Hoosier Bid Regionals: 17s Players We're Watching, Part 1

For all of the non-18s teams playing in Hoosier Regionals this weekend, Circle's home in Plainfield, IN will serve as the main site for both days. Working our way down the age groups, we'll spend a couple of articles talking about the players we're watching as the next to earn a commitment to the next level. Here are the first five, in club alphabetical order.    As far as available athletes are concerned, you're not going to find a faster or more athletic middle than London. She gets up in a hurry, beating a ton of larger and slower blocks. The smaller middles are easy for her---she just goes over them. Her net defense is above-average, even for her size, since she jumps and moves so well. Realistically, smaller schools will fall in love with this young lady, while larger schools might see her as a high-flying right side in the future.     Explosive and quick, Karsyn comes from a long line of volleyball players in her family, and understands what it takes to play at the next level. She's also a bit of a hybrid athlete---she was part of a 6-2 at Northview, who earned yet another 30-win season. In the front row, she was a major part of the offense, earning the #2 spot in kills behind Valparaiso-bound [player_tooltip player_id='173242' first='Keira' last='Lucas']. Yes, Miss Buck isn't exactly the biggest kid as a right side. With her well-rounded training and talents, she's more likely to be a six-rotation outside or a three-rotation setter in college. Either way, that's more talent in one kid than we can say about any two kids on this list.     Like most of the attackers at Brownsburg, Kilani is part of a stable of pin attackers that can jump well and use their smarts to beat their opponents. Her size and skill set might limit her to a pin attacking position at the next level, but she's just scratching the surface with what she's capable of. She's slowly moving up the depth chart at Circle, as she has improved both her volleyball IQ and her ability to terminate regularly since last club season.     One of the few class of '25s in this division of regionals, Alexis was an explosive M2 in high school who uses her jumping ability and speed to compete well against bigger blocks. Fiery and relentless, Miss Lehew brings a full swing to every attempt, and puts pace and weight behind the ball when she attacks, making her hard to dig. I list her as an outside because of her size, but she has experience all along the front row in any attacking situation.     One of the bigger right sides in this or any class, Adele is a quick-footed and quick-armed attacker that can cause fits for opposing attackers because of her length on defense. She also attacks quite high, and likes going at a faster tempo than most over-six-foot right sides. Despite her long and lean build, however, she still takes up a ton of space on the block against opposing outsides, and will be an asset for anyone looking for size and speed.

For all of the non-18s teams playing in Hoosier Regionals this weekend, Circle's home in Plainfield, IN will serve as the main site for both days. Working our way down the age groups, we'll spend a couple of articles talking about the players we're watching as the next to earn a commitment to the next level. Here are the first five, in club alphabetical order.