Pleasant senior Kamryn Cocherl has been named first-team All-Ohio in Division V for the second straight year, headlining a Marion County haul of state volleyball honors announced by the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association for the 2026 season, the Marion Star reported.
Cocherl, a three-time All-Ohioan, put together one of the most efficient attacking seasons in the state. According to the Marion Star, her .522 hitting percentage ranked 11th in the country and first in Ohio regardless of division, and her 446 kills ranked 19th in Ohio and fifth in Division V, an average of 6.2 kills per set.
The Pleasant star’s game was not limited to the attack. The Marion Star reported she served 63 aces at a 92.9 percent clip — third in the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference — while adding 299 service points, 31 blocks, 196 digs and 225 serve receptions, ranking second on her own team in points, digs and serve receptions.
A .522 hitting percentage over a full season is a remarkable number at any level of volleyball — it means Cocherl put away more than half of her swings for points while committing few errors, and the Marion Star noted the figure did not just lead Ohio: it ranked 11th in the entire country, across every division of high school play.
Cocherl will continue her career at the NCAA Division I level, having signed to play at Georgia Southern next season, according to the Marion Star.
She was not the only Spartan honored. Pleasant teammate Kam Roberts earned her first All-Ohio selection, landing on the Division V second team as a libero. The Marion Star reported Roberts’ 311 digs led both Pleasant and the MOAC, and she added 267 serve receptions and 88 assists. As a server she was second on the team and in the league with 58 aces, scoring 287 points. Roberts will also play Division I volleyball, at Buffalo, the Marion Star reported.
River Valley’s Myla Kenney rounded out the county’s player honorees as a Division IV honorable mention selection. The 6-foot middle hitter and right-side hitter led the Vikings with 274 kills, a .336 hitting percentage, 47 aces, 25 blocks and 273 digs, according to the Marion Star, and her 247 serve receptions were second-best on the squad. She served at 88.5 percent and averaged 4.0 kills per set.
The depth behind the headliners is part of the story, too. Roberts’ 88 assists are an unusual total for a libero, whose job is normally defense and passing, and Kenney led River Valley in five separate statistical categories — kills, hitting percentage, aces, blocks and digs — a workload that made her the Vikings’ most complete player this fall, according to the Marion Star’s figures.
The coaching honor stayed in the county as well. Pleasant’s Kory Ute received the Division V coaching achievement award after leading the Spartans to a 26-1 record, the Marion Star reported. Pleasant opened the season by winning 78 consecutive sets, claimed the MOAC title for a second straight season and reached the Sweet 16 for the fourth straight year.
The Spartans finished as Division V regional runners-up, ending a run that had carried them to the Final Four in each of the previous two seasons, according to the Marion Star — a standard the program’s returning players will be measured against next fall.
Pleasant’s season arc helps explain the haul of honors. A team does not win its first 78 sets of a season by accident: the Spartans swept their way through the MOAC schedule, won the league for a second straight year and reached the regional final before their 26-1 season ended one step short of a third consecutive Final Four trip, the Marion Star reported.
The honors add to a decorated fall for Marion County athletes, following Ridgedale’s Elliot Weston leading the county’s All-Ohio cross country haul. Volleyball success is running statewide this week, too, as five Cincinnati teams chase state titles in Dayton.
What happens next for the honorees is a college transition: Cocherl heads to Georgia Southern and Roberts to Buffalo next season, while Kenney and the Vikings turn to offseason work with an eye on another deep tournament run in 2027.