2025 Rankings Update: Outside Hitters To Know

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2025's are just reaching the halfway point of their prep career but this class has a very bright future on the pins. 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contact point and takes a huge swing on the ball.  She takes a hard swipe on the ball if there is an overpass and she has a knack for tooling the block.  Kusnier takes a nice angle approach on the ball and contacts on top of the ball to slice the ball down outside of the block.  She speeds up her armswing if a blocker is late and exposes their mistake.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-644883deb7d3a"} /--> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/BreitNelson/status/1642641751386243072","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://x.com/BreitNelson/status/1642641751386243072 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block 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attacker from the back row for Northern Lights.  She also does a great job getting her hips under the ball when she is playing defense.  She strikes me as a do-it-all type of player that will step into any position and crush it.  Carr is very adaptable and able to mix up her shots as well as her arm speed in order to score points.  She always seems to play so much bigger than her listed height.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6448ab259bde0"} /--> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/BreitNelson/status/1642641747351306240","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://x.com/BreitNelson/status/1642641747351306240 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block 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