Meet syracuse.com’s 2024-25 All-CNY girls large school winter volleyball team
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Posted By: Hija Chang on April 24, 2025 Syracuse.com‘s All-CNY girls large school volleyball team features 13 all-stars who shone during the 2024-25 season. There are four large school girls volleyball player of the year finalists: Mackenzi Stevens of Canastota, Zakiya Ball of Holland Patent, Keegan Matthews of New Hartford and Thylia Keoviengsamay of Rome Free Academy. The winner will be revealed at syracuse.com‘s | The Post Standard’s annual All-CNY Sports Awards presented by Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists. The show begins at 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 24, 2025, inside the Liverpool High School Auditorium. All-Central New York girls volleyball all-star Zakiya Ball of Holland Patent at the 2024-25 winter All-CNY photo shoot at Onondaga Community College’s Allyn Gym in Syracuse, N.Y. on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Marisa Pankow | Contributing Photographer)Marisa Pankow Name: Zakiya Ball School: Holland Patent Class: Senior Position: Left side hitter What’s next for you? College Who inspires you? Charitie Luper, because she’s who I aspire to be one day. She’s a positive and outgoing player who applies her skills harder each game. She’s the shortest hitter that I know of in college volleyball for DI and that’s just phenomenal to me. She also plays the same position as I, which is cool. What is your favorite memory from this season? It was the last point against South Jefferson. I can see myself just crying to my teammates on the court as the ball was served and we rallied until we finally got the point and we just huddled on the floor crying because it was the first time in history that Holland Patent won a semifinals game. And that was very exciting and emotional. What is your favorite quote from your favorite sports movie? “It ain’t about how hard you hit it. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” — Rocky Balboa. This is my favorite sports quote because it shows that pushing through the tough losses and practices is all worth it and it builds character. If you could have any fictional character as your teammate in your sport, who would it be? Cricket Green. I feel like he would be a crazy good libero because he’s small, quick, and energetic. Get into it https://www.allcnysports.com/ Meet the players https://www.syracuse.com/highschoolsports/... If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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