2012 Herald-News Boys Volleyball All-Area Team
June 9, 2012 4:04PM
Rick Bishop, Minooka, all-area volleyball 2012
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Updated: July 11, 2012 6:06AM
RICK BISHOP
School: Minooka
Year/Position: Senior/OH
Numbers: 293 kills; 70 blocks
Notable: Team captain;
member of two state
tournament teams.
BRIAN EDWARDS
School: Joliet West
Year/Position: Senior/MB
Numbers: 220 kills; 108 blocks; 25 digs; 15 aces
Notable: Three-year varsity player; voted MVP by coaches and teammates, 2012; voted most improved, 2011.
MATT GUERRIERI
School: Plainfield North
Year/Position: Senior/S
Numbers: 722 assists;
193 digs; 51 aces
Notable: Southwest Prairie Conference MVP, 2011; all-conference, 2012.
PHIL HANNON
School: Minooka
Year/Position: Senior/OH
Numbers: 835 assists; 22 aces
Notable: Team captain;
match-high 29 assists;
27 assists in sectional
championship victory.
TILLMAN HARTELL
School: Plainfield South
Year/Position: Senior/OH
Numbers: 218 kills; 21 blocks; 17 aces
Notable: All-Southwest Prairie Conference; all-tourney at
St. Charles East; will play at Division II Mt. Olive College.
CLAY HERMANN
School: Lincoln-Way Central
Year/Position: Senior/MH
Numbers: 247 kills;
107 blocks; 28 aces
Notable: All-SouthWest Suburban Red; All-tournament Brother Rice Smack Attack; All-tournament Marist; team MVP.
NOLAN HUCEK
School: Joliet Catholic
Year/Position: Senior/S
Numbers: 705 assists;
196 digs; 20 aces
Notable: Team captain; two-year starter.
MIKE KRUEGER
School: Lemont
Year/Position: Junior/OH
Numbers: 210 kills; 120 digs
Notable: All-conference; team MVP; led team in kills, attack percentage and service aces.
KEVIN McCLAFFERTY
School: Lincoln-Way East
Year/Position: Senior/OH
Numbers: 185 kills; 52 blocks
Notable: All-SouthWest
Suburban Conference;
Lincoln-Way East Invite
all-tourney.
JOEL McGUIRE
School: Lincoln-Way West
Year/Position: Junior/OH
Numbers: 283 kills; 166 digs; 36 blocks; 16 aces
Notable: All-SoutWest
Suburban Conference;
Plainfield North Invite MVP; Argo Invite all-tournament; team’s offensive player of the year.
DAVE O’BRIEN
School: Lincoln-Way West
Year/Position: Senior/MB
Numbers: 168 kills; 106 digs; 70 blocks
Notable: All-SouthWest Suburban Conference; team MVP; all-tournament Argo and Lincoln-Way East Invites.
MIKE O’NEILL
School: Joliet Catholic
Year/Position: Junior/Opp-OH
Numbers: 228 kills; 343 digs; 40 aces
Notable: All-tourney Downers Grove North Invite.
AUSTIN OVERBY
School: Lincoln-Way Central
Year/Position: Junior/OH
Numbers: 268 kills; 124 digs; 288 serve receives
Notable: Team captain;
all-SouthWest Suburban Red; Season-high 17 kills.
MATTHEW PELOQUIN
School: Bolingbrook
Year/Position: Senior/S
Numbers: 448 assists;
112 digs; 33 aces.
Notable: Will play at Division II Alderson-Broaddus College; team MVP; two-time all-SouthWest Suburban Conference.
MIKE PIKUZA
School: Plainfield South
Year/Position: Junior/L
Numbers: 44 aces
Notable: Set school record
for career aces as junior;
all-Southwest Prairie
Conference.
TOM POZNANSKI
School: Plainfield Central
Year/Position: Sophomore/OH
Numbers: 144 kills; 73 digs; 37 aces
Notable: Led team in kills;
had seven matches with at least 8 kills.
MARTY ROSS
School: Providence
Year/Position: Senior/MB
Numbers: 208 blocks;
128 points; 50 aces
Notable: Brother Rice Smack Attack and Marist all-tourney; Tony Lawless Outstanding Player Award in Chicago Catholic League Blue; all-conference.
AUSTIN ROYER
School: Lincoln-Way East
Year/Position: Sophomore/S
Numbers: 762 assists
Notable: Already second in school history for career
assists (1,334).
NATE ROYER
School: Lincoln-Way East
Year/Position: Senior/OH
Numbers: 327 kills; 183 digs; 23 aces
Notable: All-SouthWest
Suburban Conference; Lincoln-Way East Invite MVP; school record for kills in game (22), season (327) and career (700),
Herald-News Player of the Year.
BRENDAN SURANE
School: Providence
Year/Position: Junior/MB
Numbers: 24 aces; 149 points; 132 blocks
Notable: One of two from Illinois selected as member
of 2012 U.S. Youth National Team; all-Chicago Catholic League Blue.
CODY SWANSON
School: Plainfield Central
Year/Position: Senior/S
Numbers: 445 assists;
89 kills; 88 blocks
Notable: All-Southwest Prairie Conference; two-year starter; will play at St. Ambrose University.
JAKE TOMARAS
School: Lincoln-Way East
Year/Position: Senior/L
Numbers: 316 digs,
2.52 passing mark
Notable: All-SouthWest
Suburban Conference.
NICK VERTIN
School: Minooka
Year/Position: Senior/OH
Numbers: 201 kills; 90 digs; 46 aces
Notable: Match-high 29 kills.
LUKE WILIMITIS
School: Plainfield North
Year/Position: Senior/L
Numbers: 343 digs; 22 aces
Notable: All-Southwest Prairie Conference.
