2024 Oregon all-state volleyball team

We select the best players across all classifications
Oregon City star Paige Thies will play for the University of Arizona next season.
Oregon City star Paige Thies will play for the University of Arizona next season. / Photo by Dan Brood

Here are SBLive Oregon/High School on SI's selections for Oregon's best players regardless of classification for the 2024 high school volleyball season.

First team

OH Madi Andrews, Nelson, junior

Andrews, a three-year starter for the Hawks and a Michigan State commit, had a team-high 406 kills (giving her 1,298 for her career), 240 digs, 75 aces and 23 blocks. She helped Nelson place third at the 6A state tournament for the third consecutive season.

OH Sadie Ross, Jesuit, junior

Ross was first among equals on a stacked Crusaders front line that propelled them to a second consecutive 6A state championship, finishing with a team-high 466 kills. 

Sadie Ross
Sadie Ross helped lead Jesuit to the 6A title in 2024. / Photo by Dan Brood

OH Paige Thies, Oregon City, senior 

Thies has been the state’s best player each of the past two seasons, with the University of Arizona signee leading the Pioneers to their first two 6A state championship match appearances. As a senior, the 6A player of the year finished with 520 kills (.382 hitting) — giving her a school-record 1,823 in her three-year career — 118 digs, 69 aces and 12 blocks. 

RS Addie Emerson, Valley Catholic, senior

The 3A player of the year and Westmont College commit led the Valiants to their fourth OSAA state championship in the past six seasons, finishing with 235 kills, 249 digs, 22 blocks and 60 aces (.943 serving).

MB Mayenabasi Akpan, South Medford, junior

Akpan will face a decision whether to play volleyball or basketball in college, but for now, she’ll continue to be a dominant force in the middle for her mother Robin’s volleyball program. She finished with 601 kills and 64 blocks for the Panthers.

MB Taelyn Bentley, South Albany, senior

Bentley won back-to-back 5A state titles at Crescent Valley, then moved to South Albany for her senior season and was the final piece to the championship puzzle for the RedHawks, with the South Florida commit amassing 267 kills (.451 hitting), 48 aces, 55 blocks and 93 digs.

S Ava Ainsworth, Marshfield, senior

The Pirates returned to the top of the 4A mountain, avenging their defeat to Marist Catholic in the 2023 final after winning the title in 2022 — and one of the common threads in that three-year run is Ainsworth, a Western Oregon signee and 4A co-player of the year. She had 925 assists as a senior.

S Kamden Mitchell, Crescent Valley, senior

The recent University of Oregon signee made her third 5A all-state team after leading the Raiders to a third consecutive trip to the state final, finishing with 1,019 assists (with only 11 ball-handling errors in 2,356 attempts), 117 kills, 83 aces (.964 serving), 28 blocks and 202 digs.

Flex Lucy Schuller, Bend, senior

Schuller played all over the court for the Lava Bears, with coach Kristin Cooper moving the first-team 5A all-state selection away from setting at the state tournament to utilize her superlative passing against tougher-serving teams. She finished with 161 kills, 131 digs, 166 assists and 24 aces in league and postseason play. 

L Addy Azavedo, Jesuit, senior

The University of Washington commit has been a steady force on the Crusaders back line for four seasons, making 257 digs as a senior and capping her career with a stellar performance in the 6A state final against Oregon City.

L Maddie Angel, South Albany, junior

Angel, a first-team 5A all-state selection, finished with a team-high 357 digs, 25 assists and 47 aces to help the RedHawks win their first state championship.

Player of the year

Paige Thies, OH, Oregon City

Coach of the year

Kaela Wehrman, South Albany

Four years ago, the South Albany graduate (class of 2013) took over a rising program — its 16 wins in 2019 were the most in the previous seven years — and steadily built the RedHawks into a championship team. With Bentley’s arrival and the maturation of stalwarts Angel and junior outside hitter Taylor Donaldson, they won the first state title in any sport in school history and became the first undefeated 5A champion, dropping just two sets along the way — none to a 5A opponent. 

Second team

OH Emma Brewer, Salem Academy, junior

OH Taylor Donaldson, South Albany, junior

OH Tatum Montiel, Marshfield, senior

RS Iman Foster, Jesuit, junior

MB Addi Knight, Barlow, senior

MB Audra Rose, St. Paul, senior

S Claire Crawford, Pleasant Hill, senior

S Hayden McGehee, Jesuit, senior

Flex Brooke Friesen, Sprague, sophomore

L Avery Axmaker, South Salem, senior

L Julia Paulson, Jesuit, senior

Third team

OH Mylee Blake, West Albany, senior

OH Giana Elgarico, Marist Catholic, senior

OH Gabby Hill, Nelson, senior

RS Grace Landon, Oregon City, senior

MB Katie Brewer, Centennial, senior

MB Alex Douglas, Jesuit, sophomore

S Allie Hawk, West Linn, senior

S Lexi Herber, Western Christian, senior

Flex Kaitlyn Siegner, Crane, sophomore

L Brooke Baude, Band, senior

L Chloe Runn, Marshfield, junior

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René Ferrán
RENÉ FERRÁN

René Ferrán has written about high school sports in the Pacific Northwest since 1993, with his work featured at the Idaho Press Tribune, Tri-City Herald, Seattle Times, Tacoma News Tribune, The Columbian and The Oregonian before he joined SBLive Sports in 2020.