Kansas Pace Setters: Assist Leaders From Class 5A Schools
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<p>Class 5A has multiple skilled setters across the state. Setters make the offense run and finding setters who share the ball well and keep all hitters apart of the system are hard to find.</p>
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<p>This report focuses on five setters in the Class of 2024 who were among assist leaders in 2022, a coupe of which are two sport stars who also could get college looks from basketball coaches as well as volleyball coaches.</p>
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<p><strong>Tabor Scanlon</strong>, 5'5”, S, Lansing</p>
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<p>Lansing's Scanlon unofficially led all players from 5A schools with 893 assists. She is a sparkplug player and has a solid serve. She plays club with Dynasty KC. She is not the tallest setter in the state, but she can put the ball on a string. She is still uncommitted, but has been in communication with college coaches.</p>
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<p><strong>Mersadie Spray</strong>, 5'8”, S, Great Bend</p>
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<p>Spray finished her junior season with 683 assists. She is a gifted athlete and is very athletic. She is a solid jumper and communicates well on the court. Spay is also a talented point guard for the Great Bend Panthers. She averaged 18.8 points per game for Great Bend on the basketball court. She is the No. 38 ranked basketball player at Prep Girls Hoops.</p>
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<p><strong>Alexa Shively</strong>, 5'5”, S, Emporia</p>
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<p>Shively finished her junior season with 612 assists. She can also play as a defensive specialist. She also plays basketball for the Spartans. She is a six-rotation player as she also added 188 digs and 68 kills to her 2022 varsity stats.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='515485' first='Jaya' last='Miller']</strong>, 5'8”, S, Topeka West</p>
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<p>Miller had 586 assists for the Chargers in the 2022 season. She has a solid serve and had 30 aces two years in a row for Topeka West.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='214654' first='Elena' last='Vanderweg']</strong>, 5'4”, S, Newton</p>
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<p>Vanderweg led the Railers with 384 assists during her junior season. She has a really nice touch and solid timing. Vanderweg also plays good defense as she posted 196 digs to her stat sheet in 2022. She plays club volleyball with the Air Capital Aces.</p>
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Class 5A has multiple skilled setters across the state. Setters make the offense run and finding setters who share the ball well and keep all hitters apart of the system are hard to find.
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