Which central Ohio boys volleyball players earned all-region honors?
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High school boys volleyball: Which central Ohio players earned all-region honors?

Columbus Dispatch

Here are the all-region boys volleyball honors for the regions featuring central Ohio teams. The awards were selected by the Ohio Boys Scholastic Volleyball Coaches Association.

Division I, Region 1

First team

  • Caden Whiteside, Olentangy Liberty, outside hitter, senior (Player of the Year) 
  • Jackson VanWormer, Pickerington North, middle blocker, senior 
  • Andrew Rakocy, New Albany, outside hitter, senior 
  • Parker Van Horne, Olentangy Berlin, setter, senior 
  • Kyle Buchwalter, Pickerington North, opposite-side hitter, senior 
  • Connor Severson, Olentangy Liberty, setter, senior 
  • Mitch Zebner, Olentangy Berlin, middle blocker, senior 
Olentangy Liberty's Caden Whiteside (19)

Second team 

  • Jake Koch, Olentangy Liberty, middle blocker, senior 
  • Parker Gantt, Mount Vernon, setter, outside hitter/opposite-side hitter, senior 
  • Carter Shomock, Olentangy, outside hitter, senior 
  • Nate Boggs, Gahanna Lincoln, outside hitter, junior 
  • Zack Karns, Mount Vernon, middle blocker, senior 
  • Jordan Dyer, Pickerington North, outside hitter, junior 
  • Austin Mallory, Olentangy Liberty, libero, senior 

Honorable mention 

  • Adam Sutton, New Albany, libero, junior 
  • Lord Ryan Ramos, Reynoldsburg, setter, sophomore 
  • Tylee Jones, Westerville North, outside hitter/middle blocker, senior 
  • Hayden Van Horne, Olentangy Berlin, outside hitter, junior 
  • Owen Moss, Olentangy, libero, junior 
  • Drew Vensko, Pickerington North, setter, junior 
  • Hunter Trace, Mount Vernon, libero/outside hitter, senior 
  • Anthony Myers, Reynoldsburg, outside hitter, senior 
  • Cleveland Brown Jr., Licking Heights, outside hitter, junior 
  • Maleke Aaron, Licking Heights, middle blocker, senior 
  • Ryan Severson, Olentangy Liberty, outside hitter, senior 
  • Leo Harden, Westerville South, opposite-side hitter, junior 
  • Colin Hetterscheidt, Gahanna Lincoln, outside hitter, junior 
  • Zack Black, Mount Vernon, outside hitter/setter, sophomore 
  • Jack Torson, Olentangy Liberty, middle blocker, senior 
  • Lincoln Hake, Olentangy Orange, outside hitter, senior 
  • Jack Lenocker, Delaware Hayes, outside hitter, senior 
  • Neil Gordon, Whetstone, outside hitter, senior 
  • Carter Weber, Westerville Central, middle blocker, junior 
  • Kifle Pearson, Gahanna Lincoln, libero, sophomore 

Coach of the Year: Dave Hale, Olentangy Liberty 

Coaches Achievement Award: Matt Bailey, Reynoldsburg 

Pickerington North's Jackson VanWormer and Dublin Jerome's Brady Kilgren

Division I, Region 3

First team

  • Finn Rubin, Thomas Worthington, middle blocker, junior (Player of the Year) 
  • Aidan Kolb, Hilliard Darby, outside hitter, senior 
  • Cam Rau, Upper Arlington, outside hitter, senior 
  • Mason Heit, Hilliard Darby, setter, senior 
  • Howard Towers, Beavercreek, outside hitter/middle blocker, senior 
  • Brady Kilgren, Dublin Jerome, middle blocker, senior  
  • J.T. McGuire, Thomas Worthington, outside hitter, junior 

Second team 

  • Connor Rokoff, Hilliard Davidson, middle blocker, senior 
  • Hayden Honchul, Trenton Edgewood, middle blocker, senior 
  • Will Poth, Upper Arlington, outside hitter, junior 
  • Kingsley Ackah, Hilliard Darby, middle blocker, senior 
  • Dylan Ludwig, Dublin Coffman, outside hitter, senior 
  • Thaiven Thy, Briggs, libero, junior 
  • Ryan Monahan, Hilliard Davidson, outside hitter, junior 

Honorable mention 

  • Parker Hanson, Beavercreek, outside hitter, junior 
  • Will Swary, Hilliard Bradley, setter, senior 
  • Wyatt Jones, Beavercreek, setter/outside hitter, senior 
  • Dylan Johnson, Thomas Worthington, opposite-side hitter, junior 
  • Grant Hapner, Centerville, outside hitter, senior 
  • Kennan MacDonald, Dublin Jerome, setter, senior 
  • Henry Fronczak, Worthington Kilbourne, libero, senior 
  • Jahan Rasekhy, Dublin Jerome, outside hitter, sophomore 
  • Bradley Patrick, Middletown, setter/outside hitter, senior 
  • Jonah Combs, Trenton Edgewood, outside hitter, senior 
  • Carter Pierce, Hilliard Darby, middle blocker, senior 
  • Logan South, Dublin Coffman, libero, junior 
  • Jack Geletka, Upper Arlington, middle blocker, senior 
  • Jadyn Ricks, Huber Heights Wayne, outside hitter/setter, senior 
  • Joe Alford, Hilliard Bradley, middle blocker, junior 
  • Adam Hartt, Kettering Fairmont, middle blocker, junior 
  • Ian Dawson, Worthington Kilbourne, opposite-side hitter, senior 
  • Logan Asp, Hilliard Davidson, setter, junior 

Coach of the Year: Brian Lawless, Thomas Worthington 

Coaches Achievement Award: Phil Nagy, Upper Arlington 

Division II, Region 5

First team 

  • Mladen Tague, St. Charles, opposite-side hitter, senior (Player of the Year) 
  • Mercer Cutright, Chillicothe, outside hitter, junior 
  • Jack Koesters, St. Charles, outside hitter, senior 
  • George Smith, Watterson, outside hitter, junior 
  • Alec Martin, Westfall, outside hitter, senior 
  • Lucas Sprague, Chillicothe, setter, senior 
  • Aaron Firmalan, DeSales, outside hitter, senior 
St. Charles' Thomas Clark, left, and Jack Koesters

Second team 

  • Thomas Clark, St. Charles, setter, senior 
  • Stuart Hankinson, St. Charles, outside hitter, senior 
  • Dominic Trolli, DeSales, setter, sophomore 
  • A.J. Harvey, Watterson, setter, junior 
  • Thomas Williams, Hartley, outside hitter, senior 
  • Kael Grothaus, Dayton Carroll, libero, junior 
  • Justin Rubia, Chillicothe, libero, senior 

Honorable mention 

  • Avry Justus, Westfall, libero, senior 
  • Elijah Hardiesty, Chillicothe, middle blocker, senior 
  • Caleb Goecke, Dayton Carroll, setter, sophomore 
  • Andrew Bassetti, Hartley, defensive specialist, senior 
  • Casey Althouse, DeSales, outside hitter, junior 
  • Camden Manley, East Dayton Christian, outside hitter, senior 
  • Connor Cole, St. Charles, middle blocker, senior 
  • Michael LaSusa, St. Charles, libero, junior 
  • Aaron Tran, DeSales, libero, senior 
  • Grady Gallagher, Watterson, outside hitter, sophomore 
  • Thomas Aubrey, Independence, outside hitter, junior 

Coach of the Year: Ned Gruber, St. Charles 

Coaches Achievement Award: Chad Moehl, Westfall