ICYMI: 2024 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Dig Iowa updated our 2024 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 71 college prospects with a top five of Payton Petersen Payton Petersen 6'0" | OH Dike-New Hartford | 2024 State #55 Nation IA , Bliss Beck Bliss Beck 6'2" | MB Clear Creek Amana | 2024 State #141 Nation IA , Isabelle Elliott Isabelle Elliott 6'0" | OH Sumner-Fredericksburg | 2024 State #130 Nation IA , Kenzie Dean Kenzie Dean 6'3" | OH Dowling Catholic | 2024 State #145 Nation IA , and Jadyn Petersen Jadyn Petersen 5'9" | OH Dike-New Hartford | 2024 State #195 Nation IA !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the Iowa 2024 Rankings!
We have begun analyzing the rankings updates in the following articles, too:
- What Iowa 2024's Are Rising In The Rankings?
- Uncommitted '24s I'm Ready To Watch For Club 2023
- Lots of Length With These Uncommitted 2024s
Things you need to know about our Prospect Rankings
How do you decide where a player gets ranked? Let us tell you.
Prep Dig Iowa prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school, club, and college coaches who watch a ton of Iowa 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.