Key Players at the Kansas City Gold Heart Classic!
Looking back at the last club event I attended this spring, I realized how many good players I watched that weekend at the Kansas City Gold Heart Classic. There were 21 teams at this event and boy were some of…
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Continue ReadingLooking back at the last club event I attended this spring, I realized how many good players I watched that weekend at the Kansas City Gold Heart Classic. There were 21 teams at this event and boy were some of them really great to watch.
Kansas Volleyball Club 17-1s
This team is really impressive. All of their players are 6-rotation players from what I observed while watching them at this tournament. Players of note are listed below.
Chloe Conway (Concordia High School, 2021, Middle)
Chloe is a 5’9″ middle from Concordia High School who will be graduating in 2021. Her stats from last high school volleyball season accrued over 82 sets were 2.2 KPS, .846 serve efficiency with 52 aces, and 18 total blocks.
Zoe Jerke (Great Bend High School, 2021, Setter)
Zoe is a 2021 setter from Great Bend High School and her stats last school season were accumulated through 82 stats with .932 serve efficiency with 36 aces, 1.80 DPS, and 5.7 APS.
Jenna Weers (Rock Creek High School, 2021, OH)
Jenna is a 2021 OH from Rock Creek High School and played in 81 sets her junior year. Her stats were 2.5 KPS, .835 serve efficiency with 28 aces, 2.4 DPS, and 36 total blocks.
Katie Berg (McPherson High School, 2021, Middle)
Katie is a 6’3″, 2021 middle from McPherson High School and played in 94 sets last season. She had 2.3 KPS, .895 serve efficiency with 19 aces, and 35 total blocks.
Emilee Lane (Thomas More Prep-Marian High School, 2022, OH)
Emilee is a 6’0″ sophomore from Thomas More Prep-Marian High School and her last season’s stats are 5.3 KPS, .943 serve efficiency with 59 aces, 2.8 DPS, and 23 total blocks.
South Kansas City Volleyball Club
Lauren McCarty (South Kansas City Volleyball Club 17-1)
Lauren is an outstanding middle that I was able to watch this weekend in early March. She attends Blue Valley North West High School in Overland Park, Kansas where she played in 82 sets for her high school season last year and had 2.2 KPS, a .846 serve efficiency with 52 aces and 18 total blocks.
SWI Third Degree 17 Black
Elle Scarborough Elle Scarborough 5'9" | OH Glenwood | 2021 State IA (Glenwood High School, 2021, OH)
Elle is a nearly unstoppable, indefatigable, OH from Glenwood High School whose stats last season were 4.00 KPS, .913 serve efficiency with 16 aces, 2.50 DPS, and 51 total blocks.
Abbey Jones Abbey Jones DS/L Red Oak | 2021 State IA (Red Oak High School, 2021, Libero)
Abbey is a junior from Red Oak High School whose stats last season were .907 serve efficiency with 30 aces, a team-high 4.68 APS, and 2.02 DPS.
Macy Vanfossan Macy Vanfossan OH Underwood | 2021 State IA (Underwood High School, 2021, OH)
Macy is an OH from Underwood High School with stats last season of a team-high 4.02 KPS, .900 serve efficiency with 33 aces, a team-high 3.40 DPS, and 41 total blocks.
SWI Third Degree 17 White
Elizabeth Elkins Elizabeth Elkins 5'9" | OH Council Bluffs St. Albert | 2021 State IA (Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson/Saint Albert High School, 2021, OH)
A 6-rotation player whose stats last school season were a team-high 2.39 KPS, ,815 serve efficiency with team-high 46 aces, 2.16 DPS, and 19 total blocks.
Ella Hensley (Riverside High School, 2021, Middle)
Ella is a middle blocker from Riverside High School whose blocks in the middle almost stopped Saint Albert from getting their ticket punched to state. She had a team-high 36 total blocks and was really developing this club season.
Paige Smith Paige Smith 5'9" | OH Sidney | 2021 State IA (Sidney High School, 2021, OH)
Paige is a 6-rotation player whose stats last season as her team became the Champion of Class 1A were 1.79 KPS, .955 serve efficiency with 36 aces, a team-high 2.90 DPS, and 22 total blocks.