All-Area Girls’ Volleyball First Team

Katie Conley, Senior, Middle Blocker/Opposite Hitter, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

All-Mission League first-team selection totaled 226 kills, 68 blocks and 72 digs for the Tologs, who split the Mission League championship with Harvard-Westlake and advanced to the semifinals of the Division I-A playoffs before falling to champion La Salle.

Caitlin Cottrell, Senior, Middle Blocker, Burroughs

First-team All-Pacific League selection averaged 13 kills a match, with a season-high effort of 25 kills coming against playoff-bound Glendale.

Emily Develle, Junior, Libero, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

All-Mission League first-team award winner finished with 509 digs and spearheaded a stout defense.

Kayla Lund, Freshman, Outside Hitter, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

Despite her youth, the power hitter collected 348 kills and 82 digs to earn All-Mission League first-team honors and help pace a surprising surge from the Tologs.

Taylor Page, Junior, Outside Hitter, La Cañada

All-Rio Hondo League first-team honoree finished with 289 kills, 235 digs and 54 aces in being the Spartans’ No. 1 offensive option.

Loren Shin, Junior, Libero, La Cañada

All-Rio Hondo League first-team pick had 20 aces and 379 digs for the Spartans.

COACH OF THE YEAR

Ernest Banaag, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

In his second season with the Tologs, Banaag continued a revival, as his squad finished with a 26-5 overall record and 9-1 mark in league to share the Mission League title with Harvard-Westlake for the first time since 2006. The Tologs also snapped a 15-match losing streak against the Wolverines and reached the CIF Southern Section Division I-A semifinals for the first time since 2007, falling to eventual champion La Salle in four games.