Following a run to the 5A State Quarterfinals, three Orange players have been named to the All-Region 3 team by the North Carolina Volleyball Coaches Association.
Senior setter Katie Silcott, senior outside hitter Aubrey Jordan and junior outside hitter/setter Sawyer White were all honored.
It’s the second year in a row that Silcott has been named All-Region by the NCVCA. In 2024, Silcott was selected to the first-team All-State squad in the 3A Classification, along with her classmate Ava Wilkerson.
Region 3 covers Orange, Durham, Wake, Nash, Vance, Granville, Franklin, Halifax, Person, Caswell and Warren Counties. Chatham County, where Seaforth is located, is in Region 5.
White, Jordan and Silcott are automatically nominees for the 5A All-State team.
Silcott recorded her 2,000th assist at midseason. She was third on the team with 128 kills and led the team with 403 assists, averaging 5.2 per set. She had a triple-double against Person on August 21 in Hillsborough, totalling eleven kills, 17 digs and 24 assists. Against Seaforth on September 16, she finished with 13 kills, 23 assists, and 13 digs. She totalled 36 assists, a season-high, twice. The first time against Carrboro on September 25 in Hillsborough and once again on Senior Night against J.F. Webb on October 7.
Silcott has committed to Division II Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, FL. She will leave Orange at the end of December to enroll in early 2026.
Jordan eclipsed 1,000 career kills on Senior Night against Webb earlier this month. She led the team with 247 kills across 80 sets, an average of 3.1 per set. Jordan also had a career-high 190 digs, over three times her previous career-best.
Jordan had double-digit kills in each of her last eight matches at Orange. Her season-best was 21 kills against J.F. Webb, which was the night she crossed the 1,000 kill plateau. She also had 20 kills against Carrboro in Hillsborough on September 25. Jordan finished the season strong, starting with a 16 kill, ten dig performance at Seaforth on October 9. Against Cedar Ridge, she had a career-high 25 digs in the Big 7 Tournament semifinals.
In the opening round of the Big 7 Tournament, Jordan had 12 kills in a sweep of South Granville. In her final home match against Southeast Alamance, she finished with 15 kills and five digs as the Lady Panthers prevailed in the opening round of the 5A State Playoffs.
Against Person on August 21, Jordan had 15 kills. Jordan also had a career-high 38 aces this season. Her season-high came against Carrboro in a 3-1 win on September 2.
Jordan has committed to play at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs.
White was one of seven juniors to make the All-Region squad. She was called up to the varsity squad towards the endow her freshman season as made a starter during Orange’s run to the Central Conference Tournament final. White helped Orange win the 2023 Eastern Regional championship with a five-set win over Carrboro and has been a starter ever since, including in the 2023 3A State Championship match against Kings Mountain.
This season, White averaged a career-best 2.1 kills per set. She amassed a hitting percentage of .258, the best on the team. With Wilkerson missing the two-third of the season to undergo a medical procedure, White became a second option as an outside hitter. She was second on the team with 166 kills, second only to the 178 kills in her sophomore season. She averaged 3.7 assists per set, totalling 297 for the year.
White had three triple-doubles this season. In a 3-1 win at Carrboro on September 2, she finished with 13 kills, eleven digs and 20 assists. On September 16 against Seaforth in Hillsborough, White had 12 kills, 12 digs and 24 assists. In a rematch against Seaforth in Pittsboro on October 9, she finished with ten kills, eleven digs and 25 assists as the Lady Panthers defeated the Hawks on their senior night 3-1.
