It’s fun stumbling on volleyball players for the first time even through you feel like you should have known more about them sooner. That was the case with Hutchins, who played up and helped the host program’s 16-1 Premier team finish second in the Gold Bracket at the 2026 Impact Invite. The freshman even left the tournament for Ankeny’s basketball practice preparing for state on Sunday and came back for the championship match. Hutchins is every bit of the 6-foot-1 at which she’s listed on the roster. Long arms, explosion off of the court and leaping ability make for an intimidating, two-way presence in the middle of the net. Hutchins gets on top of the ball and flashes a big arm on the attack. Her timing in throwing up the block leads to rejections and alters a lot of opposing swings.

It’s fun stumbling on volleyball players for the first time even through you feel like you should have known more about them sooner. That was the case with Hutchins, who played up and helped the host program’s 16-1 Premier team finish second in the Gold Bracket at the 2026 Impact Invite. The freshman even left the tournament for Ankeny’s basketball practice preparing for state on Sunday and came back for the championship match. Hutchins is every bit of the 6-foot-1 at which she’s listed on the roster. Long arms, explosion off of the court and leaping ability make for an intimidating, two-way presence in the middle of the net. Hutchins gets on top of the ball and flashes a big arm on the attack. Her timing in throwing up the block leads to rejections and alters a lot of opposing swings.