Club Preview: NKYVC 16-1 Tsunami
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Here are five prospects to see from this GJNC open-level qualifier a season ago. Riley McCloskey Riley McCloskey 6'1" | OH Notre Dame | 2025 State KY – OHThe 6’1 McCloskey is a high potential prospect and will exciting to…
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Riley McCloskey
Riley
McCloskey
6'1" | OH
Notre Dame | 2025
State
KY
– OH
The 6’1 McCloskey is a high potential prospect and will exciting to see compete this club season to see her growth from a season ago. She has a physical arm at both pins as she elevates well and can generate a ton of pace. She helped her NDA team win the Kentucky state title this recent high school season and should excel in the coming months during the start of the recruiting process for this class.
Ava Tilden
Ava
Tilden
6'1" | OH
Notre Dame Academy | 2025
State
#141
Nation
KY
– OH
Another 6’1 pin hitter from NDA, Tilden was a big factor for her high school team as well and teams with McCloskey to provide a high impact offensive duo. She has six-rotation skills with good length to help her success in the serve and pass and attacking phases. She can bring power but scores a lot through her finesse and arm control to move the ball around.
Julia Grace
Julia
Grace
5'6" | DS/L
Notre Dame Academy | 2025
State
KY
– DS/L (*pictured)
Grace is one of the best libero prospects in Kentucky and can be a game changer with her ability to get her team in system from the serve receive phase. Another NDA product, she also plays defense with quickness and range that can disrupt and frustrate the biggest opposing arms as she reads well and can react with an efficient first step to get her angles in place.
Emsley Venard
Emsley
Venard
6'0" | S
St. Ursula | 2025
State
OH
– S
This is a club season that Venard should emerge even further as a critical element to this team’s success and towards her future as a setter throughout the rest of her prep career. She has good size and simplicity in her distribution skills that will garner attention given the anticipation of their offensive power and her role in creating quality opportunities for them. She has great size at 6’1 and can locate the full scope of the offense and if she can develop good balance this team will be very dangerous.
Lucy Perkins
Lucy
Perkins
6'0" | RS
McNicholas | 2025
State
OH
– RS/MH
Perkins has probably made some of the biggest gains in her skills and impact since last club season. The growth in her assertiveness and confidence on both sides of the ball will undoubtedly be an x-factor for this team given the balance she can provide in their pin action offensively to complement well the size she brings to the net on the right side as a defensive presence.