12/24/2025
12/24/2025 - Congratulations to the four Bel Air Bobcats recognized by The AEGIS and The Baltimore Sun for being selected to the 2025 AEGIS Girls Volleyball All-County Team!
👏 Annalise Lewis – Senior Right Side Hitter
👏 Emma Duvall – Senior Setter
👏 Macie Kane – Junior Middle Hitter
👏 Julie Stillwagon – Senior Outside Hitter
⭐ Special shoutout to Annalise Lewis, who was also named PLAYER OF THE YEAR for the county — an incredible and well-deserved honor! ⭐
This recognition reflects not only their individual talent and hard work, but also the dedication of their teammates, coaches, and the entire Bobcat volleyball program who helped make this achievement possible.
So proud of you all — way to represent Bel Air! ❤️🐾
12/24/2025 - By Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun - Annalise Lewis had a couple of things working in her favor as a new volleyball player. First, her mother played collegiately at Morgan State. Lewis was enamored and wanted to give the sport a try when she was old enough. Her mother signed her up in third grade and she hasn’t looked back. She was forced to play up with higher age groups every year until she reached high school.
Perhaps because of those genes.
Secondly, on that third-grade team, Lewis’ coach was Dave Simon. Simon has coached various youth and club level teams throughout the area in addition to his role at Bel Air. So, when Lewis reached high school and joined the Bobcats, familiarity with her coach and his expectations made the transition smooth.
Four years later, as a senior now weighing her own college options, Lewis is The Aegis 2025 high school girls volleyball Player of the Year. The senior right side hitter posted 168 kills, second most in the county and most on Bel Air, as well as 82 digs, second most on the team, and 13 aces.
“It was very easy to trust the program that I was going into,” Lewis said. “A lot of times you don’t know if you’re going to get out of it what you put into it. So it was like, I could trust that I was going to get everything that I put into it, because he was putting everything into it also.”
She credits Simon for her success. Lewis said Bel Air’s staff of six coaches is unique to any other team she’s been a part of. It allows each coach to specialize in one area and teach just that skill, creating well-rounded players and a program that’s perennially on top.
Lewis led this year’s team to a 13-1 regular-season record and the No. 1 seed in the Class 2A East I region bracket. The Bobcats won in straight sets in each of their first three postseason games: North Harford in the regional semifinals, C. Milton Wright to clinch a region championship and Eastern Tech in the state quarterfinals. Bel Air fell in the Class 2A state semifinals to 17-time state champion Williamsport.
“We were friends on and off the court,” Lewis said. “So no matter what the situation was, we had each other’s backs.”
Lewis is the second consecutive Bel Air girls volleyball player to be named The Aegis’ player of the year, a testament to Simon’s program and the culture he establishes. That’s what Lewis, reflecting on her stellar senior year, says she’s thankful for the most and what made each day memorable.
“The people, it made it all worthwhile,” Lewis said. “Coming into practice and wanting to work hard for my teammates.”
