Kennedy Michelle Jones
Kennedy Michelle Jones
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Guilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
Selected for our Class of 2025 State Rankings Watchlist, Jones plays high school volleyball for Dawson and is part of AVA 17 Adidas at the club level. She’s an excellent blocker, who uses her length well, never loses focus on what’s going on across the net and is always ready to react to whatever happens. Jones is also a reliable offensive player, who has what it takes to score at a high volume if needed. She’s been used by AVA on the right this season and has further developed her game, getting better at hitting higher sets and making excellent decisions with her blocking positioning.
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Read EvaluationGuilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
Dawson’s athletic middle had a productive shift, making the most of a very favorable scenario. With so many free balls coming across the net, she was set more frequently than usual and had an excellent hitting rate, fully dominating Elsik’s blockers. She was also very intelligent with her blocking, understanding she wasn’t facing a team that would always swing, and trying to force opposing hitters to send the ball where she wanted them to, instead of going for stuff blocks. Jones was always alert at the net too and handled some overpasses and oversets with tremendous efficiency.
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Read EvaluationGuilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
I’ve been following Jones’ progress since she first emerged as a freshman and the Top 250 Expo was another opportunity to realize how she continues to get better. Her physical tools have always been impressive but now it’s possible to see that some great coaching has made wonders to her game. Jones is now much better with her footwork on offense and defense and has made some really smart and interesting moves with her arms when blocking that show her growth as a player.
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Read EvaluationGuilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
Jones is emerging as a very promising middle with Dawson. She’s very strong physically and that shows on the production she’s typically able to put on when at the net. Her offense is really difficult to stop because of her high contact point and the power she has on her right arm. She’s also a very prolific blocker, who moves well at the net and does an excellent job in closing up the space next to the pin blocker.
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Read EvaluationGuilherme Torres | Prep Dig Scout
The sophomore middle blocker wasn’t able to impact the game at all on the first set as her team struggled with serve-receive, but when things got under control, she was an entirely different player. Jones got her offense going on set two and immediately became one of the team’s most productive hitters. Her blocking also started to make more of an impact on the game, if not by scoring direct points, certainly by putting pressure on Tompkins’ hitter and forcing mistakes from them
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