Julia Porath
Julia Porath
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Guilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
Porath and her Texas Tornados 18 Adidas team are among the ones competing in the 18 Girls division. A lefty with tremendous offensive range, she typically carries their offense, getting a fair share of sets and also being the one to get on the ball in key moments of matches. Porath uses her length extremely well and is very good at using her arm speed to tool blockers when in difficult situations. Her sharp angle swings are really difficutl to stop and she’s also very smart with her tips, often catching blockers and defenders off guard. Porath is also a standout blocker, playing aggressively above the net to get in the way of opposing pin hitters.
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Originally a right side hitter, Porath started the season on the left for Katy Taylor and showed that she’ll be the team’s main offensive weapon. A lefty with tremendous reach, she made contact with the ball at a very high point and was very effective against Austin’s blockers. Porath has a heavy left arm and used all her power to tool the block and beat defenders on the backcourt, but also alternated the rhythm of her offense with great intelligence, using tips and roll shots to catch defenders off guard. She had some struggles with her passing early on, but quickly recovered from it and stabilized her game.
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Read EvaluationGuilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
Porath should be once again Taylor’s main scoring threat. Playing on the right, the left-handed hitter combines excellent length and superior decision-making, which makes of her not only a reliable scorer, but also a player who teammates trust in decisive moments. Porath is very smart with how she uses her length to beat blockers, but year after year got better with her shot selection, scoring off of tips and by tooling the block when she has to. She has a big blocking presence at the net too and times her jumps very well, consistently winning 50-50 balls.
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Read EvaluationGuilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
Texas Tornados 17 Adidas will have Porath on the right when they appear in the 17 USA division in Kansas City. A lefty with long arms and great vision, she finds ways to score against anyone, combining a quick left arm and a great understanding of when to hit around the block, tool it, or tip the ball over it. Porath is very precise when she hits around the block and can bring some heat when in system. She embraced the responsibility of being the team’s main scoring option and works well under pressure. The right side hitter also times her blocking well and gets stops and wins 50-50 duels at the net with some frequency,
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Read EvaluationGuilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
Porath and her Texas Tornados 17 Adidas team were ninth in the event with four wins and three losses. The left-handed hitter was the team’s go-to scoring option over the weekend and she embraced that responsibility, siding out at a good rate. Porath has been developing her offensive game over the years and that was obvious in the match against PVA 17-B, when even with opponents game planning for her, she could still pull a new shot out of her sleeve to put the ball down, always using her long arms as a weapon. The right side hitter also had a solid blocking presence, getting some stuffs on the match.
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Read EvaluationGuilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
Another lefty, Porath will have a high usage rate in the offense of her team Texas Tornados 17 Adidas. She first emerged a couple of years ago as a long lefty who could find interesting angles in her swings, but has developed into a much more productive player since then. There’s a lot more power in her offense now, as well as a handful of different shots in her arsenal, and that showed in one of our recent Top 250 Expos, when she was recognized as one of the ‘Game Changers’. Porath also developed her blocking and now has a stronger presence at the net.
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Read EvaluationGuilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
Porath has been a big contributor to her high school team Katy Taylor during the last high school season and showed at our event that she has what it takes to be a very productive offensive player. A lefty, she has gotten a lot better in terms of understanding how to use her legnth to score points at the net and quickly became the go-to player in the teams she played for in the match-like drills. Porath diplayed great variation when hitting from the right, limiting her errors and scoring at a very positive rate when set out of system. She also displayed good blocking discipline, especially when helping the middle stop the shoot set.
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Read EvaluationGuilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
Taylor’s left-handed right-side hitter had ups and downs during the match but her production left no questions about the important role she played for the Mustangs. Despite playing just the three net rotations, the junior led her team in kills (ten) and blocks (six), carrying most of the offensive load. She mixed things up extremely well offensively, using her quick arm swing to beat the block, her ability to hit sharp angle to put the ball down and some finesse shots to elude the defenders.
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Read EvaluationGuilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
A lefty, Porath has made great strides from when I last saw her, at the start of the high school season four years ago. Her offense is way more consistent now as she’s found the perfect timing for her approach and has developed a lot of different shots. Porath is very long and is now capable of exploring this asset to the fullest while also adding impressive firepower to her swings. She’s clearly developed on the technical side of things as well as she’s now capable of hitting very sharp angles and of scoring with well-placed tips.
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