Sometimes you just don’t know who will come out of nowhere to lead their high school team to the state playoffs. Last year Great Mills was a vanilla like 8-7. This year they only lost one match in 18. That loss was to Calvert. They now appear in the quarter finals of the Maryland state championship.

The top hitter for the team is the 5’10” Kate Torgesen Kate Torgesen 5'10" | OH Great Mills | 2028 VA , who bangs balls from the front row or back row. She leads her team in kills while also playing a solid back row. What is most impressive about Kate is that she has no club footprint. She plays tennis in the spring.

The last time Great Mills won a state championship was in 1983, their second state championship. In 1988 and 1989 they lost in the finals. They have been absent from the spot light since.