State Rankings Update – Class of 2025
We are very proud to bring to you the first update to the Class of 2025 State Rankings. We now have the top 96 players in the 2025 class. It has taken quite a while for us to analyze new players and finalize movement up and down the list. I have been watching a lot of tournaments and game film. Thank you to all of the wonderful players, parents, coaches, and club directors who have reached out and given us tons of information on players. We are pleased to announce that we have added 26 new players to the list and made some serious moves with the others who were already listed. While everyone will have their opinions on who should be where, we are very proud of the hard work that goes into making sure it is as accurate as we can get it. It is a living document that constantly gets updated with more information. To those who have not made it yet, stay positive and keep us updated on your stats, matches, tournaments, and accolades so we can continue to give you the time you deserve in analyzing your skills. Keep updating your game film online and we will watch it. Without further ado click on the link below for the newly updated 2025 list.
I often get asked what goes into the ranking process. Well here is how I am going about it. I stay connected to the volleyball scene as much as I can. We speak to hundreds of club and high school coaches, club directors, and college coaches across the entire state to gather as much information as possible on each athlete. We study tournaments entered and tournament finishes. We study high schools, preseason lists, and awards given to athletes from the state of Texas high school systems, coaches associations and club awards. We have been watching a lot of awesome club volleyball tournaments in person and also have been watching hours of game footage and highlight reels as possible. The more film you have online, the better the research and analyzing of skills I can do to make the ranking as accurate as I can. You are more than welcome to tag us on social media or send us emails with updates to your film. It is also a great idea to keep updating it so that you can keep getting more exposure to college coaches. They are watching too.
The other question I get often from parents and players is “Is it 100 accurate?” The short answer is no. However, we are putting a lot of hours and hard work into trying to get it as accurate as we can. With over 23 years of analyzing players and college recruiting, it is still a difficult task to get it perfect. The fact that we must take multiple things into consideration and understanding that everyone is entitled to their opinion, has allowed me to be content with how we are going about it. While we know that it is not an exact science, we are very confident in the hard work that is going into analyzing each player and the overall ranking process.
We are still always looking for more players in each grad class. Please do not hesitate to send me some information on any player that you think deserves to be nominated as a potential State Ranked player. You can reach me by email, by Twitter (@CoachMikeDZ) or Facebook.
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. Help us help them by simply retweeting on Twitter or sharing on Facebook. Thanks for following Texas Family!