Wylie and Wylie East tied for second in the District 9-6A volleyball standings and were rewarded with all-district nominations.

In the superlative categories, Wylie’s Trinity Blackwood, Lauren Morano and Annie Tucker were among the award winners, along with Wylie East’s Addison Achilles. Blackwood was named co-MVP of the district, sharing the award with Sachse’s Macy Taylor.

Blackwood was third on the team with 222 kills along with 87 blocks. Blackwood recently signed her letter of intent to play volleyball at the University of North Dakota next season.

Fellow senior Morano won the 2022 defensive player of the year, leading the Pirates with 371 digs for the season, 10 digs per match. Morano finished her volleyball career at Wylie with 921 digs in three varsity seasons.

Tucker was voted the 9-6A newcomer of the year as a sophomore for the Pirates. She had 142 kills on the season, including two double-digit kill performances in key district wins over South Garland and Wylie East at the end of the season.

Achilles was named the top blocker in district play, leading the Lady Raiders with 91 blocks for the season, including 41 solo blocks. Achilles was also third on the team with 172 kills in 2022.

For the full list of all-district award winners, see below.

Superlative Winners

AWARD	ATHLETE	GRADE	SCHOOL
Co-Most Valuable Player	Trinity Blackwood	12	Wylie
Co-Most Valuable Player	Macy Taylor	12	Sachse
Offensive Player of the Year	Favor Anyanwu	11	Sachse
Defensive Player	Lauren Morano	12	Wylie
Setter	Scarlette Young	11	Sachse
Blocker	Addison Achilles	11	Wylie East
Server	Nina Selders	12	Garland
Newcomer	Annie Tucker	10	Wylie

First Team All-District

Athlete	School	Position	Grade
Julia Hicks	Wylie East	OH	10
Erika Hernandez	Wylie East	MB	10
Charleigh Stevens	Wylie East	OH	12
Kaelynn Sims	Sachse	OH	10
Chi Tran	Sachse	Libero	12
Avery Patterson	North Garland	MB	12
Karson Barclow	Wylie	OH	10
Addison Hinchley	Wylie	OH	11
Sadie Warren	Wylie	DS Libero	10
Reese Davison	Rowlett	Libero	11

Second Team All-District

Athlete	School	Position	Grade
Alexa Ossei	Wylie	MB	12
Athena Nguyen	North Garland	Setter	11
Juju Ogueri	Lakeview Centennial	MB	10
Joya Graham	Lakeview Centennial	RS/Setter	12
Addison Palmer	Garland	OH	12
Keeley Williams	Garland	Libero	12
Hallie Hanks	Sachse	MB	12
Alivia Cheatham	Rowlett	OH	10
Meagan Anderson	Rowlett	Setter	12
Alexiah Brown	South Garland	DS	11
Lana Phomphakdy	Naaman Forest	Setter	9
Baylor Rodger	Wylie East	Setter	12
Jordyn Wacaster	Wylie East	Libero	10
Emma Blackstar	Wylie East	Setter	12

All-District Honorable Mention

Name	School
Emily Behrens	Wylie
Taylor Johnson	Wylie
Allison Tran	North Garland
Natalie Alrid	North Garland
Ashley Layman	North Garland
Amanda Moreno	North Garland
Alliah Bell	South Garland
Shanice Body	South Garland
Brenda Blanco	South Garland
Yarely Hernandez	South Garland
Nikaria Allen	Lakeview Centennial
Asia Graves	Lakeview Centennial
Alana Carr	Rowlett
Madeline Levvis	Rowlett
Adiam Adhanom	Naaman Forest
Jeriah Ellington-Preston	Naaman Forest
Amy Hernandez	Wylie East
Grace Achilles	Wylie East
Bailey Malone	Sachse
Mackenzie Colwell	Sachse
Whitney Cunningham	Sachse
Laci Archie	Garland
Zoe Thunhurst	Garland
Valeria Miranda	Garland
Aisha Nwadei	Garland
Samaria Anderson	Garland

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