Show Me Qualifier: Five Texas Liberos to Watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bid season continues at full pace in the club volleyball season and week in and week out, teams from everywhere in the US fly over the country to compete in National Qualifiers with the goal of booking a spot at June's USA Volleyball Girls National Championship.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This week, the destination of many teams will be Kansas City, Missouri, where the first of two weekends of the traditional ASICS Show Me Qualifier will take place from Friday to Sunday - 731 teams are entered to compete in the ten divisions in the 15s, 16s and 17s age group.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Texas teams will, of course, also make the trip North to fight for their spots and, as we've been doing with every major Qualifier, we'll highlight some of the top prospects of the Lone Star State that will be on the court over the weekend. These liberos have difference-making potential in their games:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["486929"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"'AG' Cockrill will help her team Texas Legacy 15 Elite navigate the 15 Open division in Kansas City. Her defensive game is extremely well-developed and consistent and makes of her team a very difficult one to score at. Cockrill is an elite defender, combining excellent positioning, impressive reflexes and outstanding ball control, and also works very hard to keep the ball off the floor. Her passing is precise and consistent, which helps keep the team in system. The libero also makes an impact from the service line with her tricky floaters, consistently getting opponents out of system.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-66097149acc8e"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/17213367/6602b5347c437d039f0067a0' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-66097149acd2d"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["269831"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Robinson will lead the backcourt efforts of her team [program_tooltip program_id='431337' first='Texas' last='Tornados'] 16 Adidas in the 16 USA division. She plays with great energy and efficiency and is one of their pillars when it comes to generating defensive volume. Robinson can play defense on the left or the middle back positions and is extremely agile and efficient with her action. 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