I first saw Ball play during the 2024 state tournament, when she engineered an upset of top-seeded Xavier in the first round. Sergeant Bluff-Luton returned to Xtream Arena for the state tournament this past fall with her dishing out 697 assists to go with 175 digs, 60 kills and 27.0 blocks. She’ll enter her senior season with 1,521 career assists. An on-line search did not yield a club team for Ball. That said, what I’ve witnessed of her playing as a prep at state the last two years provides optimism that Ball could compete at the college level if that was the chosen path. A program on the next level providing an opportunity would receive an agile setter with good size and long arms at the position. Balls moves around the court fluidly and flows with the action. She delivers consistently precise sets and often finds the attacker with the most advantageous position. Ball can dig up the ball and provide an effective block, too.

I first saw Ball play during the 2024 state tournament, when she engineered an upset of top-seeded Xavier in the first round. Sergeant Bluff-Luton returned to Xtream Arena for the state tournament this past fall with her dishing out 697 assists to go with 175 digs, 60 kills and 27.0 blocks. She’ll enter her senior season with 1,521 career assists. An on-line search did not yield a club team for Ball. That said, what I’ve witnessed of her playing as a prep at state the last two years provides optimism that Ball could compete at the college level if that was the chosen path. A program on the next level providing an opportunity would receive an agile setter with good size and long arms at the position. Balls moves around the court fluidly and flows with the action. She delivers consistently precise sets and often finds the attacker with the most advantageous position. Ball can dig up the ball and provide an effective block, too.