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PITTSBURG, Kan. — Two hitters and two middle blockers have signed letters-of-intent to play volleyball at Pittsburg State, coach Ibraheem Suberu has announced.

Olivia Roland, 6-foot middle blocker, has played on Nebraska high school state championship teams the last two seasons at Papillon Lavista South in Bellevue, Neb. Papillion Lavista South has gone 82-0 the last two seasons and is the top-ranked high school team in the country. She also has played on club teams that have finished as high as 18th in the national tournament. She had a .333 hitting percentage her senior year in high school.

Courtesy Photo Whitney Kostal signs her national letter of intent to Rockhurst University as her parents and coach Gwen Egbert look on.

Papillion-LaVista South's Whitney Kostal signed to attend Rockhurst University in Kansas City back in the November signing period.

The Nebraska Coaches Association has finalized the rosters for the 2012 NCA All-Star Volleyball team.

The 29th annual all-star volleyball match will be played on Tuesday, July 24, at Lincoln North Star High School beginning at 7:00 p.m.

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The season is over, but volleyball once again was in the spotlight this week at Papillion-La Vista South.

The undefeated Titans were recognized as the No. 1 team in the nation by the websites ESPNHS at the school Tuesday afternoon. The Titans will also be recognized as No.1 in the nation by the website MaxPreps on Friday night in between the girls and boys basketball home games.

Three Nebraska teams were ranked in the ESPN final 50 national rankings, including Papillion-LaVista South at No. 1, Lincoln Pius X at No. 33 and Omaha Marian at No. 47.

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A dedicated ESPNHS team managed the Gatorade State Volleyball Player of the Year selection process, resulting in this winner based on the program's three pillars: athletic production and impact in the 2011 season, high academic achievement and exemplary personal character.

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Prior to this season, an Omaha Public Schools team had never won a match at the state volleyball tournament.

Omaha Burke outside hitter Nicole Walker helped change that, leading the Class A runner-up Bulldogs to a 32-7 record and two tourney wins. That performance capped her senior year at Burke and landed her a spot on this year's All-Metro Conference squad.

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It was another overpowering season for Papillion-La Vista South, which once again dominates the All-Nebraska volleyball team.

Three Titans — twin sisters Kadie and Amber Rolfzen and Kelly Hunter — repeat as first-team selections. That trio helped Papio South finish undefeated for the second straight year, secure the school's second Class A crown and earn a No. 1 rating from two national websites.

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When the NCAA Div. I Volleyball Tournament gets underway on Thursday and Friday across the country, the state of Nebraska will be well represented on the rosters of the teams that made it.

The home-state University of Nebraska-Lincoln volleyball team boasts eight Nebraska natives on its roster, but there are also at least 14 other native Nebraskans on other team's rosters that made the tournament.

Of these 22 Division I players, they hail for 20 different Nebraska high schools.

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So what will Kadie Rolfzen remember most about volleyball the past five months?

There are a lot of choices. Like playing for the U.S. youth national team at the world championships in Turkey in August. Or Papillion-La Vista South's thrilling five-set victory at nationally acclaimed St. James Academy in Lenexa, Kan., in October. Or perhaps the Titans breezing through another 41-0 season to their second straight Class A state championship and back-to-back national titles from MaxPreps and ESPN HS.