by Bill Turner
Cave Spring’s Shannon Craighead has been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Under Armour Girls High School All-American Team as honorable mention.
The team, consisting of 100 players selected nationwide, represents 32 states. She is one of only three players selected from Virginia. Although Craighead is still uncommitted, many of the players selected have already committed to play collegiate volleyball at some of the top programs in the country.
A co-captain of the Cave Spring team that won the VHSL Group AA state championship two weeks ago in Richmond, Craighead has been the primary setter for the powerful Cave Spring offense. She accounted for 72 assists in the two Final-4 wins over Loudoun County and Jamestown.