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Class of 2023: Top Five Players

Class of 2023: Top Five Players
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Jeremy Deckard
Jeremy Deckard December 21, 2020 @ 12:12 PM
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Heather Schemper
Heather Schemper 5'11" | OH | 2023
KS
Ava TeStrake
Ava TeStrake 6'4" | OH | 2023
KS
Rylee Unruh
Rylee Unruh 5'11" | S | 2023
KS
Jacy Thomasson
Jacy Thomasson 5'11" | MB | 2023
KS
Sidney Kacsir
Sidney Kacsir 5'6" | DS/L | 2023
KS
Grace Long
Grace Long 5'6" | DS/L | 2023
KS
Avery Lowe
Avery Lowe 6'2" | MB | 2023
KS
Aubrey Duncan
Aubrey Duncan 6'0" | MB | 2023
KS
Brooklyn DeLeye
Brooklyn DeLeye 6'2" | OH | 2023
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Rylee Unruh
Rylee Unruh 5'11" | OH | 2022
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Heather Schemper
Heather Schemper 5'11" | OH | 2023
KS
Ava TeStrake
Ava TeStrake 6'4" | OH | 2023
KS
Rylee Unruh
Rylee Unruh 5'11" | S | 2023
KS
Jacy Thomasson
Jacy Thomasson 5'11" | MB | 2023
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Sidney Kacsir
Sidney Kacsir 5'6" | DS/L | 2023
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Grace Long
Grace Long 5'6" | DS/L | 2023
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Avery Lowe
Avery Lowe 6'2" | MB | 2023
KS
Aubrey Duncan
Aubrey Duncan 6'0" | MB | 2023
KS
Brooklyn DeLeye
Brooklyn DeLeye 6'2" | OH | 2023
KS
Rylee Unruh
Rylee Unruh 5'11" | OH | 2022
KS
Sawyer Thomsen
Sawyer Thomsen 6'2" | MB | 2023
KS

Prep Dig Kansas is proud to announce the release of the initial Class of 2023 player rankings.

The Class of 2023 is loaded with talent and that talent will continue to improve.

Here is a scouting report on the top five players, all five of whom arguably could have been ranked at the top of the list.

OH, Brooklyn DeLeye Brooklyn DeLeye Brooklyn DeLeye 6'2" | OH Washburn Rural | 2023 State #30 Nation KS , 6’1”, Washburn Rural (Ranked No. 1) – DeLeye has a very high ceiling. She hits the ball just about as hard as anyone I saw play in 2020. She is a Division I talent who will have multiple suitors. She also knows how to win as Washburn Rural is a perirenal state contender.

MH, Sawyer Thomsen Sawyer Thomsen Sawyer Thomsen 6'2" | MB Free State | 2023 State #145 Nation KS , 6’2”,  Free State (Ranked No. 2) – Thomsen is an excellent blocker. She has a big reach and has solid technique. She and another top-ranked Firebird teammate will make Free State a state contender for the next two years. Thomsen finished the high school season with 216 kills and 51 blocks.

OH, Aubrey Duncan Aubrey Duncan 6'0" | MB Free State | 2023 State KS ,  6’0”, Free State (Ranked No. 3) – Duncan is a skilled athlete and knows how to fill up a box score. Duncan finished the 2020 high school season with 250 kills and 49 blocks. She could and Thomsen could play Division I ball, but I got a funny feeling they could both end up playing for MIAA squads.

OH, Heather Schemper Heather Schemper 5'11" | OH Phillipsburg | 2023 State KS , 5’11”, Phillipsburg (Ranked No. 4) – Philipsburg may be home to one of the more underrated players in Kansas. Schemper absolutely piled up stats in 2020. She finished the season with 351 kills, 126 blocks, and 131 digs. She is a big jumper and a player a college program can be built around.

OH, Ava TeStrake Ava TeStrake Ava TeStrake 6'4" | OH Olathe Northwest | 2023 State #65 Nation KS , 6’4”, Olathe Northwest (Ranked No. 5) – TeStrake plays on a loaded Owls squad. Her size alone put TeStrake on the recruiting radar. At six-foot-four and with a big reach she has a strong net-front presence. She practices with top talent every day in high school and club practice.

These five athletes round out the top 10 in our initial Class of 2023 rankings: MB, Jacy Thomasson Jacy Thomasson 5'11" | MB Riverton | 2023 State KS , Riverton; S, Rylee Unruh Rylee Unruh Rylee Unruh 5'11" | S Free State | 2023 State KS , Free State; L, Grace Long Grace Long 5'6" | DS/L Bishop Carroll | 2023 State KS , Bishop Carroll; DS, Sidney Kacsir Sidney Kacsir Sidney Kacsir 5'6" | DS/L Mill Valley | 2023 State KS , Mill Valley; MH, Avery Lowe Avery Lowe 6'2" | MB Maize South | 2023 State KS , Maize South.

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    Inman

    Utah
  • 4
    Grace Martin

    Grace Martin

    St. Thomas Aquinas

    Arizona State
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    Hailie Vaughn

    Hailie Vaughn

    Blue Valley Southwest

    Princeton
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