratford had six players earn spots on the 2023 All-Marawood Conference South Division Volleyball, including a pair on the first team.
Juniors Emerson Roy and Kalyn Schueller were both unanimous first-team selections for Stratford, which finished a perfect 5-0 in conference duals this season.
Wisconsin Rapids Assumption junior Anna Schooley, Marathon senior Ava Krueger and Wausau Newman Catholic junior Lily Shields were also unanimous first-team picks. Newman senior Paige Guld and Edgar sophomore Kaitlyn Hartnady round out the first team. Krueger was named Player of the Year.
Stratford’s Brooke Kafka was also picked as Coach of the Year.
Juniors Daisy Yoder and McKenzie Novotny were second-team selections, and sophomore Tria Tubbs was an honorable mention pick for Stratford.
Auburndale senior Maggie Baltus was named to the second team, and freshman Chesney Nagel and sophomore Sidney Wolff earned honorable mention status.
2023 All-Marawood Conference South Division Volleyball Team
(*denotes unanimous selection)
First team: *Anna Schooley, jr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; *Ava Krueger, sr., Marathon; *Lily Shields, jr., Wausau Newman Catholic; *Emerson Roy, jr., Stratford; *Kalyn Schueller, jr., Stratford; Paige Guld, sr., Wausau Newman Catholic; Kaitlyn Hartnady, so., Edgar.
Second team: Jayden Glaza, sr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Makayla Wirkus, sr., Edgar; Taylor Jankowski, sr., Wausau Newman Catholic; Camille Sobolewski, so., Wausau Newman Catholic; Daisy Yoder, jr., Stratford; McKenzie Novotny, jr., Stratford; Maggie Baltus, sr., Auburndale.
Honorable mention: Madi Abbott, sr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Autumn Moon, sr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Sidney Wolff, so., Auburndale; Chesney Nagel, fr., Auburndale; Emily Murkowski, sr., Edgar; Brooke Imhoff, sr., Edgar; Chenpieng Phakitthong, jr., Marathon; Katie LeBlanc, jr., Marathon; Annika Svennes, jr., Wausau Newman Catholic; Tria Tubbs, so., Stratford.
Player of the Year: Ava Krueger, Marathon.
Coach of the Year: Brooke Kafka, Stratford.