Bennett County’s Peyson O’Neill named Western Great Plains Conference volleyball MVP

Bennett County’s Peyson O’Neill was selected as the Western Great Plains Conference volleyball MVP.

O’Neill was joined on the conference first team by Bennett County’s Reagan O’Neill, Lyman’s Jordyn Scott, Kadoka Area’s Kassidee Williams, White River’s Page Wright and Lyman’s Brooke Montgomery. Kadoka Area’s Maggie Thompson was named the conference coach of the year.

The complete all-conference selections are listed below:

2026 Western Great Plains All-Conference Volleyball Team

1st Team All-Conference: 

Peyson O'Neill, Bennett Co., 10; Reagan O'Neill, Bennett Co., 11; Jordyn Scott, Lyman, 11; Kassidee Williams, Kadoka, 11; Page Wright, White River, 12; Brooke Montgomery, Lyman, 12.

2nd Team All-Conference: 

Aubrey Tucker, Jones Co., 10; Harley Harris, Bennett Co., 11; Kale Peterson, Philip, 12; Olivia McMillan, Bennett Co., 12; Karmyn Kjerstad, Wall, 11; Shelby Schofield, Kadoka Area, 11.

3rd Team All-Conference: 

Riley Thompson, Kadoka, 7; BreAna Aske, Jones Co., 11; Sunny Valburg, Jones Co., 12; Rivers Sandal, Wall, 12; Jade O'Neill, Bennett Co., 8; Kenzie Wagner, Lyman, 12.

Conference MVP: Peyson O'Neill, Bennett Co. 

Conference COTY: Maggie Thompson, Kadoka Area