GDW 2024 All Performance volleyball team:
Gameday Weekly spent 22 days at local volleyball assignments during the 2024 season. GDW took part in regular season play, weekend tournaments, the Cullman County tournament and postseason from the area playoffs to the Super Regional.
Earning recognition by GDW is two groups. A dozen seniors and a dozen non seniors, based on performance with GDW on hand.
The GDW all performance team (seniors):
Jolee McHan of Good Hope
Carley Stephens, Morgan Flanagan, Abby Kuykendall of Vinemont.
Ava Ray, Olivia Dover, Karina Harris of Cullman
Maci Brown, Katie Beth Yovino of West Point
Alyssa Mitchell of Holly Pond
Karys Henderson of Hanceville
Karlie English of Fairview
Most outstanding senior - McHan of Good Hope
GDW all performance team (non seniors):
Blakely Brannon of Cullman (Jr)
Lakin Shadix of West Point (Soph)
Caitlee Simmons of West Point (Jr)
Carley Adams of Good Hope (Jr)
Reagan Robinson of Vinemont (Jr)
Whitney Quick of Fairview (Jr)
Alex Twitty of Hanceville (Jr)
Blakely Baggett of Holly Pond (Jr)
Sadie Nail of Holly Pond (8th)
Lila Sellers of Cullman Christian (Soph)
Clementine Hollingsworth of Cullman (Soph)
Abigail McBride of St. Bernard (Fr)
Most outstanding non senior - Brannon of Cullman.
Honorable mention:
Caroline Miller of Vinemont
Aubrey Sandlin of Vinemont
Addison Holcomb of Vinemont
Campbell Koch of Good Hope
LK Granger of Cullman
Adrianna Owens of West Point
Aayliah Twitty of Hanceville
Gracie Stidham of Cullman Christian
Kaylin Redding of Fairview
Co coaches of the year:
Bobby Daniels of Vinemont
Meagan Cagle of West Point
Amy Hudson of Cullman
County match of the year:
Vinemont 2 to 1 over Good Hope September 24
Good Hope over Vinemont 3 to 1 October 1
Non county match of the year:
Cullman over Addison 2 to 1 September 3.
Analysis:
McHan was able to return to the court following ACL surgery early in the year. Her presence was a spark for Good Hope to win its 4th straight Cullman County title in doing it as a No. 4 seed.
McHan and Adams were co players of the county tournament by GDW.
Brannon was one of the most solid attackers in local volleyball. Brannon had a high percentage of kills and was a vital part of Cullman's upset of No. 1 Addison at West Point on the day after Labor Day.
Daniels took Vinemont to 49 victories in his first season, a Top 10 ranking in Class 3A, 15 consecutive victories and the 3A, Area 11 championship.
Late season surges from West Point and Cullman with Cagle and Hudson in their first season stood out for GDW with both earning a trip to the Elite Eight in their respective class.
Photo of Good Hope's Jolee McHan with teammate Riley Eisner after Lady Raiders won the Cullman County Tournament October 3 from Holly Pond.
GDW photo by Johnny Thornton.
