Kansas Deep Diggers: Top Ranked ’21 Defenders
Hitters get the glory, while defensive specialists and liberos make sure they get balls to hit. Defense wins championships works for all sports, especially volleyball. It’s tough to score if you can’t dig a tough serve and get the ball…
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Continue ReadingHitters get the glory, while defensive specialists and liberos make sure they get balls to hit.
Defense wins championships works for all sports, especially volleyball. It’s tough to score if you can’t dig a tough serve and get the ball to your setter.
Kansas Deep Diggers will be a regular feature focusing on the two positions that put the ball in motion, defensive specialists and liberos.
Jayden Ravnsborg, 518″, Mill Valley (Ranked No. 5) – Ravnsborg had multiple Division I offers and rightly so as she is considered to be the top libero in the state. She had verbally committed to play at Kansas State University.
Ashlynn Lovett Ashlynn Lovett 5'8" | DS/L St. James Academy | 2021 State KS , 5’8″, St. James Academy (Ranked No. 19) – St. James Academy is loaded with talent and its defensive specialist is right in the middle of the action. Lovett, as verbally committed to Georgia Southern to begin her college career after graduation.
Sam Ingram Sam Ingram 5'3" | DS/L Seaman | 2021 State KS , 5’3”, Seaman (Ranked No. 28) – Seaman has historically had a solid volleyball program. Their top defensive specialist in 2020 should be Ingram. She has already verbally committed to Peru State (Neb.) an NAIA program.
Emma Williams Emma Williams 6'4" | MB Brazoswood | 2022 State #195 Nation TX 5’5”, Blue Valley (Ranked No. 29) – The Washburn Ichabods have had a couple of Top-50 players in Kansas commit from the Clas of 2021, including Blue Valley’s Williams. She is a defensive specialist who finds ways to start scoring rallies.
Riley Kennedy, 5’4”, Maize South (Ranked No. 58)– It is easy to get overlooked when you have a Division I commitment on your squad. However, scout watching Maize South should keep an eye on the defensive prowess of Kennedy. She is one of just two seniors on the Maize South squad. The Mavericks will depend on
Kennedy to be a solid libero and leader in 2020.
Other defensive players who should be on the radar of recruiters are Sydney Unruh Sydney Unruh 5'2" | DS/L Great Bend | 2021 State KS , Great Bend (No. 75); Melody Flores Melody Flores 5'8" | DS/L Garden City | 2021 State KS , Garden City (No. 103); Natalie Trigo Natalie Trigo 5'4" | DS/L Andover | 2021 State KS , Andover, (No. 127); Elli Smith Elli Smith 5'7" | DS/L St. Thomas Aquinas | 2021 State KS , St. Thomas Aquinas, (No. 128); McKenna Simons McKenna Simons 5'10" | DS/L Blue Valley North | 2021 State KS , Blue Valley North, (No. 129); and McKenna Hamlin McKenna Hamlin 5'3" | DS/L Hugoton | 2021 State KS , Hugoton, (No. 133).