Volleyball is a popular sport at Interlake. This year, all three teams had good competition results with Varsity placing 3rd in the league and JV and c-team also placing 3rd in their league. At the end of this amazing season, the Varsity team qualified for state and finally placed 10th at that competition. Congratulations to all the Varsity players!

During the volleyball season, senior co-captain, Katie Thomas was chosen as the MVP (Most Valuable Player) in the league, she was also chosen as 1st-team all-league. Meanwhile, senior Natalia Carruthers earned her 2nd-team all-league. Let’s also congratulate our players who received honorable mention: senior Haley Killeen and sophomore Lauren Riffe.

The results of an anonymous survey show that most team members enjoyed this year’s team and were satisfied with the results that they had received. When asked to give their opinion on the season, more than 5 players claimed that this was a fun season and that they really loved it. “This volleyball season has been one of my favorites so far”, one varsity player said. Another said,  “I am going to miss playing volleyball at Interlake and all the girls who participated this year.” One of the c-team players also said that “from the start to the end, volleyball is fun.” The consensus on the season is overwhelmingly positive.

But of course, there are still areas of improvement. One player brought up the issue of more communication among different teams, which they thought would make the program less “disjointed”. A JV player also suggested having more space, because currently “JV has to share the auxiliary gym with c-team, allowing for neither team to have [enough] space.” Another player suggested that “the coaches should understand that statistics mean a lot but not everything.” With these suggestions, an already great program could become even better.

Overall, this has been a good season for most of the players. Congratulations to all our players for getting good results this year, and good luck in club season!