HS Dream Team of the Week: Bower, Goodenow, Diersbock, DeLete, Sparks, Risdon, Jaffa, Onaga

All high school season, VolleyballMag.com recognizes a Dream Team of players who were standouts the weekend before. Most weeks, the eight-girl Dream Team will consist of the following:

Setter
Setter, S/RS or RS
OH
OH
MB
MB
Libero
DS

This week, because no defensive specialists were nominated, we added third outside hitter.

Players will be considered for Dream Team ONLY if they are nominated by their high school coaches using this link: https://volleyballmag.com/hs-player-of-the-week-submissions/.

Nominations will be solicited by email to high school coaches only on our email list. To sign up, follow this link: https://volleyballmag.com/hs-email-sign-up/

Note to coaches and directors: while there is no science to how we choose members of our Dream Team, performing on bigger stages will give players an edge, as will nomination forms that describe with specificity how well a player performed the previous week.

HIGH SCHOOL DREAM TEAM for November 2, 2022
S: Alex Bower, 5-10 Jr., Skyview (Nampa, Idaho) – Bower had 51 assists, 14 digs and six kills in the championship match as Skyview captured its third straight Idaho state title. The junior, who has committed to BYU, dished with equal effectiveness to the duo of junior Alex Acevedo and freshman Bellamie Buess, who each had 26 kills.

RS: Betsy Goodenow, 6-0 Sr., St. Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, Kansas) — Goodenow had 16 kills and three blocks in the championship match and led the Saints in all all tournament long as they clinched their eighth Kansas state title. The Yale recruit had 15 kills in the semis and is the team’s emotional leader and two-year captain. Coach Sarah Ikenberry said that without her, STA would not be state champions or have had a season that saw the team lose just twice in-state all year.

OH: Reese Diersbock, 6-1 Sr., Le Jardin Academy (Kailua, Hawaii) – One of the top players in the state, Diersbock played like a superstar on Saturday in leading the Bulldogs to the Hawaii Division II state title. The senior totaled 31 kills and 19 digs in a five-set win over Hawaii Baptist.

OH: Brookyln DeLeye, 6-2 Sr., Washburn Rural (Topeka, Kansas) – One of the best players in Kansas history, DeLeye led the Junior Blues to a 40-1 record and the Kansas 6A title. She had 15 kills, eight digs, two aces and a block in the two-set finals sweep and completes her career as one of only a handful of…