<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="88290" first="Elise" last="Estudillo"]</strong> - 5’8 | Nebraska Elite 17-1<br />
Estudillo helped guide this team to the gold round on the final day of play. She is a stabilizer and a great floor leader with her communication and her physical skills. She plays with great focus and composure. She prepares well in serve receive as she locks in on servers and has good first step movement to get to the ball. Defensively, she can dig balls in system through a variety of tools including great angle work with her platform or in range to the floor and overhead. </p>
<p><strong>Abbey Havrilla</strong> - 5’4 | AVC CLE Rox 17 Red<br />
Havrilla may be the smallest of this group of athletes but makes a big impact in her play in this position. Her contributions for this team are critical given they have some very live and aggressive arms that benefit from her ball control and defense to keep them in system and on their fast tempo and variation. She prepares with great base balance, creates great angles, and has power and speed in her legs to allow her to cover a lot of the court.</p>
<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="68129" first="Abby" last="Schaefer"]</strong> - 5’8 | NKYVC 17 Tsunami<br />
With a blue-collar work ethic and style, Schaefer is a tough-as-nails competitor. She receives the ball with good efficiency and will get after it on the defensive side to help get her team in system. The Western Kentucky commit and St. Henry standout has this Tsunami team on a good path towards on earning an open-level bid through the remainder of qualifying season as they are closing the gap well with each match and tournament. </p>
<p><strong>Jonna Spohn</strong> - 5’5 | Mintonette M.71<br />
A 2023 prospect, Spohn plays with great maturity and competitivenes from this role on a team with high national-level potential. She reads the floor and play development extremely well and has great first step-reaction and quickness. She has an electric quality to her defense with her speed as she can close down most balls to keep her team in long points and in-system often. Spohn and her team finished 9th overall. </p>
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