Boys volleyball coaches Krista Flemming, left, and Jenny Kilkelly accept the Difference-Maker Award at the Star Tribune's All-Minnesota Sports Awards event at the Viking Lakes turf plaza in Eagan, Minn., on Tuesday. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Jenny Kilkelly and Krista Flemming look back at their time spent developing and running the Minnesota Boys High School Volleyball league and fondly remember all of the ancillary arms with good humor.

And both agree they wouldn’t want to do it again.

The idea of creating a high school avenue for boys volleyball had its roots in a meeting between longtime local volleyball coaching legend Walt Weaver and former University of Minnesota volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon. Weaver and McCutcheon may have provided the plans, but it was Kilkelly and Flemming who turned them into tangible results. They are the Star Tribune’s 2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Difference-Maker winners.

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