Sports
Vote on Palm Beach County high school volleyball state champions 2000-25
The Palm Beach Post is hosting a summer celebration featuring the best of Palm Beach County high school athletics from the first 25 years of the 21st century.
Starting the first week of June, the Post will roll out content highlighting every state champion and Player of the Year winner from 2000-25, including photos, reader polls and premium content. A full publication schedule can be found at the bottom of this page.
We’ll continue this week with the 13 state championship winners from Palm Beach County girls volleyball teams.
2000: Olympic Heights, Class 6A
Record: 33-1
Head coach: Virginia Kelly
Key players: Julia Caner (12 kills per game), Michelle Piantadosi (9 kills per game), Mary Ellen Caner, Amanda Sterner, Kim Harper.
2001: Olympic Heights, Class 6A
Record: 31-1
Head coach: Virginia Kelly
Key players: Julia Caner (336 kills), Kim Harper (520 assists), Amanda Sterner (168 kills, 61 blocks), Summer Weissing (196 kills), Emily Downing, Jessica Lennon, Paige Goss, Brooke Robinson.
2002: Olympic Heights, Class 6A
Record: 35-1
Head coach: Virginia Kelly
Key players: Summer Weissing (300 kills, 380 digs), Emily Downing (210 kills, 38 blocks), Amanda Sterner (264 kills, 225 digs), Kim Harper (682 assists), Jessica Lennon.
2003: Spanish River, Class 6A
Record: 29-2
Head coach: Mariela Lee
Key players: Madison Robelen (18.7 assists per match), Mercedes Thompson, Marie Sirounis, Laura Parker, Gina Iacona.
2005: Suncoast, Class 4A
Record: 28-3
Head coach: Gina Jacobellis
Key players: Lydee Benoit (310 kills, 204 digs), Lecia Brown (180 kills, 252 blocks), Rachel Olds (597 assists, 155 digs), Christie Hagen, Sarah Iles, Katie Folmar, Dominique Ouellette.
2006: King’s Academy, Class 2A
Record: 32-2
Head coach: Alicia Hobson
Key players: Rachel Goosens (145 kills, 149 digs), Emily Kirk (130 kills, 40 blocks), Kaitlyn Lawrence (417 assists), Hillary Neal (154 kills), Kim Hobgood.
2011: Lake Worth Christian, Class 2A
Record: 22-10
Head coach: Terri Kaiser
Key players: Kristen Reid, Kristin Kintz, Amanda King, Elizabeth Owens.
2012: Boca Raton, Class 8A
Record: 31-1
Head coach: Amanda Angermeier
Key players: Ruth Harrington, Sydney Kantor (419 digs), Libby Vilmar (1,104 assists), Cassidy Hughes (154 digs) Katie Laporte (189 kills, 49 blocks), Charlotte Earnhardt, Jayci Fischer, Brittany Goldschmidt, Haley Little, Kara Mason.
2012: Lake Worth Christian, Class 2A
Record: 28-3
Head coach: Terri Kaiser
Key players: Meagan Milligan (362 kills), Amanda King (580 assists, 202 kills), Kristen Reid (521 digs, 241 kills), Elizabeth Owens (157 kills), Missy Reid (295 digs, 62 aces), Emily Lampman (572 digs), Devin Rohack, Britt Smith.
2015: Lake Worth Christian, Class 2A
Record: 28-4
Head coach: Terri Kaiser
Key players: Madelyne Anderson, Cassie Anderson, Shedd Morgan, Emily Lampman, Hannah Tannone.
2016: Boca Raton, Class 9A
Record: 24-2
Head coach: Amanda Angermeier
Key players: Christine Jarman (340 kills, 246 digs), Tatiana Rivas (912 assists, 198 digs), Taylor Garcia (187 kills), Lili Henderson, Shiloh O’Leath, Laura Stevenson, Vittoria Sottani Hannah Alfieri.
2019: Lake Worth Christian, Class 2A
Record: 27-4
Head coach: Terri Kaiser
Key players: Sarah Franklin (630 kills, 88 blocks), Abigail Toeniskoetter (153 kills, 81 blocks), Parker Folino (600 assists), Kelly Franklin (149 kills, 414 assists), Alexis Jacobs (147 kills),
2020: Lake Worth Christian, Class 2A
Record: 18-2
Head coach: Terri Kaiser
Key players: Kelly Franklin, Abigali Toeniskoetter, Emily Caputo, Alexis Jacobs, Sofia Aguilera.
Eric J. Wallace is deputy sports editor for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at ejwallace@gannett.com.