Burke & Melchiorre Earn All-MCVL Accolades

Burke & Melchiorre Earn All-MCVL Accolades
April 7, 2022

MCVL, U.S.A. -- The 2022 All-Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League team as selected by the nine head coaches was announced today:

First Team        
Name School Class Position Hometown / High School
Ryan Lively *% Fontbonne Jr. OH St. Louis, Mo. / Mehlville
Jason Hascher *&#+ Mount St. Joseph Gr. OH Miamisburg, Ohio / Alter
Braden Woolsey *@ Fontbonne Sr. MH Edwardsville, Ill. / Metro East Lutheran
Ted Hofmeister Trine So. OH Powell, Ohio / Saint Charles
Cameron Ternent Mount Union Jr. OH Canal Fulton, Ohio / Masillon Jackson
Kyler van Rossum-O'Connell *#! Fontbonne Sr. S Joliet, Ill. / Joliet West
Chase Heuer Adrian So. OH West Chicago, Ill. / West Chicago
Hunter Haas *^ Trine So. L/DS Cincinnati, Ohio / Moeller
         
Second Team        
Joseph Huster Fontbonne So. MH St. Louis, Mo. / Lutheran South
Brandon Ravelo Adrian  Sr. S Newnan, Ga. / East Coweta
Andrew Cross Mount Union  Jr. MH St. Louis, Mo. / St. Louis University High
Sam Matonis $ Mount Union  Sr. MH Macedonia, Ohio / Walsh Jesuit
Michael Beard $ Baldwin Wallace  So. OH Hillard, Ohio / Darby
Russ Burke Wittenberg  Sr. OH Johnstown, Ohio / Gahanna Lincoln
Dominic Melchiorre Wittenberg Jr. MB Hilliard, Ohio / Darby
Steven Grenier $@ Mount Union Sr. L/DS Hawthorn Woods, Ill. / Lake Zurich
         
Key        
* = 2021 All-MCVL First Team
& = 2021 Offensive Player of the Year
^ = 2021 Defensive Player of the Year
% = 2021 Rookie of the Year
$ = 2021 All-MCVL Second Team
# = 2020 All-MCVL First Team
@ = 2020 All-MCVL Second Team
! = 2019 All-MCVL First Team
+ = 2019 All-MCVL Second Team

 Notes

  • Fontbonne's Kyler van Rossum-O'Connell is now a four-time first team All-MCVL selection.
  • Mount St. Joseph's Jason Hascher became a three-time first team all-league choice; he's also the reigning Offensive Player of the Year.
  • Three players are now two-time first team All-MCVL selections; Fontbonne's Ryan Lively and Braden Woolsey, and Trine's Hunter Haas.
  • Haas and Lively were individual award-winners last year with the former the Defensive Player of the Year and the latter the Rookie of the Year.
  • Eleven of the 16 all-league honorees will be in action at this weekend's MCVL tournament, which will be hosted by regular-season champion Fontbonne.
  • The 2022 individual awards <Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive POTY, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year> will be announced April 14.

Stat Lines (league matches only with top-20 rankings)

  • Lively > 3.86 kills/set (4th), .394 hitting percentage (4th), 0.41 service aces/set (t-4th)
  • Hascher > 4.93 kills/set (1st), .321 hitting percentage (9th), 0.71 blocks/set (9th), 2.21 digs/set (10th)
  • Woolsey > 2.42 kills/set (12th), .602 hitting percentage (1st), 1.13 blocks/set (1st), 0.21 service aces (19th)
  • Hofmeister > 4.00 kills/set (3rd), .278 hitting percentage (13th)
  • Ternent > 2.57 kills/set (11th), .322 hitting percentage (8th), 0.63 blocks/set (17th)
  • van Rossum-O'Connell > 0.71 blocks/set (t-10th), 2.29 digs/set (7th), 11.75 assists/set (1st)
  • Heuer > 4.38 kills/set (2nd), 0.52 service aces/set (t-1st)
  • Haas > 2.93 digs/set (1st), 0.78 assists/set (14th)

 

  • Huster > 2.32 kills/set (15th), .479 hitting percentage (2nd), 0.79 blocks/set (7th)
  • Ravelo > 10.17 assists/set (3rd), 0.52 service aces/set (t-1st)
  • Cross > 2.15 kills/set (20th), .450 hitting percentage (3rd), 1.00 blocks/set (3rd), 0.31 service aces/set (t-9th)
  • Matonis > 2.24 kills/set (19th), .336 hitting percentage (7th), 0.76 blocks/set (8th), 1.97 digs/set (16th)
  • Beard > 3.24 kills/set (6th), .246 hitting percentage (15th), 0.34 service aces/set (7th)
  • Burke > 2.86 digs/set (2nd), 0.61 assists/set (15th), 0.25 service aces/set (t-14th)
  • Melchiorre > 3.79 kills/set (5th), 0.68 blocks/set (13th), 1.96 digs/set (t-19th), 0.50 assists/set (16th)
  • Grenier > 2.83 digs/set (3rd), 10 assists (20th)