Barnes, Hilley and Rettke earn All-America honors

COLUMBUS, Ohio – It's been a record-setting career for Dana Rettke of the Wisconsin volleyball team. That continued on Wednesday when the graduate student became the first five-time first-team All-American in American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) history.

The middle blocker was joined on the first team by setter Sydney Hilley, who earned her third-straight first-team honor, while libero Lauren Barnes picked up her second-straight second-team All-America award.

The 6-foot-8 Rettke became just one of two five-time first-team All-Big Ten honorees this season. She leads the Big Ten Conference and ranks third nationally with a .447 hitting percentage. The Riverside, Illinois, native also ranks 10th nationally with 1.37 blocks per set this season while leading the team with 3.49 kills per set.
Rettke made her mark on the UW's career record lists this season, setting the all-time blocking record and points record. She also has the best career hitting percentage of any Badger at .425.

Hilley leads the nation with 12.04 assists per set, running the Badger offense that leads the Big Ten ranks sixth nationally with a .296 hitting percentage. A native of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, is averaging season bests of 2.63 digs, which ranks second on the team, and 0.72 blocks per set.

The 6-foot setter broke the UW career record for assists this season, currently ranking second all time in the Big Ten with 6,029 helpers. Hilley also has more than 1,000 career digs, ranking 13^th at Wisconsin, and more than 300 career blocks, becoming one of just six Big Ten setters to hit those milestones.

Barnes leads the Badgers and ranks eighth in the Big Ten with 4.29 digs per set. The 5-foot-8 libero has a season-best 481 digs this season and became the 19th UW player to record 1,000 career digs. She ranks seventh on the Badger record list with 3.62 digs per set for her career. A transfer from the University of Minnesota, the Naperville, Illinois, native has 1,540 digs in her career. Barnes also has a season-best 33 digs, averaging a season-high 0.29 digs per set.

The awards will be presented on Thursday at the Jostens Honors Banquet at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, beginning at noon ET.

First-Team All-Americans

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Previous All-America Honors
Julia Bergmann	Georgia Tech	OH	Jr.
Mariana Brambilla	Georgia Tech	RS	Sr.	2021 Spr. (3rd Team)
Brionne Butler	University of Texas	MB	Sr.	2021 Spr. (1st)
Tori Dilfer	University of Louisville	S	Gr.	2021 Spr. (3rd)
Dani Drews	University of Utah	OH	Gr.	2021 Spr. (1st), 2019 (1st), 2018 (2nd)
Logan Eggleston	University of Texas	OH	Jr.	2021 Spr. (1st), 2019 (2nd)
Sydney Hilley	University of Wisconsin	S	Gr.	2021 Spr. (1st), 2019 (1st), 2018 (2nd)
Kayla Lund	University of Pittsburgh	OH	Gr.	2021 Spr. (2nd)
Mac May	UCLA	OH	Gr.	2021 Spr. (2nd)
Yossiana Pressley	Baylor University	OH	Sr.	2021 Spr. (1st), 2019 (1st)
Dana Rettke	University of Wisconsin	MB	Gr.	2021 Spr. (1st), 2019 (1st), 2018 (1st), 2017 (1st)
Lexi Rodriguez	University of Nebraska	L	Fr.
Stephanie Samedy	University of Minnesota	RS	Sr.	2021 Spr. (1st), 2019 (2nd), 2018 (1st), 2017 (1st)
Anna Stevenson	University of Louisville	MB	Gr.	2021 Spr. (2nd)

Bios on First-Team All-Americans

Second-Team All-Americans

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Previous All-America Honors
Caitie Baird	Stanford University	OH	R-So.
Lauren Barnes	University of Wisconsin	L	Gr.	2021 Spr. (2nd Team)
Kayla Caffey	University of Nebraska	MB	Gr.
Samantha Drechsel	University of Washington	OH	Sr.	2021 Spr. (1st)
Emma Grome	University of Kentucky	S	Fr.
Marin Grote	University of Washington	MB	Jr.
Kaitlyn Hord	Penn State University	MB	Sr.
Kendall Kipp	Stanford University	OPP	Jr.
Leketor Member-Meneh	University of Pittsburgh	OH	Sr.
Marlie Monserez	University of Florida	S	Sr.
Caitlyn Newton	Purdue University	OH	Gr.	2021 Spr. (3rd)
Brooke Nuneviller	University of Oregon	OH	Jr.	2021 Spr. (2nd)
Rylee Rader	Ohio State University	MB	So.
Alli Stumler	University of Kentucky	OH	Sr.	2021 Spr. (1st)

Bios on Second-Team All-Americans

Third-Team All-Americans

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Previous All-America Honors
Anna DeBeer	University of Louisville	OH	So.
Skylar Fields	University of Texas	OH	Jr.
Zoe Fleck	UCLA	L	Sr.
Claire Hoffman	University of Washington	OH	Jr.	2021 Spr. (2nd Team)
Magda Jehlarova	Washington State University	MB	Jr.
Kenzie Koerber	Brigham Young University	OP	Gr.	2021 Spr. (2nd), 2019 (2nd)
Madi Kubik	University of Nebraska	OH	Jr.
Lauren Matthews	Western Kentucky University	MB	Sr.	2021 Spr. (2nd)
McKenna Melville	UCF	OH	Sr.
Chinaza Ndee	University of Pittsburgh	RS	Gr.	2021 Spr. (2nd)
Jonni Parker	Penn State University	OPP	Sr.
Mac Podraza	Ohio State University	S	Jr.
Ella May Powell	University of Washington	S	Jr.	2021 Spr. (2nd), 2019 (3rd)
Norah Sis	Creighton University	OH	Fr.

Bios on Third-Team All-Americans

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Honorable Mention All-Americans

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.
Rachel Ahrens	Pepperdine University	OH	Sr.
Caroline Bien	University of Kansas	OH	Fr.
Brooke Botkin	University of Southern California	OH	Gr.
Whitney Bower	Brigham Young University	S	Jr.
Hayley Bush	Purdue University	S	Sr.
Grace Cleveland	Purdue University	OPP	Sr.
Emma Clothier	Florida State University	MB	Jr.
Miajavon Coleman	Coppin State University	OH	Sr.
Megan Cooney	University of Illinois	OPP	Gr.
Leanna Deegan	Lafayette College	OH	Sr.
Emily DeWalt	Texas State University	S	Sr.
Kennedy Eschenberg	Brigham Young University	MB	Gr.
Yanlis Feliz	Chicago State University	OH	So.
Lauren Forte	University of Florida	MB	Sr.
Carly Graham	Rice University	S	Sr.
Serena Gray	University of Pittsburgh	MB	Sr.
Thayer Hall	University of Florida	OH	Sr.
Nicklin Hames	University of Nebraska	S	Sr.
Mariena Hayden	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	OH	Gr.
Petra Indrova	Bowling Green State University	OPP	Jr.
Cierra Jenkins	Brown University	S	Fr.
KJ Johnson	Fairfield University	OH	Jr.
Janice Leao	University of Miami	MB	Jr.
Sadie Limback	University of Nebraska Omaha	RS	Sr.
Emily Londot	Ohio State University	OPP	So.
Dylan Maberry	High Point University	OH	So.
Danielle Mahaffey	University of Tennessee	MB	Sr.
Laney Malloy	Southeast Missouri State University	OH	Sr.
Marina Markova	Syracuse University	OH	Jr.
CC McGraw	University of Minnesota	L	Sr.
Matti McKissock	Georgia Tech	S	Sr.
Ari Miller	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	MB	Jr.
Jess Mruzik	University of Michigan	OH	So.
Georgia Murphy	University of Oregon	L	So.
Dani Nay	Weber State University	OH	R-So.
Jena Otec	Purdue University	L	Gr.
Tamara Otene	Illinois State University	OH	So.
Faith Panhans	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	S	Jr.
Jamie Peterson	University of Dayton	OH	R-Sr.
Rachele Rastelli	St. John's University	RS	Sr.
Erin Shomaker	FGCU	OH	Jr.
Avery Skinner	Baylor University	OH	Sr.
Madi Skinner	University of Kentucky	OH	So.
Azhani Tealer	University of Kentucky	MB	Jr.
Danielle Tedesco	University at Albany	MB	Gr.
Pia Timmer	Washington State University	OH	Jr.
Madi Tyus	St. Francis University	OH	Sr.
Brooke Van Sickle	University of Hawaii	OH	R-Sr.
Gabby Waden	Mississippi State University	RS	Sr.
Kendra Wait	Creighton University	S	Fr.
Dominique Washington	Florida A&M University	OH	Gr.
Kayla White	UNC Greensboro	OH	Gr.
Taylor Wolf	Marquette University	S/OH	Gr.
Jaela Zimmerman	Creighton University	OH	Sr.

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