Delaware Military Academy’s Sydney Fulton (7) made the All-State girls volleyball first team and was voted the state’s Player of the Year.
The Delaware Military Academy girls volleyball team had a great night Monday. And on Tuesday, the good news kept coming.
A day after finishing 20-0 and winning the school’s first DIAA state championship, the Seahawks placed three players on the All-State girls volleyball first team. Junior setter Sydney Fulton, who had 56 assists and 18 digs in DMA’s 3-1 victory over Archmere in the final, was named Player of the Year in voting by the Delaware Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association.
Seahawks junior Victoria Taylor and senior Cassie Kowalski also made the first team, along with Archmere senior Tori Falasco, Padua sophomore Emily Jarome, Wilmington Friends junior Alyssa Nathan and Ursuline senior Kailyn Kampert.
Delmar’s Sandy Covington was named Coach of the Year. The Wildcats finished 11-7, won the Henlopen South title and earned their first state tournament victory in a five-set thriller over Appoquinimink before falling to DMA in the second round.
Padua junior Maddie Judge, Delmar junior Carly Covington, Tower Hill freshman Maddie Sachs, St. Mark’s senior Addison Reich, A.I. du Pont junior Sydney MacDonald, Caravel senior Sam Esper and Charter of Wilmington freshman Madeline Matheny were named to the second team.
Sanford senior Patty Swanson, Charter senior Kristen Edmiston, Ursuline sophomore Samantha Davis, Ursuline senior Liz Baffone, Padua senior Lauren Mellor, Tatnall sophomore Juliana Campbell and Archmere senior Sami Mengers received honorable mention.
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