Early Bird Shootout: Preview 15/16 Teams
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A quick look at some of the top 2025 prospects competing on Sunday. Circle City 16 PurpleDishing over 450 assists this fall, setter Ava Hunter will lead this team offensively as she makes the move from Munciana. She has great…
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Circle City 16 Purple
Dishing over 450 assists this fall, setter Ava Hunter will lead this team offensively as she makes the move from Munciana. She has great distribution skills and court awareness to find hitters at the right times. At 5’11 she has great length for this position The 6’3 middle Reese Dunkle is one of the best bigs in Indiana in this class and will certainly be a huge factor for this team this club season. She had 275 kills over the recent high school season for a 2.5 k/s average while hitting at a .318 efficiency. Libero Avery Freeman has length and range in the back row and averaged over 15 digs per match for Bloomington North.
NKYVC 16-1 Tsunami
Notre Dame Academy won the Kentucky state title this fall and got great contributions from some key sophomores including the arms of
Riley McCloskey
Riley
McCloskey
6'1" | OH
Notre Dame | 2025
State
KY
and
Ava Tilden
Ava
Tilden
6'1" | OH
Notre Dame Academy | 2025
State
#141
Nation
KY
. These two should be this team’s biggest point scorers over the coming months. In the back row is
Julia Grace
Julia
Grace
5'6" | DS/L
Notre Dame Academy | 2025
State
KY
and her all out effort and ability to create controlled opportunities out of difficult situations defensively.
Emsley Venard
Emsley
Venard
6'0" | S
St. Ursula | 2025
State
OH
is worth increased evaluation as a setter given the advances in her skills and composure around the court.
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The 15-1 American champs from last summer’s GJNC are ready to pick up where they ended. Setter
Larsen Terrill
Larsen
Terrill
5'11" | S
Highland | 2025
State
OH
is a featured athlete here and brings increased experience, success, and accolades following a great high school season with Highland. She has a big point scorer in
Presley Stokes
Presley
Stokes
5'10" | OH
Wellsville | 2025
State
OH
and a capable pin attacker in
Dylan Hunt
Dylan
Hunt
5'9" | OH
Pickerington North | 2025
State
OH
.
Keira Steininger
Keira
Steininger
5'5" | DS/L
New Bremen | 2025
State
OH
, a product from state champion New Bremen, is back as the libero and provides big plays defensively to complement good pressure at the service line.
NKYVC 15-1 Tsunami
Take a look at this team as they return the bulk of their roster from a great club season in 2022. Pin hitter
Callie Combs
Callie
Combs
5'8" | OH
Seton | 2026
State
OH
is a complete threat on both sides of the ball and is balanced at the left pin by Grace Portwood. In the back row is
Emma Frietch
Emma
Frietch
5'6" | DS/L
Saint Ursula Academy | 2026
State
OH
(*pictured), a key contributor as a freshman for a very good St. Ursula team as she had over 200 digs in her first varsity season. In the middle is this team’s length in Audrey Dyas, one of the better young middles in the greater Cincy and northern KY areas. She was coming into her own late in the club season and gained very valuable competitive experience and expanded her offensive range with NDA and their state title run.