KVCA announces 2026 Ms. Kentucky Volleyball winner, All-State teams
Paintsville High School’s Kylie Kinner has been named Ms. Kentucky Volleyball by the Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association . Kinner, a 5-foot-10 senior outside hitter, led Paintsville to the 15th Region title and a spot in the state tournament. She has posted 762 kills with a .414 hitting percentage and added 80 aces. Kinner has committed to play beach volleyball and basketball at Morehead State . The KVCA also named St. Henry junior Kenadi Sieg its Defensive Player of the Year and Beechwood’s Matt Long its Coach of the Year. Four players from Louisville earned first-team All-State honors — Assumption junior outside hitter Brooke Codey, Assumption senior setter Addison Hurley, Mercy junior outside hitter Emma Cronen and Manual senior outside hitter Piper Fulton. Player of the Year honors for the Louisville area went to Cronen (Sixth Region), Codey (Seventh Region) and Eminence’s Bryce Berry (Eighth Region). Coach of the Year honors for the Louisville area went to Mercy’s Connie Hulsmeyer (Sixth Region), Portland Christian’s Melissa King (Seventh Region) and Shelby County’s Madison Jennings (Eighth Region). Here are the complete All-State teams: First team – Bryce Berry (Eminence), Josie Blair (Adair County), Brooke Codey (Assumption), Emma Cronen (Mercy), Ashlyn Crutcher (West Jessamine),
