Up-and-Coming ’24s and ’25s from the Varsity Sizzle
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Summer tournaments are great for seeing up-and-coming faces on varsity rosters, and there were plenty at the Prep Dig Sizzle earlier this month! Some rosters touted a very young roster while others had the younger athletes sprinkled in. Either way,…
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Continue ReadingSummer tournaments are great for seeing up-and-coming faces on varsity rosters, and there were plenty at the Prep Dig Sizzle earlier this month! Some rosters touted a very young roster while others had the younger athletes sprinkled in. Either way, the classes of 2024 and 2025 impressed at the varsity Sizzle!
Pewaukee
Most of the Pewaukee squad was quite young so they get their own section. Pewaukee graduated 11 seniors in 2021 and will have a lot of new faces on their squad this year. Danielle Kopacz Danielle Kopacz 5'10" | OH Pewaukee | 2024 State WI is an incoming sophomore and the only returning varsity athlete for the class of 2024. She has a ton of power on the pin and can execute well. Ashley Hutter is a class of 2025 libero who has a solid platform and great ball control.
Other class of 2024 athletes who competed at the Sizzle include setter and right side Kendall Revolinski Kendall Revolinski 5'10" | RS Pewaukee | 2024 WI , libero/DS Chloe Bulacan Chloe Bulacan 5'4" | DS/L Pewaukee | 2024 State WI , and Faith Hudson. Kendall is a highly competitive individual who has the potential to play as a setter and on offense. She has good shots and is developing into a powerful right side. Chloe is an energizer on the court and is very scrappy out of the middle back. And Faith is a very fast middle. She goes from pin to pin with a lot of speed, closing blocks very well. She also is smart as a hitter and sees the court well.
Annalise Patchett Annalise Patchett 6'0" | OH Fox Valley Lutheran | 2024 State WI – 2024 – Fox Valley Lutheran
Annalise is a very athletic and aggressive middle. She is a dynamic athlete that could hit well across the pin. She has huge power at the net and can execute even on off sets. Annalise runs a very fast ball and will increase this team’s offensive tempo.
Olivia Baierl Olivia Baierl 5'8" | DS/L Howards Grove | 2024 State WI – 2024 – Howards Grove
Olivia is a gritty and smart athlete. She is a libero/outside hitter and does incredibly well in both positions. Each time she touches the ball on offense it goes somewhere effective and has good power on it too. She is most impactful on serve receive and defense where she is aggressive yet controlled and very scrappy.
Other young athletes of note who played in both the JV and varsity Sizzle for Howards Grove are Kamryn Kaminski Kamryn Kaminski 5'7" | S Howards Grove | 2024 State WI and Elle Kennedy Elle Kennedy 5'5" | DS/L Howards Grove | 2024 State WI .
When your team is full of Liberos, make Olivia Baierl swing! #liberosthatswing #PDSizzle @PrepDigChris @PrepDigWI @prepdigrachel pic.twitter.com/EqnDYZsNUz
— Breit Nelson (@BreitNelson) July 14, 2021
Sophie Robinson Sophie Robinson 5'11" | OH Chippewa Falls | 2024 State WI – Class of 2024 – Chippewa Falls
Sophie is an explosive pin to keep your eyes on. She executes well and has a very powerful swing. Sophie was an athlete who trained at Badger Region High Performance Camp and one of the youngest in her age group. She not only held her own but impressed coaches throughout the camp. Sophie is an all-around solid athlete who can hit great out of system.
Rayna McArdle Rayna McArdle 5'9" | S Holmen | 2024 State WI – Class of 2024 – Holmen
Rayna was impressive on both days of the Sizzle. She is a setter who has clean hands and is a well-established leader on this team. Watching her play, you would never know she is one of the youngest athletes. Rayna moves the ball around very well and is a very smart athlete on the court.
Emerson Van Lannen Emerson Van Lannen 5'10" | S Appleton North | 2024 State #144 Nation WI – Class of 2024 – Appleton North
Emerson has a huge presence on the court. She is gritty and simply an all-around athlete. She is so smart as a setter and really pushes the ball well from pin to pin. Emerson was an athlete selected to the Badger High Performance International Select team that won 3rd place at the USA All-Star Championships. She is a great athlete and one who will have a huge impact on this talented Appleton North team.
Long rally ends with a Bell Van Lannen kill (assist by Emerson Van Lannen) to send this match to a third set #PDSizzle pic.twitter.com/DnDVwd0Qyi
— Chris Fitzgerald (@PrepDigChris) July 15, 2021
Other top 2024s and 2025s
Campbell Onell – Class of 2025 – Luxemburg-Casco – Middle Blocker
Madison Hunt Madison Hunt 5'8" | MB Chippewa Falls | 2024 State WI – Chippewa Falls – Class of 2024 – Middle Blocker
Nena Swoboda – Manitowoc Lincoln – Class of 2024 – Middle Blocker
Kali Heikkinen – Prentice – Class of 2025 – Outside Hitter
McKenna Rettler – Tri-County – Class of 2025 – Outside Hitter/Setter
Cali Eastling – Tri-County – Class of 2025 – Middle Blocker/Outside Hitter