Great Bend Post Sports
The Ellinwood High School volleyball team has advanced to state twice in the last four seasons. A driving force of that success was the play of senior Kennedy Benhke, a 3-time First-Team All-Central Prairie League selection who helped the Lady Eagles to four league championships in her four varsity seasons. Behnke recently signed a letter of intent to continue her career at Barton Community College next season.
This fall, Behnke was the lone senior on an Ellinwood team that set a school record with 42 wins in a season. Behnke paced this year's team with 286 kills, a 53.9-percent kill rate, and 121 of the team's 212 blocks. Behnke also served up a team-high 65 aces on the way to earning First-Team Class 2A State honors. She was also a First-Team Class 2A State Tournament selection after the Lady Eagles finished fourth.
Kennedy is the daughter of Matt and Lindsay Behnke.