Cherokee Trail’s Shannon Webb. (Ray Chen/ArrayPhoto.com)
Shannon Webb, an outside hitter at Cherokee Trail, was named volleyball’s Gatorade player of the year in Colorado on Tuesday.
Webb, a senior, helped lead Cherokee Trail to the Class 5A volleyball championship last month. With this award, she will be a finalist for the national player of the year award from Gatorade.
Webb, a second-team all-state pick last season, had 516 kills, 256 digs and 34 aces this season. Included were 17 kills in the state championship match against Denver East.
“I’ve yet to meet a more driven and dedicated athlete,” Cherokee Trail head coach Terry Miller said in a statement from Gatorade. “She has grown into one of the most formidable outside hitters in the state of Colorado, and opposing coaches have to keep this in mind when preparing to play us. Shannon was our starting outside hitter from the moment she came to Cherokee Trail, and she’s truly become almost scary with her power and accuracy.”
Webb is signed to play volleyball at American University in Washington D.C.
Lewis-Palmer’s Alexa Smith won the award last season.