Jackson County Central graduate Emma Haren will be among 38 players participating in the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association All Star matches tonight (Wednesday) at Mounds View High School.
It’s the second straight year Haren was selected.
She will play on Team Weaver, named for one of the team’s coaches, Walt Weaver, a charter member of the MNVBCA Hall of Fame. Weaver, who also coached in pro and college volleyball, won two state titles as a coach at Apple Valley and one at Lakeville North.
Emma was a Class 2A all-state selection twice and also earned all-Big South Conference West Division honors twice and was an honorable mention selection once.
Haren will be attending Morningside University and playing volleyball for the Mustangs.
Team Weaver will play Team Dzubay in the second of two first-round matches at approximately 6:45 p.m. The first match at 6 p.m. has Team Mader vs. Team Nucech.
The winners play at about 7:30.
Among the other players on Haren’s team is Rachel Johnson, who will be a senior S/RS at Big South Conference newcomer Belle Plaine.
Also on the squad is a player that this year’s JCC team will be seeing, Mayer Lutheran MH Marley Martin. The Huskies will play Mayer Lutheran on Tuesday, Sept. 3 at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato.
Mayer Lutheran has finished second in the state Class 1A tournament each of the past two years after winning the title in 2021.
Two more Big South Conference players are on Team Dzubay. Marshall graduate Morgan Bjella will play at Minnesota State University and Redwood Valley’s Kendall Huhnerkoch is a senior who has committed to St. Cloud State.
There are three players from Section 3A on Team Mader, Ella Johnson and Elivia Farris of Minneota and Gabi Borresen of Russell-Tyler-Ruthton.
Following are the rosters for the teams. Listed are name, position, year graduating and school.
Team Weaver
Avery Klein, RS, 2024, New Prague
Marley Martin, MH, 2025, Mayer Lutheran
Brooklyn Fischer, MH/DS/RS, 2024, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Mya Foslien, OH/RS, 2025, West Central Area
Rachel Johnson, S/RS, 2025, Belle Plaine
Danica Martin, OH, 2024, Mayer Lutheran
Abby Distad, S, 2024, Kasson-Mantorville
Addison Ertz, OH/DS, 2025, Northfield
Ellie Ask, OH/DS, 2024, Kasson-Mantorville
Emma Haren, OH, 2024, Jackson County Central
Coaches: ​Missy Foslien (West Central Area), Greg Sayuk (New Prague) and Walt Weaver (MNVBCA Hall of Fame, Apple Valley and Lakeville North)
Team Dzubay
Sahara Morken, S, 2025, Mabel-Canton
Tamara Behl, LIB, 2024, Minneapolis Roosevelt
Morgan Bjella, RS, 2024, Marshall
Jaelyn LaPlante, OH, 2025, Chatfield
Hannah Koester, OH/RS, Northfield
Logan Koepke, OH, 2024, Caledonia
Kendall Huhnerkoch, MH, 2025, Redwood Valley
Harper Goldsmith, S, 2026, Chatfield
Jadyn Lester, S/OH/RS, 2024, Rochester Mayo
Kinley Soiney, MH, 2026, Mabel-Canton
Coaches: ​Scott Koepke (Caledonia), Lonnie Morken (Mabel-Canton) and John Dzubay (MNVBCA Hall of Fame, Stewartville)
Team Mader
Reese Axness, S, 2025, Champlin Park
Abby Zins, OH, 2024, Chisago Lakes
Carly Gilk, RS, 2025, Champlin Park
Ella Johnson, OH, 2024, Minneota
Elivia Faris, RS/MH/OH, 2025, Minneota
Kaitlyn Erickson, LIB, 2024, Champlin Park
Gabi Borresen, S, 2024, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
Kammry Broadwater, OH, 2024, Fillmore Central
Kayli Bessler, MH/OH, 2024, Nevis
Coaches: Daynica Brown (Russell-Tyler-Ruthton), Scott Jackson (Wayzata) and Maria Mader (MNVBCA Hall of Fame, Official; representing Milan Mader, MNVBCA Hall of Fame, Lakeville North)
Team Nucech
Maddy Benka, OH, 2024, Minnehaha Academy
Cora Sayotovich, S, 2024, Rush City
Ellery Ehresmann, S, 2025, Albany
Taylor Tool, MH/RS, 2024, Delano
Lydia Bengtson, OH/RS, 2024, Rush City
Hannah Klein, OH, 2025, Albany
Grace Hoffard, MH/RS, 2024, Pequot Lakes
Ella Kratochvil, OH, 2024, Pequot Lakes
Sonja Laaksonen, OH, 2025, Holf Family Catholic
Coaches: Becca Rue (Delano), Eric Telander (Rush City) and Gail Nucech (MNVBCA Hall of Fame, Hibbing)