Saint Mark’s outside hitter Julia Yurkovich is the Player of the Year and leads the girls volleyball All-State team selected by the Delaware High School Volleyball Coaches Association.
Yurkovich, a 5-foot-11 senior, reached 800 career kills on Oct. 29 in the regular-season finale against Ursuline. The Presbyterian College signee then led the Spartans (17-2) to the championship match of the DIAA Girls Volleyball Tournament, where they lost 3-0 to Tower Hill.
She is one of eight players on the first team, along with Tower Hill senior Chloe Sachs, Smyrna junior Anna Richardson, Caravel senior Laila Glover, Newark Charter senior McKenna Ritchie, Wilmington Friends senior Jocelyn Nathan, Delmarva Christian sophomore Elaina Millaway and Saint Mark’s junior Taylor Holly.
Michael Sachs, who guided Tower Hill to an 18-2 season and the school’s first girls volleyball state championship, was named the Coach of the Year.
The Odessa Ducks, who improved from 6-9 to 9-6 in their second varsity season, received the Sportsmanship Award.
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All-State girls volleyball team
First team
Julia Yurkovich, sr., Saint Mark’s, Player of the Year
Chloe Sachs, sr., Tower Hill
Anna Richardson, jr., Smyrna
Laila Glover, sr., Caravel
McKenna Ritchie, sr., Newark Charter
Jocelyn Nathan, sr., Wilmington Friends
Elaina Millaway, so., Delmarva Christian
Taylor Holly, jr., Saint Mark’s
Second team
Ava Borcky, jr., Saint Mark’s; Katherine Kuehl, jr., Archmere; Alexis Parkinson, jr., Appoquinimink; Molly Pietlock, jr., Tower Hill; Alexandra Mardesich, sr., Caesar Rodney; Eliza Schneider, jr., Red Lion Christian; Camryn Ehlers, sr., Indian River; Janiece Lumpkin, sr., Middletown.
Third team
Meghan Mumford, jr., Tower Hill; Nancy Evans, sr., Tatnall; Ellie Millaway, sr., Delmarva Christian; Carly Timblin, jr., Smyrna; Megan Smith, sr., Cape Henlopen; Hannah Kelley, sr., Ursuline; Lila Sieler, sr., Newark Charter; Amanda Quinn, sr., Padua; Kate Hines, so., DMA; Alayna Dorst, sr., Middletown; Madelyn Way, fr., Saint Mark’s.
Coach of the Year – Michael Sachs, Tower Hill.
Sportsmanship Award – Odessa.
