Ellie Popelka (18 National) has been nominated for Gatorade’s State Player of the Year.

The Gatorade Player of the Year award was established in 1985 to recognize the nation’s most elite high school student-athletes for their athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character.

Gatorade will announce the State Player of the Year for girls volleyball on January 17, 2017.

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