Hitters “The Hammers” Top 250 Expo, FL

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>This content series is sponsored by&nbsp;</em><a href="https://gc.com/home/volleyball"><em>GameChanger</em></a><em>&nbsp;– The Official Scorekeeping, Stats, Team Management &amp; Technology Partner of Prep Dig.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Plentiful of attackers came to this even in Florida. I was very impressed with the variety of skills and power showed by players from all the ages attending the Expo. [player_tooltip player_id='492569' first='Victoria' last='Whitaker'] (2024), [player_tooltip player_id='491956' first='Leilani' last='Lawrence'] (2026) and [player_tooltip player_id='492570' first='Zahaviah' last='Sanders'] (2027) were the top performers and were featured on the Top 250 Expo <a href="https://prepdig.com/2023/12/top-250-expo-top-performers/">Top Performers</a> article. The players in this article demonstrated great abilities hitting the ball and other excellent skills during the event. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":491403,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='492549' first='Katie' last='Charlow']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2027","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'10u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"32925","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Hernando Christian Academy","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"OTVA ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Katis a lefty with an extended approach and powerful arm swing when contacting the ball. 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