Class of 2024 – 1st Team All-State – Liberos
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,…
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Continue ReadingWe 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. This next article in this series is devoted to the Libero position. These two young ladies are our picks for 1st Team All- State.
1st Team All State Selection: Libero
Alice Volpe Alice Volpe 5'5" | DS/L Bridgeland | 2024 State #83 Nation TX [2024] 5-3 Libero (HS: Bridgeland/Club: Houston Juniors /Verbal: Uncommitted)
Alice is currently listed as the 30th best overall prospect in the 2024 Class according to our Prep Dig State Rankings. We wrote about her a few times already and here is a little to remind you of what we said about her previously, “Miss Volpe is a fantastic libero from the Houston area. She is the daughter of Rice University Head Volleyball coach Genny Volpe and plays high school for Bridgeland HS and also club for Houston Juniors . She also plays on the beach circuit with her teammates at Houston Juniors and is a stud there too. It takes a great athlete in order to excel in both sports and it truly shows her ball control abilities in the sand. Her footwork is truly amazing during indoor volleyball and she is always properly balanced during contact. Her long legs help her ball pursuit and aid in her strong ability to cushion contact while she collapses on the dig. This is one reason why her contact on hard driven balls is so soft. Miss Volpe star is on the rise as she keeps getting better and better each time she steps on the court. We love her ball control and think her ceiling is ridiculously high for improvement over the next few years. I would put her footwork against any defensive player in the class. We have been watching very closely and Alice has the second most digs in the entire state of Texas amongst all sophomores. Her tally of 699 digs so far is amazing. She has her varsity team at 35-11 overall and 12-2 in district. They just beat Tomball to advance in the UIL playoffs. The awesome play of Miss Volpe is definitely going to help them stay the course and be competitive.” Alice has proven that she is special. What she did at the varsity level to help her team go as far as they did in the playoffs this year was amazing. We have chosen to award Miss Volpe as 1st Team All-State for our publication due to what she meant to both her team and the position in her entire grad class. We have every intention of moving her up the rankings once we update them in a few weeks. In the meantime please help us congratulate her on the amazing achievement of 1st Team All-State.
1st Team All State Selection: Libero
Reese Emerick Reese Emerick 5'9" | DS/L Westlake | 2024 State #33 Nation TX [2024] 5-8 Libero (HS: Austin Westlake/Club: Austin Juniors/Verbal: Uncommitted)
We are proud to announce that Reese is now ranked as the 21st top overall prospect and 3rd best libero in the 2024 Class according to our Prep Dig State Rankings. When we profiled her last we said, “Reese is a gifted player from the Austin area. She plays for Westlake on their varsity squad and also for the great Austin Juniors volleyball club. Westlake has a great libero in the making in this young lady so they can continue their dominance in their district that they have had for a while now. She already had 195 digs for them and 15 aces in her freshman season. She made the 26-6A newcomer of the year this past season. Miss Emerick is a stud in the libero position and plays with so much passion. She will be moving up the rankings for sure in our next update as we saw her show out on Varsity. Her defensive range is superb and once you match that with her tenacity to sprawl out while in pursuit of the ball, you have a recipe for an outstanding libero. She is one of the best in the 2024 class for sure and we will be watching her career unfold very closely. College coaches should be looking at this young lady right this second as her touch on the ball is second to none. When we watched more closely we saw some aspects of play that stood out over and over. Her tenacity on the court is infectious and we love the way she plays the game. Reese can cover her hitters with the best liberos in the country. I know we talked about her touch on the ball in the last article, however it is something that will be talked about each time we profile her. It is that good. Usually it takes years to develop touch like that, but this young lady has a great baseline to start out with. Miss Emerick has been on fire during her sophomore season for Westlake. She has the 5thmost digs in the entire state amongst sophomores. 577 digs on the year is a lot for an upperclassman, but this young lady is ready to be on the lips of college recruiters now. Remember this name because she will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come in the libero position. We are proud to have her in the running for an All-State award.” We have analyzed many liberos in this class when it came to choosing who will take home the award and we kept coming back to Reese as she has proven time and time again that she is worthy of winning it. We are very proud to announce that she is the recipient of our inaugural 1st Team All-State honors. Please help us congratulate her on the achievement.
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