Five Early-Season High Performing Middles

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='196346' first='Taylor' last='Bahnub']</strong> - Dublin Jerome<br>The length and athleticism that Bahnub brings to the court helps create a lot of advantages for her on both sides of the ball. A prolific threat in the middle, she also has scoring ability at the pins through her high contact point. The senior is averaging 4.5 k/s over 10 sets played and is on her way to a career best season. Her workload is trending towards a high volume but she has the tools to be able to score points at a high rate. Additionally, on the defensive side, she is providing over two blocks per match and picking up a career best 5.3 digs per match.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='213214' first='Hattie' last='Welker']</strong> - Big Walnut<br>The Eastern Michigan commit has started her senior season on a strong note as she hopes to lead Big Walnut to a repeat season of success. The Golden Eagles finished 21-3 overall in 2022 and tied atop the Ohio Capital standings in the Capital division. She averaged 2.7 k/s last fall and is currently leading Big Walnut offensively in 2023 with a 3.7 k/s average of nine sets played in two matches. At 6'3, she gets it done on the defensive side as well with a career average of 2.4 blocks per match. She moves well laterally to take up space well in front of opposing attackers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='494151' first='Madison' last='Wendel']</strong> - Coldwater<br>The 5'11 senior is a multi-sport star finding early success offensively on the volleyball court as she is averaging 4.0 k/s so far over four matches as Coldwater is undefeated to start 2023. In their recent 3-2 win over Shawnee, she led the Cavaliers with a career high 27 kills on a .323 attack efficiency. She also had seven blocks in the win. Currently the offensive leader for Coldwater, she anchors an offense that has a lot of depth potential around the floor combined with good defense, ball control, and setting leadership to get them involved with good balance. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='494148' first='Grace' last='Telloni']</strong> - Chippewa<br>Telloni is a 5'9 senior picking up just where she left off a season ago on the offensive side. Over eight sets played she is averaging 4.6 k/s, well above her 3.6 k/s average from a season ago. In 2022 she led the Chipps' offense as they generated a lot of success with a 21-5 overall record and atop the Wayne County league standings. With a career best 324 total kills last season, she will likely eclipse that total with ease if she can sustain this early-season rate of production. In their recent five-set loss to SVSM she had 24 kills. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kenzi Vallery </strong>- Madison Plains<br>Vallery is just a freshman and is certainly making her impact felt. Although the Golden Eagles are 0-2 to start 2023, they lost both matches in five sets. Vallery posted 15 and 20 kills respectively with a hitting efficiency of .308 over both matches. She engages well from the middle to be available offensively and move the ball around with an aggressive swing or to exploit space with off-speed placement. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->