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Kenlee Barnard leads Courier & Press 2025 All-Metro volleyball team
Dec. 8, 2025, 3:02 a.m. CT
EVANSVILLE — Ashley Kaczmarski remembers when everything clicked into place this season.
Her North High School volleyball team was on the road at Heritage Hills. The Huskies lost the second set to the eventual sectional champions. Kaczmarski sensed her group was off that evening — none moreso than star setter Kenlee Barnard.
The coach pulled her senior captain aside during the break with a message: the team needed her. What transpired that night, and by extension the rest of the season, summed up what many in the program already knew. Barnard was going to lead the way.