Recruiting the Iowa State Tournament – Monday Edition
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The Iowa State Tournament is here! For these Class of 2022 Seniors, they will be playing their final matches as high school volleyball players and will be looking for the next step. For some, they are committed to play volleyball…
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Continue ReadingThe Iowa State Tournament is here! For these Class of 2022 Seniors, they will be playing their final matches as high school volleyball players and will be looking for the next step. For some, they are committed to play volleyball at the next level, others will focus strictly on academics, and some are still weighing their options. Where to go, to play or not to play, and what that looks like for them the next four years. For the record, if you are starting for a Class 4A or Class 5A state tournament caliber team, you have the ability to play at the next level. There will be spots for 2022s. It has been a rugged recruiting road for the Class of 2022, but once the college season ends, coaches will know what they need for the future of their program.
Class 5A has plenty of high level players who can play at the next level. I have listed a few of many. West Des Moines Dowling has a strong core of Seniors who have waited their turn for a chance to take the big stage. Calliope Coppola Calliope Coppola 5'8" | DS/L Dowling | 2022 State IA , Abby Staun Abby Staun 5'4" | DS/L Dowling | 2022 State IA , Sam Schroeder, Piper Kirchoff Piper Kirchoff 5'9" | RS Dowling | 2022 State IA , Abby Staun Abby Staun 5'4" | DS/L Dowling | 2022 State IA , Tora Peterson Tora Peterson S State IA , the list goes on. They have played high level club and are just adding icing to their already strong careers. Both schools out of Ankeny also have athletes who have competed at a high club level and have decorated high school careers. Lexi Stephens Lexi Stephens 5'4" | DS/L Ankeny | 2022 State IA (Ankeny) and Ella Becker Ella Becker 5'6" | DS/L Ankeny Centennial | 2022 State IA (Ankeny Centennial) start the offense from the first contact, as they will be returning as starting liberos in the state tournament. An outside hitter to watch for Pleasant Valley is Arra Cottrell Arra Cottrell 6'0" | OH Pleasant Valley | 2022 State IA , she has a big swing and knows how to score points. Livia Thomsen Livia Thomsen 5'5" | DS/L Pleasant Valley | 2022 State IA is another Spartan who has quietly risen up the Class of 2022 liberos and would be a great late pickup for a college program. PV comes in as the number two seed in the tournament.
2022s
Middles
Samantha Schroeder Samantha Schroeder 6'2" | MB Dowling | 2022 State IA – Dowling Catholic
Monica Mirembe – Ankeny Centennial
Outside Hitter
Arra Cottrell Arra Cottrell 6'0" | OH Pleasant Valley | 2022 State IA – Pleasant Valley
Piper Kirchoff Piper Kirchoff 5'9" | RS Dowling | 2022 State IA – Dowling Catholic
Dasha Svitashev Dasha Svitashev 5'9" | RS Johnston | 2022 State IA – Johnson
Libero
Ella Becker Ella Becker 5'6" | DS/L Ankeny Centennial | 2022 State IA – Ankeny Centennial (Title Photo)
Lexi Stephens Lexi Stephens 5'4" | DS/L Ankeny | 2022 State IA – Ankeny
Livia Thomsen Livia Thomsen 5'5" | DS/L Pleasant Valley | 2022 State IA – Pleasant Valley
Meredith Hews – Urbandale
Class 4A
There are a lot of athletes who will take the court Monday that will make plenty of college programs better, they just haven’t officially decided. Faith DeRonde Faith DeRonde 5'10" | OH Oskaloosa | 2022 State #165 Nation IA leads the way where she could play multiple sports at the next level. She’s a state champion discus thrower, a state tournament softball pitcher, she can do it all. She is also one of the top kill leaders in Class 4A. Always nice to have options. Western Dubuque has been on the state stage since they had their magical run two years ago finishing as the state runner-up after knocking off top teams in Dubuque Wahlert and Xavier. Meredith Bahl Meredith Bahl 5'10" | OH Western Dubuque | 2022 State IA is one of the top attackers in Class 4A as well as Maddie Harris Maddie Harris 5'9" | OH Western Dubuque | 2022 State IA . Harris is also a softball star where Western Dubuque won the Class 4A state softball title this past summer. Bishop Heelan is back, with plenty of history at the state tournament, a libero to watch would be Senior Ava Higman.
2022s
Outside Hitter
Faith DeRonde Faith DeRonde 5'10" | OH Oskaloosa | 2022 State #165 Nation IA – Oskaloosa
Hallie Bedier Hallie Bedier MB State IA – Bondurant-Farrar
Meredith Bahl Meredith Bahl 5'10" | OH Western Dubuque | 2022 State IA – Western Dubuque
Maddie Harris Maddie Harris 5'9" | OH Western Dubuque | 2022 State IA – Western Dubuque
Middle Blocker
Maya Karl Maya Karl 6'0" | MB Xavier | 2022 State IA – Xavier
Grace Graham Grace Graham 5'10" | MB North Scott | 2022 State IA – North Scott
Grace Goad – Marion
Setter
Madison Maahs Madison Maahs 5'8" | S Western Dubuque | 2022 State IA – Western Dubuque
Tori Carrol – Bondurant-Farrar
Riley Jonker Riley Jonker 5'11" | S Linn-Mar | 2022 IA – Xavier
Libero
Annika Behrends – Waverly-Shell Rock
Ava Higman – Bishop Heelan