N&O All-Metro volleyball team and final top 15 rankings, 2015
Cardinal Gibbons finished the season wire-to-wire at No. 1 in The News & Observer volleyball rankings. The Crusaders, N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A champions, have not lost to a team from inside the state since 2012.
Following Gibbons are the only two in-state teams to push them to a fourth set – N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association champ North Raleigh Christian and fourth-round team Broughton.
South Granville, the 2A state champs, are No. 4 in the top 15. The Vikings’ Annie Preddy led the state in assists with a whopping 1,294.
The top four teams in the final rankings combined for 9 of the 15 players on the All-Metro team.
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News & Observer volleyball rankings
Team | Previous | Record |
1. Cardinal Gibbons | 1 | 20-3 |
2. North Raleigh Christian | 3 | 28-2 |
3. Broughton | 5 | 22-1 |
4. South Granville | 7 | 30-3 |
5. Carrboro | 2 | 27-3 |
6. Cedar Ridge | 4 | 24-4 |
7. Princeton | 6 | 27-2 |
8. Leesville Road | 9 | 18-3 |
9. Panther Creek | 10 | 19-5 |
10. Fuquay-Varina | 11 | 20-4 |
11. Apex | 12 | 16-7 |
12. Roxboro Community | 8 | 26-1 |
13. Lee County | 13 | 20-5 |
14. Triton | 14 | 18-9 |
15. Cleveland | 15 | 22-4 |
N&O All-Metro volleyball team
Name, School | Yr. | Accomplishments |
Briley Brind’Amour, Cardinal Gibbons* | Sr. | 273 kills; James Madison recruit. |
Destiny Cox, Carrboro | Soph. | 332 kills; North Carolina recruit. |
Caitlyn Della, Panther Creek | Sr. | 290 kills, 56 blocks; SWAC POTY; Wake Forest recruit. |
Tori Dozier, Cardinal Gibbons* | Sr. | 706 assists; N.C. State recruit. |
Katja Ehlers, Broughton* | Sr. | 273 kills, 176 digs; Charleston recruit. |
Daisy Eklund, Princeton | Jr. | 343 kills, 79 assists, 95 blocks. |
Megan Gasper, Leesville Road | Sr. | 609 assists, 164 digs. |
Emma Longley, Cardinal Gibbons | Sr. | 195 kills; Appalachian State recruit. |
Rachel Kallianos, Riverside | Sr. | 323 kills, 335 digs. |
Jenna Pitzer, South Granville | Jr. | 387 kills, 56.1 kill %, 98 blocks. |
Annie Preddy, South Granville* | Sr. | Led the state with 1,294 assists. |
Kati Smith, Broughton* | Sr. | 692 assists, 148 digs; UNC Wilmington recruit. |
Kincey Smith, North Raleigh Christian | Jr. | 416 digs; All-state; Duke recruit. |
Kalee Vanderhorst, Broughton | Jr. | 364 kills; Cap-8 POTY. |
Abigail Veit, Apex | Sr. | 345 kills, 267 digs, 29 blocks; Western Carolina recruit. |
*Two-time All-Metro pick.
This story was originally published December 5, 2015 at 11:25 PM with the headline "N&O All-Metro volleyball team and final top 15 rankings, 2015."