Five Mustangs earn all-HOIAC volleyball recognition

This year’s PCM senior volleyball class endured a 1-6 conference record as freshmen back in 2022.

Three years later, the Mustangs climbed all the way up to third place in the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference, and that improvement helped five Mustangs earn all-conference volleyball honors recently.

Senior Tori Lindsay and sophomore Libby Winters were first-team selections, senior Jorja Teeter landed on the second team and senior Addi Hudnut and sophomore Peyton Lathrum were honorable mention selections.

All-conference recognition is based on statistics inside conference play only.

Lindsay, Hudnut, Teeter, seniors Seriah Nolin, Lillian Humpal and Claire Van Wyk and junior Addison Pederson also were named to the academic all-conference team.

To be considered for that squad, athletes must be a junior or a senior with a grade point average of 3.25 or better.

Nolin also earned academic all-state honors. To be eligible, athletes must be a senior who have a GPA of 3.85 or better and an ACT score of 27 or better or rank in the top 5 percent of their class.

Lindsay earned first-team all-conference as the Mustangs’ starting setter. She ranked second in the HOIAC with 207 assists and added 16 kills, three blocks, 59 digs and 11 aces.

Lindsay finished 100-of-101 in serves, which led the league at 99 percent.

Winters was PCM’s top hitter. She ranked tied for fourth in the HOIAC with 85 kills, eighth with 12 blocks, tied for 10th with 74 digs and added five assists and 13 assists.

Winters ranked sixth in the conference with a kill efficiency of .245 and she was 86-of-103 in serves.

Teeter ranked ninth in the league with a kill efficiency of .215 as one of PCM’s hitters. She ranked 10th with 16 aces and chipped in 46 kills, 57 digs, eight blocks and two assists. She was 74-of-82 in serves.

Hudnut was PCM’s starting libero. She ranked third in the HOIAC with 99 digs and was second with 27 aces. Hudnut added 15 assists and three kills and she was 89-of-106 in serves.

Lathrum was one of PCM’s middle hitters. She ranked sixth in the league with 16 blocks and tied for seventh with 19 aces.

Lathrum also totaled 46 kills and 19 digs and finished with a kill efficiency of .143. She was 94-of-111 in serves.

Heart of Iowa Activities Conference

Final Standings

Team Conference Overall

Roland-Story 8-0 34-8

Nevada 7-1 26-15

PCM 6-2 23-6

Greene County 5-3 14-17

South Hamilton 4-4 15-14

Grand View Christian 3-5 17-20

West Marshall 2-6 5-27

Perry 1-7 7-24

Saydel 0-8 6-17

All-Conference

First Team

Tori Lindsay, sr., PCM; Libby Winters, so., PCM; Miley Geise, jr., Roland-Story; Brookelyn Jondle, jr., Roland-Story; Caitlyn Flattebo, sr., Roland-Story; Rachel Borwick, sr., Nevada; Kaitlyn McGaffin, sr., Nevada; Hanna Fouch, so., Greene County; Tessa Skartvedt, jr., South Hamilton.

Second Team

Jorja Teeter, sr., PCM; Maddi Lucas, jr., Roland-Story; Chloe Koch, sr., Nevada; Jadyn Melohn, sr., Nevada; Lila Osterson, sr., Greene County; Emma Lammers, so., South Hamilton; Maiah Murphy, sr., Grand View Christian; Addie Hackett, sr., Grand View Christian; Riley Randall, sr., West Marshall.

Honorable Mention

Addi Hudnut, sr., PCM; Peyton Lathrum, so., PCM; Karsyn Lande, so., Roland-Story; Alli Janes, sr., Roland-Story; Ady Muhlbauer, so., Nevada; Kenna Dunson, so., Nevada; Natalee Baugh, sr., Greene County; Bellah Johnson, jr., Greene County; Claire Hewitt, sr., South Hamilton; Sara Scheller, sr., South Hamilton; Morgan Pelham, sr., Grand View Christian; Chloe Cox, so., Grand View Christian; Arya Wertz, sr., West Marshall; Olivia Henderson, jr., West Marshall; Charity Parnell, sr., Perry; Yamilet Gonzalez, sr., Perry; Ryleigh Sevedge, sr., Saydel; Ruby Thompson, jr., Saydel.