Prep Dig Gauntlet Top Performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We told you about some of the game changers from the Prep Dig Gauntlet but we had many players catch our attention. Some of those even got pegged as top performers. Let's look at some players that made the Gauntlet such a fantastic event. Now I want to preface this article by saying there are many more athletes that were top performers that may not be mentioned in this article. I just wanted to go into some of my more detailed notes on a few players.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["199398"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Raveling is a decent six rotation player that can put up a solid block and is sound in serve receive.  She was consistent as a skilled attacker in Milwaukee last weekend.  Her serve receive was sound all weekend and she was hard to stop from the 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