Dexter, Missouri – The Stoddard County Athletic Association coaches have voted and the 2014 SCAA All-Conference Volleyball Awards have been released.
Jessica Lindsey, senior at Dexter High School was selected SCAA Player of the Year. Lindsey had a team-high 297 kills, team-high 138 digs, 15 aces served, a 99.6 serving percentage, and a team-high 72 blocks this season.
Dexter senior, Shyann Jines was selected as SCAA Defensive Player of the Year. Jines had 118 digs. 186 kills, 65 block kills, 21 aces served, a 95.4 serving percentage, and a 1.87 pass percentage in the 2014 season.
“I am very proud for the girls,” commented Dexter head volleyball coach Carmen Morgan. “I thought they deserved it. This was the second year in a row for Jessie to get Player of the Year. Also last year another Dexter athlete Ashley Brown got Defensive Player of the Year. We’ve had those awards for two years in a row. It’s a great honor for the girls and I was glad to see it happen.”
Coach Morgan was selected as the SCAA Coach of the Year. She coached Dexter to a 29-4-1 record and they won the SCAA Tournament for a second straight season. They also finished undefeated in regular-season SCAA play for a second straight season. The Lady Bearcats won the 48-team Dig for Life Classic at Notre Dame for the first time DHS history and won their Class 3 District tournament for the first time in 14 years.
“It’s always an honor when your peers vote you into something! That was a nice honor to get,” Morgan said. “But I always say good players make good coaches!”
First-Team All-Conference players for the 2014 season are Jessica Lindsey and Shyann Jines of Dexter, Chelsea Delay and Lindsey Young of Bloomfield, Alanis Below of Advance and Morgan Baker of Bernie.
Second-Team All-Conference players for the 2014 season are Krysten Garrison and Julia Hahn of Dexter, Addie Shelton and Kayli Tanner of Bernie, Krista Rhodes of Woodland, Kaley Roper of Bloomfield, Hannah Clark and Brylee Morse of Advance, and Samantha Cryts of Puxico.
Honorable Mention All-Conference athletes for the 2014 season are Chelsea Cureton and Lexie King of Woodland, McKayla Hunt of Bell City, Jewel Chism of Bloomfield, Kimsey Lillard of Advance.
