ICYMI: 2024 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Dig Virginia updated our 2024 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 51 college prospects with a top five of Emerson Sellman Emerson Sellman 6'4" | OH Academy of Holy Cross | 2024 State #5 Nation VA , Erin Debiec Erin Debiec 6'1" | S Bishop O'Connell | 2024 State #92 Nation VA , Kiylah Presley Kiylah Presley 6'0" | OH Bishop McNamara | 2024 State #114 Nation VA , Ryla Jones Ryla Jones 6'4" | MB Flint Hill | 2024 State #80 Nation VA , and Mailinh Godschall Mailinh Godschall 5'7" | DS/L Centennial (MD) | 2024 State #183 Nation VA !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the Virginia 2024 Rankings!
We have begun analyzing the rankings updates in the following articles, too:
Things you need to know about our Prospect Rankings
How do you decide where a player gets ranked? Let us tell you.
Prep Dig Virginia prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school, club, and college coaches who watch a ton of Virginia volleyball. We put a lot of time and energy into it and we are as diligent as we can possibly be to get it right. We never intentionally set out to bury a kid or leave them off the list. We try not to be biased, other than favoring athletes with talent and a desire to get better. We work hard at being fair.
Most importantly, this list is about college potential, not current performance. Let us repeat that: This list is about college potential, not current performance. This is the big one, the factor that causes the most consternation, the most misunderstanding, especially among keenly interested parents. With that in mind, club ball matters greatly. We are obviously not ignoring the high school season. It is a reality, however, that players who do not play in club events that are highly attended by other collegiate prospects are diminishing their opportunity to get noticed and distinguish themselves as a recruit and therefore make the rankings.