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<p>The final Prep Dig Kansas rankings for the class of 2025 were released earlier this week.</p>
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<p>Almost 100 athletes in the class are committed to playing volleyball in college, while another group of athletes have chosen to play different collegiate sports.</p>
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<p>It has always been “my” policy to lower athletes in the rankings who chose to play a different sport. Mostly to make it easier for college coaches to maximize our rankings.</p>
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<p>While Prep Network does have a site dedicated to girls' hoops, we do not yet, have sites for softball or track and field.</p>
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<p>Also, I explained yesterday in an email inquiry, that I fully understand there are athletes who have committed to play college that I am sure I do not know about. I find most of the commitment information from athletes who follow me on X., or whose announcements I see on X.</p>
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<p>If athletes don't publicly share where they are headed, there is very little chance I will know about it.</p>
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<p>Here are some flowers for 10 Kansas prep athletes I know are headed to college to play a sport other than volleyball.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='219716' first='Kendal' last='Brueggen'],</strong> 5'10”, OH, Hesston <strong>(Pictured Above)</strong></p>
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<p>Bruggen just posted an excellent state basketball tournament and the Swather attacker is heading to Missouri State to play basketball.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='219725' first='Jo'Mhara' last='Benning'],</strong> 6'1”, OH, Topeka High</p>
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<p>Bennig played volleyball and basketball for Topeka High but has chosen to play softball for Coppin State.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='493396' first='Emily' last='Bainter'],</strong> 5'10”, RS, Hoxie</p>
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<p>Bainter is planning on playing basketball for the Nebraska-Kearney Loper.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='515145' first='Hayden' last='Heim']</strong>, 6'2”, MB, St. Marys</p>
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<p>Heim is another volleyball player headed to an MIAA school to play basketball. She is committed to Central Missouri.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='515137' first='Lydia' last='Reed']</strong>, 6'2”, MB, St. John's</p>
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<p>I first saw Reed play volleyball as a sophomore and I knew she had a bright future back then. Her future will be on the basketball court, as she is committed to Fort Hays State.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='493386' first='Kirston' last='Verhulst']</strong>, 5'8”, OH, Bishop Miege</p>
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<p>Verhulst is another prospect who showed off her skills in the state basketball tournaments last week. The Stags' product is headed to Middle Tennessee State to play basketball.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='219719' first='Kaylee' last='Hampton']</strong>, 5'9”, RS, Clearwater</p>
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<p>Hampton can hammer a volleyball, but she can also launch softballs. She is committed to playing on the softball diamond for Washburn.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='493451' first='Kate' last='Hinck']</strong>, 5'4”, DS/L, Washburn Rural</p>
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<p>The Topeka prospect is staying in the Capital City after graduation to play soccer for the Washburn Ichabods.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='620735' first='Brooke' last='Koenigsman']</strong>, 5'8”, OH, TMP-Marian</p>
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<p>The Monarchs' multi-sport prospect is committed to Iowa Western Community College to play shortstop on the softball team.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='546025' first='Oen' last='Deters']</strong>, 5'7”, OH, Centralia</p>
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<p>Centralia's Deters is committed to playing basketball for Benedictine in Atchison.</p>
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The final Prep Dig Kansas rankings for the class of 2025 were released earlier this week.
Almost 100 athletes in the class are committed to playing volleyball in college, while another group of athletes have chosen to play different collegiate sports. It has always been “my” policy to lower athletes in the rankings who chose to play a different sport. Mostly to make it easier for college coaches to maximize our rankings. While Prep Network does have a site dedicated to girls' hoops, we do not yet, have sites for softball or track and field. Also, I explained yesterday in an email inquiry, that I fully understand there are athletes who have committed to play college that I am sure I do not know about. I find most of the commitment information from athletes who follow me on X., or whose announcements I see on X.…
