{"id":470,"date":"2022-10-22T02:13:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T02:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2022-2023\/?p=470"},"modified":"2022-11-29T01:28:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T05:28:39","slug":"chloe-wilmot-milan-rex-honored-for-smashing-school-volleyball-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2022-2023\/2022\/10\/22\/chloe-wilmot-milan-rex-honored-for-smashing-school-volleyball-records\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s the Two of Them Together\u2019: Chloe Wilmot, Milan Rex Honored for Smashing School Volleyball Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Emily Milton, Chloe Yokitis<\/p>\nEditors<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Seniors Chloe Wilmot and Milan Rex were honored for breaking ACHS records for most assists and kills, respectively, in September and October. The ACHS volleyball team recognized both players with a speech, a bouquet of flowers and a ceremonial signed volleyball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilmot was honored for achieving 2,038 career assists\u2014 well over the previously held record of around 800.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt means a lot to see the whole team come together and celebrate one person and their achievements,\u201d said Wilmot, who was honored before the varsity game against West Potomac on September 20. \u201cAnd [it\u2019s important for our younger teammates,] knowing that it\u2019s going to be them someday, and they can see us do it and have that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Titan junior varsity and freshman teams attend the ceremony after their games to support Wilmot. \/ Photo by Chloe Yokitis<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

During the ceremony, Junior Varsity Coach Eva Irwin explained Wilmot\u2019s monumental assists record as well as her additional individual and team accomplishments in a speech. Irwin also highlighted Wilmot\u2019s high school academic achievements, including being an honor roll student, and commitment to play Division I volleyball at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s been a definition of what we want all our student athletes to be: high-level on the court and high-level off the court in the classroom,\u201d said ACPS Athletic Director James Parker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wilmot receives a ceremonial volleyball at the ceremony on September 20. \/ Photo by Emily Milton<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to holding the school record for both assists and aces, a state record may be in Wilmot\u2019s future, according to Parker. \u201cShe has the school record now, and if she gets a hundred more or so [assists] this year, she will be ranked in the state overall,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before the ceremony and game, Wilmot warms-up with her teammates. The Titans later won the game 3-0. \/ Photo by Chloe Yokitis<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wilmot, who has played volleyball since childhood, credits her teammates for her achievement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be able to achieve my assists without my hitters, like Milan, and I\u2019ve been with her since I was a freshman,\u201d said Wilmot. \u201cSo none of this would even be possible without [the team].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wilmot, left, and Rex chat on the court during the third set of the October 11 Dig Pink game against Lake Braddock, which the Titans won 3-0. \/ Photo by Chloe Yokitis<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rex was honored for breaking the ACHS record of most career kills with 1,013 before the October 11 home game versus Lake Braddock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis makes her the all-time leader by more than 150 kills, and we still have at least five games left\u2014 so she could surpass that even more so,\u201d said Head Varsity Coach Danielle Thorne after the ceremony. \u201cIt\u2019s really just an incredible feat because it\u2019s probably something that no one\u2019s ever even going to pass ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coach Thorne and Rex embrace during the ceremony. \/ Photo by Chloe Yokitis<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To Rex, the team\u2019s support is the most important thing about her achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt meant a lot to me that everyone was there and supporting me,\u201d said Rex. \u201cKnowing that everyone was there for me too was really warming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The varsity volleyball team cheers for Rex as Coach Irwin highlights Rex\u2019s career achievements on the megaphone. \/ Photo by Chloe Yokitis<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rex has been a setter on varsity for four years and will continue to set at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she is committed to play Division I volleyball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will miss Milan next year, but we know that the University of California at Santa Barbara is gaining a dynamic setter who will no doubt make her mark there as well,\u201d said Coach Irwin in her speech about Rex\u2019s accomplishments. Rex, like Wilmot, has been on honor roll all throughout high school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rex shoots a teammate a thumbs-up on the court. \/ Photo by Chloe Yokitis<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wilmot and Rex\u2019s achievements couldn’t have happened without each other and the rest of the team, Coach Thorne says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[It\u2019s] absolutely nuts,\u201d said Coach Thorne. \u201cThe cool thing is that when Chloe got her 2,000 assists, Milan had 1,000 kills, so Chloe\u2019s had 1,000 assists with her. It\u2019s kind of a cool thing because it\u2019s the two of them together, helping each other to get these monumental records.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured photo by Emily Milton for <\/em>Theogony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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