Prep Dig Illinois Top 250 Expo: Stock Risers
The club season is finally off to a start, and we started off this season with the Illinois Top 250 Expo held Sunday in Elgin, Illinois. The range of talent and skill that I saw was impressive and it these…
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Continue ReadingThe club season is finally off to a start, and we started off this season with the Illinois Top 250 Expo held Sunday in Elgin, Illinois. The range of talent and skill that I saw was impressive and it these athletes are starting off the season strong and looking really good.
I saw a handful of stock riser athletes who have caught my eye and have put their best foot forward and outperformed at Sunday’s showcase. These stock risers range between positions and class, but that does not stop their development into these stock rising athletes and elite athletes.
Kathryn Dean
Kathryn
Dean
6'3" | MB
Tuscola | 2022
State
IL
– MB/
Illini Elite
18 Cardinal
Dean is one powerful blocker and hitter and she has one powerful swing on her. What stood out most about Dean is her consistency and ability to work well with other athletes whom she is new working with and rotating amongst her skills and drills and the work ethic and punch she has.
Faith Dudley Levato– DS/Top Flight 17
Levato is a new name that I have stumbled across and boy am I glad I have had the chance to watch her perform in person. Levato is a very defensive and attentive specialist on the court and she gets low and does not have a problem diving into the floor to reflect the ball. Watching her in action with 6 on 6, between her digs and her ability to reflect the ball, she makes it look easy and keeps her eyes on the ball and reads the court very well.
Ella Boland– OH/
Sky High
As an rising sophomore, Boland has a very powerful swing on her and is very consistent at the net. Between her warm ups to skills and drills finally leading into play 6 on 6, she managed to catch my eye every time. Boland is powerful from the time she works with her setter to when she follows through with her swing on the ball, and the power of the ball is one that will make you want to move out of the way.
Alicia Pierre– MH/Top Flight
Pierre has a very consistent swing on her and is consistent when it comes to her swinging on the ball for her skills and drills. When playing defense, she is attentive and plays well at the net and rotating in on the back row. Pierre has a soft approach when swinging on the ball, but the power in her swing is strong and aggressive when it comes to the ball making it over the net. When playing inn her 6 on 6 her blocking stood out and she works well eat the net when needing to be defensive when the ball is in play.
Brynn Smith– OH/ Sky High
Smith is an athlete that found herself on my emerging athletes list, that was until she made up and outshined herself during her skills and drills and 6 ion 6 play and that’s when I realized that Smith is a stock rising athlete. She has a Avery strong swing and has solid form when it comes to setting herself up to go in for the kill. Her kills during her active play time were impressive. She was active on the court and moved swiftly on both defense and offense and she can swing strong on either left or right side of the net.