Clarion Herald's 2021 Elite Volleyball Team

By Ron Brocato
Clarion Herald

There was a time in the not-so-distant past when Mount Carmel Academy ruled the state’s volleyball courts.

The Cubs’ record under head coach and now athletic director April Hagadone shows consecutive Division I state championships each year from 2014-19, and nine over a 14-year period.

But that changed in 2020 when the Cubs’ favorite opponent, Dominican, won its first state title, thus ending a history of being the district’s bridesmaid.

The thrill of victory was so satisfying for Coach Jessica Chatellier, her staff and team members, they did it again to show that last season was no brief affair with success in a sport Mount Carmel once owned.

Stocked with talent and depth, Dominican posted a 48-2 record and gave its head coach a personal record of 400 victories from the bench.

Behind Most Valuable Player, senior setter Kate Baker, Dominican was a dominant force in the division. The versatile Baker was an offensive and defensive dynamo on the court, one of the best setters and servers in the state.

Chatellier’s laurels as an outstanding coach are shared by Rebekka Bonnaffee, who guided Archbishop Hannan to a second consecutive Division III championship and a 37-6 record by sweeping E.D. White in the championship match.

Six schools from the Archdiocese of New Orleans reached the state tournament, and each had a player named to the Clarion Herald Elite Team.













Clarion Herald's 2021 Elite Volleyball Team
Selected by Ron Brocato


Kate Baker (MVP) 
Dominican
Senior

















Lindsey Wickersham
Mount Carmel Academy
Senior

















Anne Marie Hardouin
Dominican
Junior

















Rylee Morris
Archbishop Hannan
Senior

















Sarah Kirsch
Archbishop Hannan
Sophomore

















Brooke Couret
Dominican
Senior

















Catherine Bonura
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Senior

















Emily Eschette
Academy of Our Lady
Senior

















Megan Lacour
Archbishop Chapelle
Junior

















Olivia Stant
Mount Carmel Academy
Senior

















Laurel Bobrowski
St. Scholastica Academy
Sophomore

















Sophia Bonnaffee
Archbishop Hannan
Sophomore