6B Sunday, January 6, 2013 Denton Record-Chronicle

Argyle, Fr., OHEighmy Dobbins

Denton Record-Chronicle

2012 All-Area Volleyball MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

NNoottaabbllee:: For the second straight season, the Argyle setter made it an easy choice as to whowould be named the area’s Most Valuable Player by the Denton Record-Chronicle staff. O’Briencapped her high school career by leading the Lady Eagles to their deepest postseason run inschool history, as they lost a hard-fought, five-set match to Abilene Wylie in the Class 3A statesemifinals. O’Brien tallied 1,453 assists on the season, including 63 against Wylie that put hersecond on the all-time state list and in a tie for ninth in the national single-match record book.She helped three teammates amass at least 300 kills apiece and another get more than 200 onthe season. O’Brien also had 35 aces and was a standout defender, racking up 424 digs — goodfor second on the team behind only the libero. The four-year starter will live on not only in schoolhistory, but in state and national history, as her 4,916 career assists are good for the most inTexas high school history and fourth in national history.

NNoottaabbllee:: There wasn’t a whole lot Campbelldidn’t do for Pilot Point this season. Campbell’sstellar senior year landed the outside hitter withthe District 12-2A MVP honor and helped leadthe Lady Cats to the district championship andthe 2A regional quarterfinals. While her killnumbers were down from last season,Campbell, her team’s captain, led the Lady Catswith 330 kills and a .317 hitting percentage. Shehad 61 aces, 202 digs and 80 total blocks, all ofwhich were team highs. Along with junior KirbySmith, Campbell solidified Pilot Point’s attack inits run to the district title. Campbell will playvolleyball next year at Erskine College in SouthCarolina.

Megan Dando

Lake Dallas, Sr., MB

NNoottaabbllee:: While the Lady Falcons wereunable to follow up last year’s remarkableplayoff run with an ensuing trip the postsea-son, Dando proved to be vital for Lake Dallasthis season. The senior middle blocker had asolid all-around season, tallying 89 soloblocks. Dando, a first-team All-District 5-4Aselection, racked up 410 kills, 291 digs and 33aces on the year. The Lake Dallas standoutwas one of four seniors leading the LadyFalcons all season, as her lofty numbers indi-cate. On any given night, Dando had the abili-ty to lead the team in multiple categories, andshe totaled 43.6 percent of her kills duringdistrict play.

KKAATTYY KKEEEENNAANNArgyle, Soph., MB

Keenan had another impressiveyear for Argyle, a Class 3A statesemifinalist. The middle blockernotched 393 kills, 78 blocks and 28aces this year for the Lady Eagles.Keenan also had a .925 serve per-centage on the season.

A.J. Campbell

Pilot Point, Sr., OH

Blair O’BrienArgyle, Sr., S

ALL-AREA FIRST TEAMCO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Kim RobinsonKrum, Sr., MB

CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

MMAADDEELLIINNEE MMAAYYEERRCalvary, Jr., MB

Mayer’s stats won’t look as impres-sive as everybody else’s becauseher team rarely failed to sweep itsopponent. Mayer still managed 207kills and TAPPS Class 2A first-teamall-state and 2A all-tournamentselections.

CCOORRYY GGRRAANNTTCalvary, Sr., OH

Grant was another key piece thathelped Calvary win the school’s firstTAPPS volleyball state champi-onship. Grant earned Class 2A first-team all-state and all-state tourna-ment selections. The senior had 196kills and 178 digs this season.

NNoottaabbllee:: For the second straight year,Robinson’s presence at the front of the netproved to be instrumental for Krum. The sen-ior middle blocker helped the Lady Catsreach the regional quarterfinals in back-to-back seasons in the first two years Krum hashad a varsity volleyball program. Robinsonpaced the team with 361 kills. More impres-sively, she compiled 111 solo blocks through-out the season and tallied 99 digs despiteonly being on the back row whenever she’sserving. Robinson will be in Shawnee, Okla.,to play for Oklahoma Baptist and be a mem-ber of the Lady Bison track and field team.

NNoottaabbllee:: There were many key pieces as the Argyle volleyball team made its deepest postsea-son run in school history, and one of them was not only a newcomer to the area high school volley-ball scene, but to high school altogether. Dobbins, a freshman outside hitter, was one of the tallerArgyle players and stepped right into a pivotal role in Argyle’s diverse attack. She was third on theteam with 340 kills and proved to be a valuable defender with 139 digs. But one of the biggestimpacts Dobbins made on her team was at the service line. Dobbins used a lethal jump serve tostymie opponents with a 93.5 percent serve percentage and a team-leading 71 aces.

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Brooke Robertson

Argyle, Jr., OH

CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

MMAADDIISSOONN WWAALLFFOORRDDGuyer, Jr., S

Walford earned a District 5-4A first-team selection after a solid junioryear with the Lady Wildcats.Walford compiled 478 assists and80 digs in district play, helpingGuyer reach the area round of theClass 4A playoffs.

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MM..KK.. KKEEAARRNNEEYYSanger, Sr., OH

Kearney was stellar all around forSanger this year. The senior outsidehitter had 334 kills, 64 aces and448 digs for the Lady Indians.Along with Morgan Turkoly andMadyon Hillis, Kearney kept Sangerafloat in a tough district.

Clarke OberleArgyle

NNoottaabbllee:: The only volleyball coach Argyle hasknown, Oberle had a banner season in 2012. HisLady Eagles not only made their deepest post-season run in school history, they finally gotback to the regional tournament — and brokethrough that barrier for the first time. Argyledropped a five-set thriller to Abilene Wylie inthe Class 3A semifinals after losing the first twosets. But the Lady Eagles’ road to the state tour-nament was nearly as impressive. They beattwo teams ranked higher than them in theregional tournament, topping Longview SpringHill and Decatur to advance to the state tourna-ment. The run cemented Argyle’s place in theupper echelon of programs in Class 3A.

COACH OF THE YEAR

KKEENNDDAALLLL WWAAGGNNEERRDenton, Sr., OH

Wagner’s production didn’t taperoff in her senior year with the LadyBroncos. The Denton outside hitterracked up 362 kills, 58 aces and 421digs for the Lady Broncos this sea-son, leading her squad to a playoffberth.

ALL-AREA SECOND TEAMHHAAIILLEEYY FFOOSSTTEERR

Ryan, Sr., OHFoster was one of the few seniors on Ryan’s youthful ros-ter this season. Before she missed the final four games ofthe season because of injury, Foster racked up 171 kills, 85assists and 126 digs for the Lady Raiders.

MMIIKKAAYYLLAA YYAATTEESSGuyer, Soph., OH

Yates earned District 5-4A’s Newcomer of the Year award,a sign of good things to come for Guyer. The sophomoreoutside hitter had 183 kills, a .299 hitting percentage anda.918 serve percentage in 5-4A play.

JJAADDEE AAKKIINNSSDenton, Soph., OH

Along with Kendall Wagner, Akins’ efforts helped the LadyBroncos reach the area round of the Class 4A playoffsbefore losing to Aledo, an eventual state finalist. Akinshad 314 kills, 26 aces and 311 digs.

KKIIRRBBYY SSMMIITTHHPilot Point, Jr., OH

Smith, a junior outside hitter, had a big year for Pilot Pointto help the Lady Cats win the District 5-2A crown. Smithcompiled 270 kills on a .239 hitting percentage and had27 aces to go with a first-team All-District 5-2A nod.

SSIIEERRRRAA JJAAMMEESSArgyle, Sr., MB

James’ level of play increased as Argyle advanced deeperinto the Class 3A playoffs. The senior middle blocker had238 kills, 48 1/2 blocks, 55 aces and 149 digs for the LadyEagles.

LLAAIINNEE LLOOWWRRYYArgyle, Jr., L

Lowry solidified Argyle’s back row this season and cameup with key digs all year. Lowry finished the year with a2.44 pass rating and racked 510 digs, a key piece ofArgyle’s deep playoff run.

NNoottaabbllee:: Robertson’s offensive attack wasinstrumental in Argyle’s trip to the Class 3Astate semifinals. Robertson, a selection to theall-state tournament team, had a match-high 26kills in the semifinal loss to Abilene Wylie.Robertson led Argyle with a team-high 425 killsin a season that saw the Lady Eagles reach thestate tournament for the first time in school his-tory. Robertson had 30 aces and a .911 servingpercentage, a 2.55 pass rating and notched 171digs this season. The outside hitter is only a jun-ior and will be one of the many key piecesreturning for the Lady Eagles next season, asthey surely will be looking to advance to thestate title game and improve on this year’sresults.