Five Top Setters in 2022

Mike Bryant May 31, 2021 @ 07:23 PM

[player_tooltip player_id="114458" first="Sophia" last="Hudepohl"] Hudepohl is the #16 overall prospect for Ohio’s 2022 class. She continues to provide her club team with great leadership and floor direction as they have some big offensive arms on Tri-State’s top 17s team. She is efficient in her footwork and and can distribute the full range of the floor with confidence and consistency in her location and tempo. The St. Ursula product should once again have her team competing at a high level this coming fall season after a great junior campaign in which she shared setting duties for the Bulldogs. [player_tooltip player_id="114474" first="Kirsten" last="Barrett"] The Georgia Southern commit is the #26 overall prospect in the 2022 class. She has been a key catalyst to the great success of her AVC 17 Red team that earned an open bid to the USA GJNC later this summer. Her squad has some high profile offensive options and she has shown great ability to get them all involved through a balanced attack. She amassed over 600 assists in 2020 for her St. Joseph Academy team and is poised for a similar performance in 2022. [player_tooltip player_id="114462" first="Abby" last="Avila"] The #39 prospect overall, Avila has good technical skills and shows simplicity in her preparation and pursuit of the second touch. She has good footwork and gets her hands high early to create consistency in her contact and delivery through both pins. She can distribute the full range of the offense well and can also be offensive when needed. She had a terrific fall season for Independence as she delivered over 1,000 assists while averaging over 10 per set. The Blue Devils finished 25-4 overall. [player_tooltip player_id="114472" first="Kaitlyn" last="Brown"] Brown provides great energy on the court as she has skills and athleticism that allow her to be effective through all facets of the setting role. She has good quickness to get to the second touch anywhere around the court and can distribute with good consistency in-system and when on the move. The Springboro product averaged nearly 10 assists per set in 2020, which saw her dish over 800 on the season. She is the #49 prospect in the 2022 class. [player_tooltip player_id="114480" first="McKenzie" last="Johnson"] Johnson is a good two-way athlete as exampled by her efforts and contributions in the fall at Miamisburg and for her current Tri-State 17 Blue squad. She can distribute with good accuracy and tempo while also taking a big swing as a offensive arm from the right side of the floor. As the #52 overall prospect in this class, she averaged 3.3 assists and 2.4 kills per set while seeing the most offensive opportunities on her team. She also collective nearly 10 digs per match.