What committed athletes are taking on the Prep Dig Gauntlet?

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Prep Dig Gauntlet is only a few days away, and excitement is building around the invite-only event. Here is a list of committed athletes descending on the Milwaukee Sting Center over Memorial Day weekend. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Future Teammates </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Several future teammates will be competing in the tournament. It is always fun to see who will be attending school and playing collegiately together. [player_tooltip player_id='135950' first='Grace' last='Nelson'] (1st Alliance 17 Gold) and [player_tooltip player_id='174733' first='Reese' last='Ptacek'] (Northern Lights 17-1) are both pin hitters who are committed to the University of Kansas. Paige Wagner (Northern Lights 17-1) is a middle, and [player_tooltip player_id='311946' first='Madelyn' last='Elsen'] (Sky High Adidas 17 Elite) is a libero who will both be headed to Michigan Tech. Current Sky High teammates [player_tooltip player_id='135989' first='Jaimie' last='Marquardt'] and [player_tooltip player_id='136595' first='Jenna' last='Meitzler'] are committed to playing at the University of Iowa together. [player_tooltip player_id='136853' first='Milica' last='Tomic'] (1st Alliance 17 Silver) and [player_tooltip player_id='135974' first='Gabrielle' last='Wire'] (Mission 17 Elite) are committed to UW-Milwaukee. DS/Liberos [player_tooltip player_id='135946' first='Samantha' last='Falk'] (1st Alliance 17 Gold) and [player_tooltip player_id='122466' first='Jae' last='Fitting'] (Sting 17 Gold) will be teammates at Loyola-Chicago. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>For those who really love to dive deep into volleyball commitments, I have a list of future conference opponents at the end of the article. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">1st Alliance 17 Gold</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135954' first='Ellie' last='White'] - Outside Hitter - University of Michigan</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136631' first='Ava' last='Falduto'] - DS/Libero - Penn State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135950' first='Grace' last='Nelson'] - Outside Hitter - Kansas</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135946' first='Samantha' last='Falk'] - DS/Libero - Loyola Chicago</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='311933' first='Calli' last='Kenny'] - Setter - Marquette University </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='311939' first='Ellery' last='Rees'] - Middle Blocker - University of Alabama</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">1st Alliance 17 Silver</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136853' first='Milica' last='Tomic'] - Setter - UW-Milwaukee</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135948' first='Marin' last='Johnson'] - Middle Blocker - SEMO</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Adversity G17 Adidas</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135962' first='Ava' last='Pratt'] - Outside Hitter - Northwestern University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135965' first='Ana' last='Vetter'] - Opposite - Wake Forest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136622' first='Jessica' last='Kurpeikis'] - Opposite - UW-Green Bay </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Circle City 17 Black </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mia Loyd - Setter - Air Force Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ella Byrum - DS/Libero - Hillsdale College</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Madeline Lynch - Opposite - University of Louisiana-Monroe</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Illini Elite 17 Cardinal </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gwenyth Schiff - Outside/Opposite - Colorado</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='311948' first='Libby' last='Detweiler'] - Middle Blocker - Heartland CC</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='311934' first='Sydnie' last='Hernandez'] - Libero - Bowling Green</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136638' first='Rachel' last='Ogunleye'] - Middle Blocker - Vanderbilt</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136639' first='Olivia' last='Price'] - Setter/Opposite - Grand Canyon </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='260943' first='Julia' last='Johnson'] - Setter/Opposite - High Point</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Michigan Elite 17 Mizuno </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Johanna Tillman - Middle Blocker/Opposite - Grand Valley State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Michigan Elite 17 Elite </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Margaret Hilliard - Setter/Opposite - Baldwin Wallace</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Mission 17 Elite</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135974' first='Gabrielle' last='Wire'] - Outside Hitter - UW-Milwaukee</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Milwaukee Sting 17 Gold</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122468' first='Rylea' last='Alvin'] - Middle Blocker - Northern Illinois</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122475' first='Anna' last='Bjork'] - Middle Blocker - Notre Dame</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122479' first='Emily' last='Bruss'] - Setter - North Dakota State University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122466' first='Jae' last='Fitting'] - Libero/DS - Loyola-Chicago</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122499' first='Melia' last='Johnson'] - Outside Hitter - Ole Miss</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122516' first='Olivia' last='Kwiatkowski'] - Outside Hitter - Troy University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122523' first='Claire' last='Luoma'] - Libero/DS - Clemson </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122569' first='Sophia' last='Wendlick'] - Outside Hitter - Creighton </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122574' first='Olivia' last='Wyma'] - Middle Blocker - Hope College </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Milwaukee Sting 17 Black </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122512' first='Georgia' last='Koscielak'] - Libero/DS - Minnesota-Duluth</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='302095' first='Greta' last='Pleuss'] - Setter - The Citadel </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122573' first='Gabby' last='Wold'] - Outside Hitter - Holy Cross</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='211465' first='Natalia' last='Farrugia'] - Middle Blocker - Missouri Western State University </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122577' first='Briana' last='Binagi'] - Outside Hitter - Binghampton University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122558' first='Ella' last='Skogman'] - Middle Blocker - Lewis University </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Northern Lights 17-1</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Reis Baune - Outside Hitter/DS - North Carolina State University </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Luca Bredenberg - Libero/DS - Lipscomb University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hadley Burger - Opposite/Setter - Texas A&amp;M University-Corpus Christi</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Audrey Kocon - Setter/Opposite - Providence College </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bianca Nistor - DS/Outside Hitter - University of California-Santa Barbara</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='174733' first='Reese' last='Ptacek'] - Middle/Outside Hitter - Kansas</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Paige Wagner - Middle/Opposite Hitter - Michigan Tech </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Sky High Adidas 17 Elite</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='311946' first='Madelyn' last='Elsen'] - Defensive Specialist - Michigan Tech </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135988' first='Emily' last='Lisi'] - Outside Hitter - Drake University </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135989' first='Jaimie' last='Marquardt'] - Libero - University of Iowa </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136595' first='Jenna' last='Meitzler'] - Setter - University of Iowa </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136599' first='Berkeley' last='Ploder'] - Middle Blocker - Georgetown </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='226704' first='Brynn' last='Smith'] - Outside Hitter - Northeastern University </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135994' first='Ruth' last='Ziegler'] - Middle/Opposite Hitter - Illinois State University </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Future Conference Opponents</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It is always fun to look ahead and see who will go head-to-head in conference play. Here is a list of athletes by conference: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>BIG 10 </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135954' first='Ellie' last='White'] - University of Michigan </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136631' first='Ava' last='Falduto'] - Penn State </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135989' first='Jaimie' last='Marquardt'] and [player_tooltip player_id='136595' first='Jenna' last='Meitzler'] - University of Iowa </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135962' first='Ava' last='Pratt'] - Northwestern University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SEC</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='311939' first='Ellery' last='Rees'] - University of Alabama</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122499' first='Melia' last='Johnson'] - Ole Miss</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Reis Baune - North Carolina State University </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Big East </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='311933' first='Calli' last='Kenny'] - Marquette University </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122569' first='Sophia' last='Wendlick'] - Creighton </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Audrey Kocon - Providence College </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136599' first='Berkeley' last='Ploder'] - Georgetown </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>ACC</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135965' first='Ana' last='Vetter'] - Wake Forest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122475' first='Anna' last='Bjork'] - Notre Dame</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122523' first='Claire' last='Luoma'] - Clemson </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136638' first='Rachel' last='Ogunleye'] - Vanderbilt</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><b>H</b><strong>orizon League</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136853' first='Milica' last='Tomic'] and [player_tooltip player_id='135974' first='Gabrielle' last='Wire'] - UW-Milwaukee</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='136622' first='Jessica' last='Kurpeikis'] - UW-Green Bay </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Mountain West</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mia Loyd - Air Force Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gwenyth Schiff - Colorado</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Mid-America </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='311934' first='Sydnie' last='Hernandez'] - Bowling Green</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122468' first='Rylea' last='Alvin'] - Northern Illinois</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>GLIAC</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Johanna Tillman - Grand Valley State</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Paige Wagner and [player_tooltip player_id='311946' first='Madelyn' last='Elsen'] - Michigan Tech </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Missouri Valley </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122479' first='Emily' last='Bruss'] - North Dakota State University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135988' first='Emily' last='Lisi'] - Drake University </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='135994' first='Ruth' last='Ziegler'] - Illinois State University </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sun Belt </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Madeline Lynch - University of Louisiana-Monroe</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='122516' first='Olivia' last='Kwiatkowski'] - Troy University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->