Five New (To Us) Athletes In The Class Of ’25

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This quarter marked the beginning of the club season to the middle of qualifier season, so to speak. Here are five athletes from five different clubs from the class of '25 that got noticed for the first time by us.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>[player_tooltip player_id='282018' first='Cienna' last='Lapsley'], 6-1 MB, Concordia Lutheran, [program_tooltip program_id='430155' first='Team' last='Pineapple']</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Adept in front of as well as behind the setter, Cienna is a jump-out-of-the-gym athlete that can hit all of the shots off of one foot or both. Her long arms defend from pin to pin at an elite level, as I saw first-hand at the President's Day tourney in Saint Louis.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>[player_tooltip player_id='302199' first='Josie' last='Lezon'], 5-7 RS/DS, Roncalli, Team Indiana</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Strong and smart, Josie can do a number of things for any team she plays for. She hits all of the angles as a right side, defends right back quite well, and is deadly from behind the base line. Her volleyball IQ is quite high as well---Roncalli kids tend to be that way. She could be anything from a six-rotation right side or a three rotation attacker for a small school, or even a defender for a large school.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>[player_tooltip player_id='332515' first='Josie' last='Myers'], 6-2 MB, Cathedral, [program_tooltip program_id='431513' first='Munciana' last='Indy']</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Already named to the all-City (Indianapolis) team in her sophomore campaign, she should surpass 100 career blocks in her junior season for perennial 4A power Cathedral next fall. Taller than she looks, her long arms and quick transition beat most blocks to the punch. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>[player_tooltip player_id='332516' first='Alyssa' last='Hall'], 5-11 MB, Homestead, Empowered</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I got a chance to watch Alyssa put balls away recently at the Bluegrass tourney in Louisville. Fast and athletic, Alyssa plays bigger than her frame and has received solid training from Empowered (indoor and sand) to get her to that next level.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>[player_tooltip player_id='302486' first='Olivia' last='Johnson'], 5-11 MB, Mount Vernon, Academy</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Playing for the top 16s team at Academy (the Yeti), Olivia is a coachable and strong athlete who learns quickly. Her size certainly helps, as does her academic IQ---she's pushing near a 4.0. Bigs are hard to come by as they get older, and you could do far worse than Olivia.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->