Girls Volleyball: Loudoun County JR Maggie Phillips Named Region II Player of the Year; Raiders Brown Takes Coaching Honors

Maggie Phillips
Region II Player of the Year

(Nov. 13, 2012) - Loudoun County High School junior Maggie Phillips has been named the Region II girls volleyball Player of the Year in a vote of coaches, becoming the fourth straight Raider to take the honor and fifth in six years.

Loudoun County coach Jenica Brown, who led the Raiders to their seventh straight Region II title on Saturday and a 25-1 record going into tonight's VHSL AA state quarterfinal against New Kent (7 p.m. in Leesburg), has been named the Coach of the Year for the third straight time and fourth time since 2006. Brown's brother, Jarod, a Raider assistant coach during the long run, also took the honors in 2009 when he was acting head coach.

Region II Girls Vollyeball 2012 Selections
1st Team
Maggie Phillips, Jr. - Loudoun County
Katie Houser, So. - James Wood
Kayla Carlton, Sr. - Potomac Falls
Janey Goodman, Sr. - Powhatan
Taylor Huewe, Sr. - Loudoun County
Sydney Busa, Jr. - Heritage

2nd Team
Hannah Miller, Sr. - Fluvanna
Eileen Fauteux, Sr. - Potomac Falls
Melvina Brown, Jr. - Kettle Run
Morgan Hammer, Sr. - Loudoun Valley
Ana Ribeiro, Jr. - Handley
Justina Augustine, Sr. - Fauquier

Player of the Year 
Maggie Phillips, Jr. - Loudoun County

Coach of the Year
Jenica Brown - Loudoun County

Girls Volleyball: Loudoun County Sweeps All-Region Honors with Jenna Strange Player of the Year, Jenica Matthias Coach of the Year

(Nov. 14, 2011) - Loudoun County High School girls volleyball, which swept to a sixth consecutive Region II title Saturday night, claimed the top regional honors with senior Jenna Strange named the Player of the Year and Jenica Matthias named the Coach of the Year.

Strange joined senior teammates Katrina Kirby and Libero Gabby Serafin on the first team along with Heritage senior setter Stephanie Yokoyama. Second team honors went to Heritage sophomore Sydney Busa and Potomac Falls junior Kayla Carlton.

2011 All-Region II Girls Volleyball Team

First Team:
Katrina Kirby SR Loudoun County
Riley Martin SR Western Albemarle
Hanna Miller JR Fluvanna County
Katherine Rossberg SR Western Albemarle
Jenna Strange SR Loudoun County
Stephanie Yokoyama SR Heritage
Libero: Gabby Serafin SR Loudoun County

Second Team:
Sydney Busa SO Heritage
Kayla Carlton JR Potomac Falls
Haylee Murray SR Fauquier County
Brooke Schneider SR Sherando
Morgan Sirbaugh SR Sherando
Elizabeth Wood SR Liberty
Libero: Marin Crowder SR Western Ablemarle

Player of the Year: Jenna Strange, Senior, Loudoun County
Coach of the Year: Jenica Matthias, Loudoun County

News: VHSL Appeals Subcommittee Denies Western Albemarle and Fluvanna County Appeals; Affects Region II Basketball Seeding

Charlottesville (Feb. 15, 2011) - The top-seeded Western Albemarle High School girls basketball team and the top-seeded Fluvanna High School boys basketball teams must forfeit first round victories in the Jefferson District tournament after the school's had appeals denied by the Virginia High School League Tuesday afternoon.

The decision affects Region II tournament seeding as the Division 3 and Division 4 brackets are seeded according to a forumula based in part on the finish of teams in the postseason tournament (the Dulles District for example awards its top seed to the regular-season champion and then all other seeds based on tournament finish).

Western Albemarle High School and Fluvanna County High School reported to the Virginia High School League (VHSL) office that their basketball teams had violated the Varsity/Junior Varsity Tournament Participation Limitation (58-2-2). The policy states – “When a district sponsors both a postseason junior varsity and a postseason varsity tournament, a player shall be limited to participating in only one of these tournaments.”

Western Albemarle’s violation occurred during its first round Jefferson District Tournament girls win over Goochland. Fluvanna County’s violation occurred during its boys first round Jefferson District Tournament win over Western Albemarle. As a result of the violations, both schools forfeited their first round wins for use of an ineligible player. Both schools appealed the penalty, and a hearing was conducted Tuesday afternoon, February 15.

“It’s never a good situation when rules violations occur,” said VHSL Executive Director Ken Tilley. “But the rules are designed to ensure equity for all VHSL member schools and participants.”

As in every case that comes before the VHSL Executive Subcommittee, the appeals by Western Albemarle and Fluvanna County were reviewed based upon their own merits in accordance with a thorough and structured process. After reviewing all information presented as well as testimony from school administrators and League staff, the subcommittee voted 3-0 to deny each school’s appeal.

As a result, the Jefferson District Girls Tournament second round game will be:
Goochland vs. Monticello (6:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 16, at Monticello HS)

As a result, the Jefferson District Boys Tournament second round will be:
Western Albemarle vs. Monticello (6:00 p.m. Thursday, February 17, at Monticello HS)