I first wrote about Ehrke after watching her compete for a Pleasant Valley club team that finished second in the 14U division at last year’s Iowa Regional qualifier, where it earned a USAV nationals bid. The then eighth-grader was a key contributor to that success. Fast forward to this winter, and Ehrke is a teammate of our daughter’s on Rockets 15R. As a result, I’ve seen her entire season and observed steady progress up to her enjoying her best performance at the 2026 Impact Invite. Ehrke possesses plenty of natural ability to prosper at the net. She jumps well, can hang in the air and comes down with a heavy swing. It’s been an adjustment playing right-side but everything came together in Ankeny during early March, when she looked confident and was a big reason the team won the Gold Bracket title. Pleasant Valley has another good one in the pipeline with this versatile prospect providing punch in the front row.

I first wrote about Ehrke after watching her compete for a Pleasant Valley club team that finished second in the 14U division at last year’s Iowa Regional qualifier, where it earned a USAV nationals bid. The then eighth-grader was a key contributor to that success. Fast forward to this winter, and Ehrke is a teammate of our daughter’s on Rockets 15R. As a result, I’ve seen her entire season and observed steady progress up to her enjoying her best performance at the 2026 Impact Invite. Ehrke possesses plenty of natural ability to prosper at the net. She jumps well, can hang in the air and comes down with a heavy swing. It’s been an adjustment playing right-side but everything came together in Ankeny during early March, when she looked confident and was a big reason the team won the Gold Bracket title. Pleasant Valley has another good one in the pipeline with this versatile prospect providing punch in the front row.