A Few of the Top Servers in Week 9
Below are five athletes to claiming dominance in the service aces stat category: Jizelle Castellanos | 5’4″ | 2025 | OH/DS | Indian Springs High SchoolServing, like Jizelle Castellanos, appears to require a serious focus on the end result. Her…
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Continue ReadingBelow are five athletes to claiming dominance in the service aces stat category:
Jizelle Castellanos | 5’4″ | 2025 | OH/DS | Indian Springs High School
Serving, like Jizelle Castellanos, appears to require a serious focus on the end result. Her targeted serves have a specific intent and for this season she has produced for her team. When she scores, more often than not that target is straight ahead of her. Castellanos often hits her serve from the middle of the court and the opponent’s middle of the court. She drives it low across the net and avoids any area 21-26 feet away from the net. In the other words, she yo-yos her serve short and deep.
Amiah Cornejo | 5’11” | 2025 | OH/OPP | University Prep High School
Amiah Cornejo scores her points on the serve by delivering a ball that is difficult to track. Specifically, the tracking can be tough because her armswing is one that comes over top of the ball, Additionally, that armswing allows her to adjust the amount of topspin. That is where the difficulty lies. Technically she has great form prior to contact and often hits where generally to where her toss takes her. Expect Cornejo’s point scoring in the front row and then keep that scoring going while serving.
McKennah Warren | 5’4″ | 2026 | S | Silver Valley High School
The standing float serve float serve of McKennah Warren creates scoreboard separation quickly. Teammates might possibly go purchase a beach chair because they may as well sit back an enjoy when Warren goes to serve. Additionally, the movement on her serve can lead opponents to appear to be dancing as the move prior to passing her serve. Not only dancing, but also communication challenges as the serve seems to be an occasional surprise. She starts in her own right back corner and delivers a serve cross court or to the middle of the court.
Kaitlyn Dias | 5’5″ | 2024 | OH/S | Sacramento Country Day School
Approaching on an angle and get into her jump float is something Kaitlyn Dias does that is not often seen. It is almost as if she is approaching for a hit on the leftside antenna. It is effective as she contacts the bottom and the side of the ball. Additionally, that contact point makes her serve just continue to go deeper and deeper while staying in bounds. This floating action on the ball really gets a lot of passers to get stuck in their movement to the ball.
Gwen Hanson | 5’11” | 2024 | S | Trinity High School
When Gwen Hanson is jump float serving, she is looking to move straight ahead from start to finish. This intentional pathway further emphasizes how she is able to score many points. That is with power and speed. She definitely wants to get the ball on the passer as quickly as possible without allowing a lot of time to think. Being a setter, there is a subtle concern of accuracy found in her approach path and follow through after contact. Additionally, Hanson has a great pre-serve routine bending down and bouncing the ball.