ICYMI: 2025 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Dig Nebraska updated our 2025 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 98 college prospects with a top five of Keri Leimbach Keri Leimbach 5'4" | DS/L Lincoln Lutheran | 2025 State #40 Nation NE , Natalie Wardlow Natalie Wardlow 6'5" | MB Lincoln Southeast | 2025 State #17 Nation NE , Ashlyn Paymal Ashlyn Paymal 6'2" | RS Omaha Westside | 2025 State NE , Sierra Pokharel Sierra Pokharel 5'4" | DS/L Millard West | 2025 State NE , and Shay Heaney Shay Heaney 6'2" | OH Elkhorn North | 2025 State NE !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the Nebraska 2025 Rankings!
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Things you need to know about our Prospect Rankings
How do you decide where a player gets ranked? Let us tell you.
Prep Dig Nebraska prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school, club, and college coaches who watch a ton of Nebraska volleyball. We put a lot of time and energy into it and we are as diligent as we can possibly be to get it right. We never intentionally set out to bury a kid or leave them off the list. We try not to be biased, other than favoring athletes with talent and a desire to get better. We work hard at being fair.
Most importantly, this list is about college potential, not current performance. Let us repeat that: This list is about college potential, not current performance. This is the big one, the factor that causes the most consternation, the most misunderstanding, especially among keenly interested parents. With that in mind, club ball matters greatly. We are obviously not ignoring the high school season. It is a reality, however, that players who do not play in club events that are highly attended by other collegiate prospects are diminishing their opportunity to get noticed and distinguish themselves as a recruit and therefore make the rankings.