Power League Power Prospects Pt. 2
The Power League season in Washington State has prospects from all classes breaking out. Along with early season tournaments these matchups are a chance to see players who may not have started at the varsity level, or on a new…
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Continue ReadingThe Power League season in Washington State has prospects from all classes breaking out. Along with early season tournaments these matchups are a chance to see players who may not have started at the varsity level, or on a new to them club team. Many athletes will make a position change, during high school it’s all hands on deck, and during the club season players may be at their natural spots more often. here are several prospects that have looked excellent in the early going.
Neilson is getting a chance to work in serve receive and attack from the pin during the early part of the season for her RVC Jake team. She has shown the ability to take an out-of-system set and put the defense in a tough situation while keeping her error rate low. Playing at the pin versus middle as she did for Mt. Spokane during school ball gives her RVC team formidable size across the front line. She is already showing an ability to adjust to a set that is tight or brings her inside, there is the possibility she sticks as a six-rotation outside position moving forward.
Aaron is a natural opposite, tall, left-handed, and able to hammer the ball. Her transition and approach are aggressive and fast, she can find a seam or pound a ball down the line for a kill. Her high contact point caused some big problems for defenses at the Matt Hartner tournament, it’s not easy to defend a terminal, 6′ foot left-hander at the 15U level. Aaron may end up over six feet tall, she is certainly a 2026 prospect to keep a close eye on.
Samantha Lazar
Samantha Lazar
A member of the 16-2 SVA team and varsity player for Kennedy Catholic, Lazar is an athletic presence in the middle. Offensively she is quick to get into transition and has the vision to place a tip into an empty spot to score. She has served well in the early part of the season and plays good defense in the back row as a middle blocker. She will step in and accurately set a second ball, Lazar has been trained well as a complete player.
Rebecca Townsend
Rebecca Townsend
Townsend is a skilled server, and Aspire NW Royal has rattled off scoring runs behind her hard, cross-court jump float. She has a natural, easy arm swing and the athleticism to back it up from either pin. She is extremely effective as a right-side attacking, and being a setter as well it’s natural for her to step in and set the second ball. She reads the game well, picking up tips and off-speed shots without issue.
Mackenzie Martin
Mackenzie Martin
Martin is an energizer at the libero spot for RVC 16 Jeff. She has been tested in the early season at the Northwest Power League and the MHMC in serve receive and has delivered a consistent performance keeping the team in system. Lakeside out of Nine Mile near Spokane has been turning out talented players for some time now, Martin was the only 9th grader on varsity this season. She stays in her hitter’s hip pocket when they attack, and does an excellent job of controlling covers and tips so her setter has a decent pass to work with. She is the hype leader when RVC makes a big play, Martin is player to watch at the libero spot.
Harmony Johnson
Harmony Johnson
Johnson was part of a Lynnwood Royals team that fought hard to earn a state berth this past school season, and she is poised to continue that run of success with her Seattle Juniors 16 squad. Johnson has a heavy arm swing, and she compliments that power with a skillful chip shot when she needs to find a shot. Her serve gave several opponents problems at the Matt Hartner, she deals a ball that drops early while coming in low over the net.
Nicolette Reed
Nicolette Reed
The North Central Washington Volleyball Club (that’s a mouthful) does an excellent job developing players in Wenatchee and the surrounding areas. Reed is a Wenatchee sophomore with excellent size and easy movement pin to pin. She tracks the ball well in transition and makes herself available to her setter. Vision is a strength for Reed in several ways, she has a good sense of the location of the ball when dealing with a joust or overpass, hammering the ball when she can, or going up strong with both hands to redirect.