Appleton East grabs three spots on 2025 Fox Valley Association All-Conference Girls Volleyball Team

By Paul Lecker
AppletonSportsPage.com

A combined six players from Appleton East, Appleton North and Appleton West picked up honors on the 2025 Fox Valley Association All-Conference Girls Volleyball Team.

Appleton East senior middle blocker Elizabeth Jacobs was a second-team selection, while five others from the Appleton schools were honorable mention choices.

Appleton East freshman outside hitter Adina DePagter and senior libero Zoe Wockenfus, Appleton North seniors Gracie Hartjes and Lydia Koshuta, and Appleton West senior setter Madison Milhaupt earned honorable mention accolades.

Jacobs had 178 kills and a team-high 69 total blocks, Wockenfus had 469 digs, and DePagter had 197 digs, 32 service aces and a team-best 189 kills for Appleton East.

Hartjes, a middle blocker, had 130 kills, a .253 hitting percentage, 38 aces and 36 blocks, while Koshuta, a setter and right-side hitter, had 353 assists, 169 digs, 34 aces and 64 kills for Appleton North.

Milhaupt had 149 assists and 106 digs for Appleton West.

Oshkosh West senior outside hitter Sydnee Nelson was named the FVA Player of the Year as she finished the season with 407 kills, a .294 hitting percentage, 38 aces, 23 blocks and 185 digs.

2025 Fox Valley Association All-Conference Girls Volleyball Team
(*denotes unanimous selection)
First team: *Sydnee Nelson, sr., outside hitter, Oshkosh West; MacKenna Shultis, sr., setter/right-side hitter, Fond du Lac; *Ellie Schultis, jr., outside hitter, Fond du Lac; Natalie Weyenberg, so., middle blocker, Kimberly; Paige Hoelzel, jr., middle blocker, Neenah; Lilly Romjue, jr., right-side hitter, Neenah; MaKaelyn Clark, sr., setter, Oshkosh West; Ella Lindgren, sr., libero, Neenah.
Second team: Bri Hagglund, so., outside hitter, Kimberly; Ava Van Hammond, sr., setter/right-side hitter, Kimberly; Ella Nigl, sr., right-side hitter, Neenah; Elizabeth Jacobs, sr., middle blocker, Appleton East; Emma Tesch, sr., setter, Kimberly; Emma Liebergen, so., outside hitter, Oshkosh West; Brooke Bacus, sr., middle blocker/libero, Hortonville; Bre Mentink, sr., libero, Fond du Lac.
Honorable mention: Haylie Dulas, jr., middle blocker, Kimberly; Adina DePagter, fr., outside hitter, Appleton East; Gracie Hartjes, sr., middle blocker, Appleton North; LydIa Koshuta, sr., setter/right-side hitter, Appleton North; Lyla Thomas, sr., middle hitter/right-side hitter, Fond du Lac; Kaitlyn Winter, so., outside hitter, Fond du Lac; Ashlynn Vande Voort, sr., outside hitter, Kaukauna; Rayna Nelson, sr., outside hitter/right-side hitter, Hortonville; Madison Milhaupt, sr., setter, Appleton West; Zoe Wockenfus, sr., libero, Appleton East; Elaina Butz, sr., libero, Oshkosh West.
Player of the Year: Sydnee Nelson, outside hitter, Oshkosh West.
Co-Coaches of the Year: Emily Riese, Fond du Lac, and Carrie Raminger, Kimberly.