Wisconsin Comeback Players Of The Year
There is no easy part of being injured, especially when athletes are faced with not only weeks, but months of rehab in order to get back on the court. Even throughout physical therapy, there are always the two steps forward,…
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Continue ReadingThere is no easy part of being injured, especially when athletes are faced with not only weeks, but months of rehab in order to get back on the court. Even throughout physical therapy, there are always the two steps forward, one step back, and the rollercoaster of emotions that go along with doing whatever an athlete can to get back on the court. This is not only a grind physically, but mentally as well, the unknown. For these athletes named “Comeback Players of the Year”, they have been at the top of their game before their injury and are now back, making a major impact for their teams this past season.
Ella Foti – Edgewood
Foti is a special player, a really gifted athlete where she can step on the court no matter it is basketball or volleyball and makes something really difficult look easy. With a stellar start to her career, an instant impact for the defending state champions in basketball, Foti soon found herself dealing with a knee injury that would go eventually put her on the sidelines for basketball and her Sophomore year of volleyball. With Foti back and ready for her Junior year of volleyball, she delivered looking strong, athletic, graceful, and contributed in multiple ways for the Crusaders this past season where she was able to rack up 217 kills, 266 assists, and 231 digs. Plenty of plays went through Foti, no matter what contact it was. Edgewood fell to Sauk Prairie to get knocked out of the tournament but will come back as a favorite in Division 2 at the start of next season. Foti has made her way back and has shown she can make a major impact for her team no matter what position she plays. She will head to Marquette following high school to be a Golden Eagle and be one of their commits as a setter in the Fall of 2021.
Abby Wucherer – Brookfield Central
Wucherer suffered a knee injury her Sophomore year that was initially going to sit her out the first part of the club season, but then carried into her Junior year of high school. After not playing her Junior year, Wucherer was back for a strong club season with Milwaukee Sting where she committed to Southern Utah, a Division 1 school in Cedar City, Utah. This past season for Brookfield Central playing middle, she had over 200 kills hitting nearly .300. An incredibly efficient player with a high volleyball IQ, Wucherer knows how to keep the ball alive and score points. She can tip to the open spot, hit to the deep corner, or use the block to her advantage. Brookfield Central racked up 39 wins this past season and was consistently one of the top teams in the state.
Courtney Pearson – Kimberly
Courtney Pearson quite possibly played one of the best matches of her career at the 2018 state tournament for Kimberly where she had 20 kills hitting .340 from the outside as well as 28 digs. With a big club season coming up, Pearson tore her ACL in a basketball scrimmage in early December which would send her into a 6-9 month rehab program to get on the court. With that time frame being near the season its always a question of if or when she would come back. Fortunate for Pearson she was able to start the season, but more importantly seeing Pearson end the season was definitely an art form that only Courtney Pearson can do. Sharp angles on the pin, deep shots to the corner, she has a full repertoire of shots that few have. She led Kimberly in their postseason run and played one of her best matches in a five-set loss to Appleton North. Of course Pearson would love to be on the floor of the Resch this week, but considering where she was in December and everything she did to get back, she played one of her best matches on the final night of her high school career.