Key Role Players for State Champion Teams

<p>These athletes are not to be overshadowed following their key contributions to their team’s state tourney run.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="107261" first="Sophie" last="Lee"]</strong> - 6’0 | MH | 2021 | Huron<br /> At 6’0, Lee is has good physcality in the middle. She has an aggressive arm and can generate good power and uses vision to find open space with offspeed placement. In averaging 2.3 kills per set on the season, she had a great state tournament in posting nine kills without an error in the semifinals while following it up with an 18 kill performance in the title match. She provided great efficiency in hitting .478 in the state tournament while contributing 12 blocks. </p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="114481" first="Emma" last="White"]</strong> - 5’7 | S | 2022 | Calvert<br /> With a terrific overall effort, White made significant contributions for Calvert in a variety of facets during the state tournament. Over the two matches she totaled 69 assists for a near 10 assist per set average. As the team’s setter, she also contributed well on both sides of the ball with nine kills and 33 digs. Quick and athletic, her best attribute may be her court awareness as she is crafty in her decision making in getting her hitters involved or sending the ball over on a second touch. She has good hands and can run an offense varied in tempo and location.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="114400" first="Ally" last="Christman"]</strong> - 5’10 | OH | 2021 | Mount Notre Dame<br /> Christman was a big threat for MND all season as the right pin counterpart to her teammate that was their primary attacker on the outside. She gets her feet to the ball well and has great arm speed and control in the air to move the ball around with good pace. Against Ohio's top-ranked DI team in the finals, she put down 11 kills while collecting eight digs. She was terrific in the seminfinals as she earned 14 kills without an error for a .667 attack percentage. She is committed to Robert Morris.</p> <p><strong>Ava Nestor</strong> - 5’6 | S | 2021 | Gilmour Academy<br /> Nestor led a Lancers offense that averaged 15 kills per set throughout the season. At the state tournament, the 5’6 senior put up some big numbers as she totaled 106 assists over two matches for an 11.7 assists per set average while creating some good balance across all of her hitters. She also contributed well on the defensive side as well tallying 13 digs in each match to help contain their opponents’ offense. She was a 2020 Disctrict II 3rd team selection.</p>