STL – Defenders of the Week
Prep Dig Staff
In this article:
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p><strong>Addison Zimmerly – 2025 – Hillsboro</strong></p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>Addison plays middle-back defense for the Hawks and makes it look easy. Covers so much of the court allowing her short coverage to focus on their job. She also has a wicked attack for a libero. A season-high 41 digs in a 3-1 win over St. Clair.</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p><strong>Laura Goldschmidt – 2025 – Villa Duchesne</strong></p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>In the match this week against Burroughs, Laura did a tremendous job keeping Villa but eventually lost 1-3. She's a quick and smart libero and will keep Villa in a lot of matches this season with a defense. In the loss, she would finish with 23 digs.</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='495331' first='Claire' last='Merseal'] – 2024 – St. Clair</strong></p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>The Bulldogs have a doozy of a libero. Claire sees the court extremely well and her movement is great in filling the holes in the block or positioning herself outside to take away the line. In the 3-1 win over Capital City, she finished with a season-high 40 digs.</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p><strong>Megan Hoerstkamp – 2026 – New Haven</strong></p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>Class 1 powerhouse Shamrocks has a young and talented libero who's been hard at work keeping her team in matches. Reads the hitters and is quick enough to cover the floor extremely well. In the 2-3 loss to Montgomery County, she finished with a career-high 28 digs.</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='490217' first='Sophie' last='Steinbrueck'] – 2026 – Seckman</strong></p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
<!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>With a 3-2 win over Mehlville Steinbrueck was a monster in the backrow and helped her team take the win. A career high of 32 digs moved her up to the top of the Saint Louis Metro area for digs in a match. She's a natural libero and super quick and has a textbook dive to keep the balls alive.</p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->
Addison Zimmerly – 2025 – Hillsboro
Access all of Prep Dig
Continue reading this article and more.
Continue Reading
Already a subscriber?
Log in
