Class of 2022 – 1st Team All-State - Outsides

We are proud to announce our Inaugural Prep Dig All-State Teams. Our All-State players are considered to have played the best at their respective position THIS YEAR. Some of the athletes listed may have played multiple positions on the court, but we have chosen them for the positions that we think they excelled at the most.   We are proud to announce our First Team All State in this article series. We will be posting a few athletes at a time in order to give enough credit to each player. We are very proud of each player and everyone who helped them reach their goals this year. These players are being picked due to their individual performance on their teams this high school season. The second article in this series is devoted to the Outsides. These two young ladies are our picks for 1st Team All- State.   1st Team All State Selection: Outside   [player_tooltip player_id="99508" first="Avery" last="Shimaitis"] [2022] 5-11 Outside (HS: George Ranch/Club: Houston Skyline/Signed: Pepperdine) Avery is currently listed as the 50th ranked overall prospect according to the Prep Dig State Rankings list. We have profiled her a few times and here is a little from the articles, “She is a part of the famed ten foot club as she can get up to 10’2”. Avery is a dominant attacker for her Skyline team and for the Longhorns. She can bang with the best hitters in the area. Avery is a six rotation outside hitter and excels on the court. Her strength is undoubtedly her power. Her upper body is built for the left side. She will be a force for the foreseeable future for a college team. She deserves to be looked at and put on someone’s short list. She’s able to run high powered offense from the back row and she has this awesome and deceptive across her body off-speed cut back shot toward the deep zone one corner from the left side that she scores with. It is extremely deceptive and scores well. She will definitely keep the firepower going this coming year for the George Ranch Longhorns. She plays for one of the best club teams in her age group in the nation and when you watch her play, you will see why. We are happy to report that she has just recently committed to Pepperdine University. We are excited to watch her grow and get better so she can have an immediate impact in college. Some athletes let up a little once they reach the pinnacle of their high school years when they finally verbally commit to a college. Not Avery…she has turned the volume button way up and is killing it during her senior season. No one has been able to stop her as she is leading her team in kills. The season is only half way complete and she has already surpassed last years totals in kills. She is leading the entire state in kills during her senior season regardless of size of school. She already has 608 kills and the season isn’t even done yet. This young lady has doubled her kill total from all of last year and the best part is how efficient she has been doing it. She has a .328 hitting efficiency against some great competition. She is just flat out the best hitter in the entire state right now.” We saw Miss Shimaitis carve up her competition all year long as she had one of the most productive offensive seasons in her grad class. It was a fantastic way to end her high school career. We are proud to announce that she is the recipient of our publication’s inaugural 1st Team All-State award. Please congratulate her on the achievement.     1st Team All State Selection: Outside [player_tooltip player_id="87481" first="Jalyn" last="Gibson"] [2022] 6-0 Outside (HS: Brandeis/Club: Alamo/Signed: TCU) <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-167580" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pd/uploads/2021/11/IMG_2748-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /> Jalyn is ranked as the 16th best prospect in the 2022 class according to our Prep Dig State Rankings. She plays at Brandeis HS and also club for Alamo. We profiled her a few times in the past couple of years and here is a little refresher, “She has been a six-rotation player since her freshman year for Brandeis. She is a competitor who wants to put every ball down. She is a consistent weapon both on the front and back row. She was selected 1st team all district this past season. When Miss Gibson hits the ball, you can hear it come off of her hand with a loud pop. Her awesome hand contact helps her score at will. She will do great things at TCU in a few years.” We watched as she DOMINATED in the State Championship match against Keller HS. This young lady is worth the price of admission to any match you pay to watch her in. Miss Gibson is a beautiful mix of both power and grace when she plays the game. It is like watching poetry in motion whether in the back or front row. Brandeis rode their stallion to the finish line and she carried them home on her absolutely lethal right arm. We are proud to announce her as earning our publications inaugural 1st Team All-State award. Please help us congratulate her on the achievement.   As always stay tuned for more articles on your favorite athletes. If you have anyone you think we should watch out for, please shoot me an email with some info at nov8vb@yahoo.com. Also don’t forget to help these kids get more exposure by sharing our stories with your friends. 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