The high school season is about three weeks old in Texas, Mississippi, Georgia and a handful of other states, and it hasn't started anywhere else. The Northeast, the Midwest and most of the West are still a week or two out. We're saying that up front because it shapes everything below. There's nobody from Massachusetts or Illinois on this list, and that isn't a judgment on Massachusetts or Illinois.

Who leads the Class of 2028 in assists?

What the board does tell us is which juniors walked into the fall already running a full offense. Gabriella Davila of Warren in San Antonio leads the class nationally with 541 assists, and she's done it in 33 sets, which works out to 16.4 per set. Nobody else in the class is close to that rate. Landry McRae at Allen sits second with 480, and Sara Barton Ozbirn of New Albany is the top junior setter outside of Texas at 478.

Class of 2028 assist leaders: the full top 20

Rank	Athlete	Pos	Class	High school	State	Assists	Sets	Per set	VBR
1	Gabriella Davila	S	Jr.	Warren, San Antonio	TX	541	33	16.4	—
2	Landry McRae	S	Jr.	Allen	TX	480	46	10.4	4-star
3	Sara Barton Ozbirn	S	Jr.	New Albany	MS	478	56	8.5	—
4	Ava Flowers	S	Jr.	Leonard	TX	450	48	9.4	—
5	Kendall Newton	S	Jr.	A&M Consolidated	TX	434	48	9.0	—
6	Sophie Tatum	S	Jr.	Northwest Rankin	MS	425	54	7.9	—
7	Laci Broesche	S	Jr.	Burton	TX	416	50	8.3	—
8	Addison Musgrove	S/OH	Jr.	Lutheran South Academy, Houston	TX	404	43	9.4	4-star
9	Ava Grace Crump	S	Jr.	Armuchee, Rome	GA	391	44	8.9	—
10	Kyrksen Cook	S	Jr.	Westlake	TX	380	54	7.0	—
11	Trinity Alsaid	S	Jr.	North Forney	TX	375	41	9.1	3-star
12	Stevie Brown	S	Jr.	Sweeny	TX	364	41	8.9	—
13	Alexandria Redding	S	Jr.	Eagles Landing Christian Academy, McDonough	GA	362	40	9.0	—
14	Aubrianna Hill	S	Jr.	Salem, Tylertown	MS	362	42	8.6	—
15	Annie Berendzen	S	Jr.	Canton	TX	361	51	7.1	—
16	Sidney Paxton	S	Jr.	Katy	TX	358	37	9.7	—
17	Addy Gosselin	S	Jr.	Lanier, Sugar Hill	GA	331	36	9.2	—
18	Dylanna Akwaboah	S	Jr.	Hesperia	CA	322	39	8.3	—
19	Halo Stapleton	S	Jr.	Charlotte Latin	NC	314	32	9.8	—
20	Lucy O’Daniel	S	Jr.	Science Hill	TN	309	29	10.7	—

Best assists per set: the setters the totals hide

A few things stand out once you put the per-set column next to the totals. Lucy O’Daniel at Science Hill has played the fewest sets of anyone on the board, 29, and she's second in the entire class at 10.7 per set. Halo Stapleton at Charlotte Latin is at 9.8 in 32 sets. Sidney Paxton at Katy is at 9.7 in 37.

All three of them sit in the bottom half of the raw rankings and all three are handling as much offense per set as almost anybody in the country. If their schedules start producing five-set matches, they climb in a hurry.

Two juniors at Armuchee

Armuchee is worth a mention too. Crump is the top junior setter in Georgia at 391, and her teammate Ella Dehart sits fourth in the state in digs for the class with 195. Small school in Rome, two juniors, both producing.

On the cusp

Cyeli Andrews (Everman TX), Brady Cooksey (Boerne-Champion TX), Cloe Creech (Hillsboro TX), Ally Hawkins (Brock TX — three star, VBallRecruiter Class of 2028), Fendley Kimbro (Oconee County GA), Patricia Myres (Chapin TX), Aliyah Stewart (Northeast Lauderdale MS), Mary Ellen Sturm (San Antonio Christian TX), Tatum Wilson (Lake Travis TX), Sydney Woods (Canutillo TX).

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*Stats as of Aug. 26, 2026.