Be Kind Tournament: Players to Watch this Weekend!
SWI Third Degree Volleyball Club will host it’s first tournament of the year this weekend on Sunday, January 19th, 2020. All of the Third Degree teams will be on display as well as other regional teams. BE KIND 2020 17’s/18’s…
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Continue ReadingSWI Third Degree Volleyball Club will host it’s first tournament of the year this weekend on Sunday, January 19th, 2020. All of the Third Degree teams will be on display as well as other regional teams.
BE KIND 2020
17’s/18’s DIVISION TEAMS
SWI3D 18s
Delaney Esterling Delaney Esterling S Lewis Central | 2020 State IA from Lewis Central High School – Delaney is an outside hitter at Lewis Central high school with a .224 kill efficiency and 3.19 KPS, a .861 serve efficiency with 27 aces, and 27 total blocks.
Elaina Bohnet Elaina Bohnet 5'10" | OH Council Bluffs Lincoln | 2020 State IA from Abraham Lincoln High School – Elaina had a .339 hitting efficiency with 3.83 KPS, a .922 serve efficiency with 33 aces, 3.47 DPS, and 43 total blocks. Elaina is hard to defend and hits really hard. She is really one to watch this weekend.
Samantha Christiansen Samantha Christiansen 5'6" | S Council Bluffs Lincoln | 2020 State IA from Abraham Lincoln High School – Sam had a .987 serving efficiency with 25 aces, she was the varsity setting with 9.58 APS, 3.75 DPS, and 30 total blocks. Sam has always seemed like a very smart player with great court awareness.
Taylan Keefer Taylan Keefer OH Council Bluffs Lincoln | 2020 State IA from Abraham Lincoln High School – Taylan had a .951 serve efficiency and 5.68 DPS during her high school season last fall playing libero for Abraham Lincoln High School. She seems to know where the ball is going and gets there.
Rachel Wietzki from Fremont Mills High School – Rachel had a .282 hitting efficiency and 3.04 KPS for her high school last fall.
Rachel Cushing from Lewis Central High School – Rachel had a .983 serving efficiency and 4.63 DPS for her high school season last fall.
SWI3D 17 Black
Elle Scarborough Elle Scarborough 5'9" | OH Glenwood | 2021 State IA from Glenwood High School – An outside with a .287 hitting efficiency and 4.00 KPS, Elle is really one to watch this weekend, having played all 115 sets at her high school in the fall of 2019. We are sure to see great things from her this weekend.
Abbey Jones Abbey Jones DS/L Red Oak | 2021 State IA from Red Oak High School – A setter for Red Oak during the school season with 4.68 APS and 2.02 DPS, Abbey plays Libero for her club team and I look forward to watching her play this weekend. On a personal note, I once saw Abbey serve 96 serves straight without hitting the net or going out of bounds. She was 11. That alone was impressive enough but every year she surprises me with more and better skills than the last time I watched her play.
Maddie Hansen from Concordia High School – Maddie is a good middle blocker and right side hitter that I look forward to watching on Sunday.
Macy Vanfossan Macy Vanfossan OH Underwood | 2021 State IA from Underwood High School – Macy is an outside hitter for her school team with a .321 hitting efficiency and 4.02 KPS during her season last fall. She also gets 3.40 DPS. To put it mildly, she is 6′ of awesome volleyball.
Brianna Justsen from Underwood High School – Brianna is a middle blocker with 64 blocks during her fall season for her school and new to SWI3D. I look forward to watching her play on Sunday.
Zoe Lutz Zoe Lutz OH Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln | 2021 State IA from Abraham Lincoln High School – Zoe only played 19 of 99 sets for Abraham Lincoln this past fall as her team was full of really good seniors but this club season we should be able to see more of her abilities. I watched her at tryouts and she seems to do it all from hitting, to digging, and serving. In those 19 sets for the fall school season she had 14 blocks. I don’t believe her stats are truly reflective of her skill in Iowa Kwik Stats.
Peyton Cook Peyton Cook 5'8" | S Underwood | 2021 State IA from Underwood High School – Peyton was a setter during her school fall season with 8.99 APS and 2.03 DPS. She also had 29 total blocks and 39 Aces.
Kennedy Jones from Glenwood High School – According to her club director, Kennedy, a Middle Blocker, had the most blocks last weekend when this team won the Gold Tourney at the Mizuno Premier Showcase.
Presley Pogge Presley Pogge OH Tri-Center | 2021 State IA from Tri-Center High School – Presley played 77 of 98 sets for her school team in the fall and had a .186 hitting efficiency with 2.43 KPS, a .959 serve efficiency with 23 aces, 2.83 DPS, and 45 total blocks.
Kelly Embray Kelly Embray DS/L Glenwood | 2021 State IA from Glenwood High School – Kelly is out with an injury for club until February but her school stats from last fall are .938 serve efficiency, 3.41 APS, and 2.41 DPS. I look forward to her return in February.
SWI3D 17 White
Elizabeth Elkins Elizabeth Elkins 5'9" | OH Council Bluffs St. Albert | 2021 State IA formerly of Thomas Jefferson High School, currently of Saint Albert High School – Elizabeth had 2.39 KPS, a .815 serve efficiency with 46 aces, 2.16 DPS, and 19 total blocks for her school season playing in all 89 sets last fall.
Mallory Miller of Lewis Central High School – Mallory got to play in 21 of 91 sets for Lewis Central High School this past fall with a 100% serve efficiency, 2 aces, and 1 block.
16’s DIVISION TEAMS
SWI3D 16 Black
Miranda Ring Miranda Ring DS/L Tri-Center | 2022 State IA from Tri-Center High School – Miranda had a .969 serving efficiency with 29 aces, 6.96 APS, and 2.30 DPS, and 44 total blocks.
Marissa Ring from Tri-Center High School – Marissa had a .961 serving efficiency with 31 aces, 2.96 DPS, and 4 total blocks.
Liz Carbaugh from Red Oak High School – Liz played 14 of 109 sets for Red Oak High School this past school season and 10 total blocks in that time.
Tatum Carlson Tatum Carlson 5'6" | DS/L Tri-Center | 2022 State IA from Tri-Center High School – Tatum is and outside hitter with 2.22 KPS, a .964 serve efficiency with 49 aces, 3.68 DPS, and 8 total blocks.
Meredith Maassen from Tri-Center High School – Meredith had 36 total blocks this past school season.
Kailey Rochholz from Treynor High School – Kailey had a .163 kill efficiency and 2.26 KPS and 26 total blocks for Treynor this past high school season.
Izzy Bluml from Riverside High School – Izzy had a .155 kill efficiency and 2.06 KPS, a serve efficiency of .837 with 41 aces, and 5 total blocks.
Baylie Girres from Abraham Lincoln High School – Baylie had a .381 hitting efficiency with 1.81 KPS, a .911 serve efficiency with 53 aces, and 97 total blocks.
Games start at 8:00AM with pool play followed by a tournament for the top two teams in each pool and a consolation bracket for the bottom two teams in each pool. I will have a follow up of the best that I see on Sunday and the winners in each age division.