WATERTOWN, S.D. (PlayNorthStar.com) – The 2021 North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) announced its All-Conference volleyball teams and postseason awards Thursday evening. Awards were given out during the honors reception at the Ramkota Inn & Convention Center on the eve of the North Star Volleyball conference postseason tournament at Civic Arena.
Viterbo (Wis.) won the 2021 NSAA Volleyball regular-season conference outright, finishing with a perfect record of 14-0 in conference contests this season.
The six-team postseason tournament kicks off Friday morning with No. 6 seed Presentation (S.D.) taking on No. 3 seed Dakota State (S.D.) at 10 a.m. (Central Time), followed by No. 5 seed Mayville State (N.D.) versus No. 4 seed Valley City State (N.D.) at 12 p.m. No. 1 seed Viterbo and No. 2 seed Bellevue received the first-round bye and will play in the evening session on Friday.
Miah Garant of Viterbo was selected as the NSAA Volleyball Player-of-the-Year. She was also chosen as the conference’s Offensive Player-of-the-Year. Her teammate Adrianna Reinhart was selected as NSAA Libero-of-the-Year. Olivia Galas of Bellevue was named to the NSAA Setter-of-the-Year for the third consecutive year. BU’s Haley Fleischman was chosen as the league’s Freshman-of-the-Year.
Ryan DeLong of Viterbo’s was selected as the North Star Athletic Association’s Volleyball Coach-of-the-Year, guiding the V-Hawks to the NAIA national ranking No. 2 with an overall record of 35-1 in the regular-season.
A total of 14 players are listed on the 2021 NSAA Volleyball All-Conference First-Team. Eight players are named on the Second-Team All-Conference distinction. A total of nine players returned as All-Conference from last season and two seasons ago, including eight players on the First-Team All-Conference.
Viterbo landed six selections – five athletes on First Team – on the NSAA Volleyball All-Conference. Bellevue has five recipients on the all-conference teams, with four athletes on the First Team.
The North Star Athletic Association Champions of Character recipients were also honored at the banquet.
The NSAA All-Conference teams and postseason awards were selected by the league coaches.
Below are the complete listings of 2021 NSAA Volleyball All-Conference First- and Second-Teams and postseason awards:
2021 North Star Athletic Association Volleyball Postseason All-Conference & Postseason Awards
First-Team All-Conference
| Name | Position | Year | School | Hometown |
| Miah Garant !$ | MH | Senior | Viterbo (Wis.) | Fort Atkinson, Wis. |
| Eve Fountain @ | OH | Freshman | Bellevue (Neb.) | Omaha, Neb. |
| Olivia Galas $%@ | S | Junior | Bellevue (Neb.) | Bellevue, Neb. |
| Maya Roberts !%@ | RS | Senior | Viterbo (Wis.) | Watertown, Wis. |
| Maddie Polzin @ | OH | Senior | Dakota State (S.D.) | Baltic, S.D. |
| Sierra Athen %@ | OH | Junior | Bellevue (Neb.) | Red Oak, Iowa |
| Kenzie Winker %@ | OH/RS | Freshman | Viterbo (Wis.) | Holmen, Wis. |
| Hannah Viet # | MH | Senior | Dakota State (S.D.) | Parker, S.D. |
| Katie Frohmader $%# | OH | Junior | Viterbo (Wis.) | Fort Atkinson, Wis. |
| Elora Passa &@ | S/OH | Junior | Mayville State (N.D.) | Barnesville, Minn. |
| Adrianna Reinhart | L | Junior | Viterbo (Wis.) | Caledonia, Minn. |
| Haley Fleischman | MH/RS | Freshman | Bellevue (Neb.) | Overton, Neb. |
| Madalyn Groft @ | S | Sophomore | Dakota State (S.D.) | Mellette, S.D. |
| Bailey Nelson | OH | Junior | Valley City State (N.D.) | Argusville, N.D. |
Second-Team All-Conference
| Name | Position | Year | School | Hometown |
| Natalie Hadrava | L | R-Junior | Mayville State (N.D.) | Laporte, Minn. |
| Sydney Schell | OH | Freshman | Dakota State (S.D.) | Aberdeen, S.D. |
| Sadie Hansen | S | Freshman | Valley City State (N.D.) | Oakes, N.D. |
| Kenzie Kidd | OH | Sophomore | Waldorf (Iowa) | Roscoe, Ill. |
| Laura Babcock @ | L | Junior | Presentation (S.D.) | Aberdeen, S.D. |
| Sienna Black | MH | Junior | Bellevue (Neb.) | Treynor, Iowa |
| Abbey Johnson | S | Junior | Viterbo (Wis.) | Brodhead, Wis. |
| Mackenna Johnson # | RS | Senior | Dickinson State (N.D.) | Grantsburg, Wis. |
@ – 2020 NSAA Volleyball All-Conference First Team
# – 2020 NSAA Volleyball All-Conference Second Team
% – 2019 NSAA Volleyball All-Conference First Team
$ – 2018 NSAA Volleyball All-Conference First-Team
! – 2017 NSAA Volleyball All-Conference First-Team
2021 NSAA Volleyball Postseason Awards:
Player-of-the-Year: Miah Garant – Viterbo (Wis.)
Offensive Player-of-the-Year: Miah Garant – Viterbo (Wis.)
Setter-of-the-Year: Olivia Galas – Bellevue (Neb.)
Defensive Player-of-the-Year: Adrianna Reinhart – Viterbo (Wis.)
Freshman-of-the-Year: Haley Fleischman – Bellevue (Neb.)
Coach-of-the-Year: Ryan DeLong – Viterbo (Wis.)
Assistant Coach-of-the-Year: Micah Rhodes – Bellevue (Neb.)
2021 NSAA Volleyball Champions of Character
Bellevue (Neb.): Sienna Black
Dakota State (S.D.): Peyton Groft
Dickinson State (N.D.): Jenna Swope
Mayville State (N.D.): Emily Kaasa
Presentation (S.D.): Makenzey Burggraff
Valley City State (N.D.): Morgan Nelson
Viterbo (Wis.): Mariah Calkins
Waldorf (Iowa): Abygail Wood