Iowa By the Numbers: Class of 2023

<p>Ranking stat leaders in the Iowa freshman class for the 2019 season based on numbers from <a href="http://quikstatsiowa.com">QuikStatsIowa.com</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Freshman kills leaders</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>Name (school) kill total (attack attempts, kill percentage)</em></p> [caption id="attachment_84850" align="alignright" width="300"] Schubert[/caption] <ol> <li>Grace Schoonhoven (Unity Christian) 322 (806, .261)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79666" first="Ellie" last="Anderson"] (South Hardin) 312 (885, .160)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79708" first="Ava" last="Schubert"] (Assumption) 311 (894, .172)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79678" first="Lily" last="Dykstra"] (Urbandale) 306 (826, .233)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79673" first="Riley" last="Batta"] (South Central Calhoun) 304 (778, .274)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79687" first="Reagan" last="Jansen"] (Sioux Center) 270 (1003, .181)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79704" first="Kalvyn" last="Rosengarten"] (Wapsie Valley) 263 (606, .318)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79685" first="Cassidy" last="Hartman"]n (Iowa City Liberty) 242 (479, .349)</li> <li>Gabby Deery (Burlington Notre Dame) 227 (659, .209)</li> <li>Kayla Knowles (Denver) 227 (567, .132)</li> </ol> <p>--- Schoonhoven’s freshman-leading kill total is fairly far down the overall list, but that’s not at all a knock on a player undergoing her first varsity season against primarily older competition.</p> <p>--- Jansen finished with the most attack attempts in her class with only 88 errors on 1,003 swings. That kill rate is bound to pick up with three more varsity seasons for her to build on.</p> <p>--- The top kill rate among Iowa’s top 10 freshman hitters belongs to Iowa City Liberty’s Hartmann at .349. Wapsie Valley’s Rosengarten isn’t too far off at .318.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Freshman assists leaders</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>Name (school) total assists (assists per set)</em></p> [caption id="attachment_70908" align="alignright" width="300"] VanHook[/caption] <ol> <li>Mandy Chizek (Belle Plaine) 884 (8.34)</li> <li>Emma McClintock (Gladbrook-Reinbeck) 678 (6.71)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79672" first="Allie" last="Barlow"] (Cedar Rapids Jefferson) 658 (7.39)</li> <li>Kylee Flynn (Solon) 575 (6.46)</li> <li>Molly Trachta (Johnston) 570 (6.63)</li> <li>Abbey Bence (West Burlington) 555 (6.85)</li> <li>Nia Howard (Springville) 547 (5.42)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79676" first="Brielle" last="Coulter"] (Dike-New Hartford) 516 (4.65)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79669" first="Ashlyn" last="Badding"] (Kuemper Catholic) 514 (4.51)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79714" first="Avery" last="VanHook"] (Marion) 509 (4.71)</li> </ol> <p>--- Chizek’s assist total was good for 21^st in Iowa, not at all a bad debut season for the young setter.</p> <p>--- VanHook (4A), Badding (3A) and Howard (1A) all made their way to the state tournament with Badding setting her team to the state championship match in 3A, a three-set loss to Mount Vernon.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Freshman digs leaders</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>Name (school) total digs (digs per set)</em></p> <ol> <li>Peyton Robinson (Lisbon) 542 (5.02)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79697" first="Monica" last="Morales"] (West Liberty) 455 (5.17)</li> <li>Ellen Waller (Aplington-Parkersburg) 379 (4.41)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79696" first="Ella" last="Meyer"] (Western Dubuque) 379 (3.68)</li> <li>Alivia Lange (Sumner-Fredericksburg) 342 (3.93)</li> <li>Oliva Lombardi (Valley) 327 (2.79)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79706" first="Gracie" last="Schoonhoven"] (Unity Christian) 325 (3.35)</li> <li>Kelly DeMeulanaere (Grand View Christian) 296 (3.02)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79680" first="Jaden" last="Francis"] (Osage) 293 (2.96)</li> <li>Emma Jones (Wapsie Valley) 277 (2.50)</li> </ol> <p>--- Robinson’s dig total was good for eighth overall in the state. Five seniors and two juniors ranked ahead of her in 2019.</p> <p>--- Morales had the most digs per set in the freshman class at 5.17. That was good for 24^th overall in Iowa.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Freshman blocks leaders</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>Name (school) total blocks (blocks per set)</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ol> <li>Gabby Deery (Burlington Notre Dame) 98 (1.01)</li> <li>Sahara Williams (Waterloo West) 96 (.91)</li> <li>Lily Clark (Springville) 83 (.83)</li> <li>Sage O’Brien (ACGC) 74 (.77)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79670" first="Sophie" last="Badding"] (Kuemper Catholic) 73 (.63)</li> <li>Emily Williams (East Mills) 72 (.77)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79704" first="Kalvyn" last="Rosengarten"] (Wapsie Valley) 70 (.62)</li> <li>Megan Cooley (Gladbrook-Reinbeck) 67 (.66)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="79692" first="Libby" last="Lansing"] (Western Dubuque) 67 (.60)</li> <li>Grace Nelson (Bishop Heelan) 65 (.76)</li> </ol> <p>--- Deery’s block total ranked 24^th overall in the state and also was best among freshmen with 1.01 blocks per set and 49 solo blocks.</p> <p>--- O’Brien had the most block assists among freshman with 57. East Mills’ Williams finished a close second in that category with 56 and Western Dubuque’s [player_tooltip player_id="79692" first="Libby" last="Lansing"] was right behind at 55.</p>