The response/response to the 2024 VolleyballMag Ladies Seashore Fab 50 and Underclassmen to Watch lists has been spectacular, notably relating to the non-senior prospects listing.
Remember, each the Fab 50 and Underclassmen to Watch lists had been voted on by a panel of NCAA girls’s seashore coaches and distinguished membership seashore coaches. VolleyballMag.com had no enter on who made the lists apart from to provoke the nomination/voting course of and to assemble the ultimate product that has generated a lot curiosity. On a constructive be aware, this yr produced the biggest voting panel within the historical past of this endeavor, which is now in its third iteration, began shortly after the pandemic.
Suggestions on the displays from a wide range of avenues has produced much more up-and-coming gamers all through the nation.
We begin in Southern California with the newer South Bay Sand membership primarily based out of Hermosa Seashore run by former AVP participant Nancy Mason-Reynolds.
Mason-Reynolds famous most of her gamers nonetheless play indoors however are getting on school seashore coaches’ radars. South Bay entered the Spiker BVCA occasion late final yr and received the membership division, beating Wave within the closing 3-0.
Mason-Reynolds, additionally the top seashore coach at Mira Costa Excessive College in Manhattan Seashore, California, began the membership from the bottom up, not desirous to poach gamers from different golf equipment, she famous. “I additionally plan to stay smaller so I can spend high quality time teaching the entire athletes,” she stated.
A couple of South Bay gamers of be aware embrace Abby Zimmerman, Emma McSorley and Sienna Castillo — all daughters of former AVP girls’s gamers (Zimmerman is Lisa Arce’s daughter; McSorley is Leanne McSorley’s daughter; and Castillo is Jenn Meredith’s daughter). The 6-1 Zimmerman is a sophomore at Redondo Union Excessive College, whereas the 5-10 McSorley is a junior at Notre Dame Prep in Sherman Oaks, California, and the 6-0 Castillo is freshman at Redondo Union.
Three extra South Bay Sand gamers to observe embrace freshmen Allyn Hilt (6-0, Mira Costa), Liliana Swanson (6-4, Mira Costa) and Sofia Sala (6-0, Mira Costa).
Hawai’i prospects: One up-and-comer to control within the Aloha state is Georgie Lee, a 6-footer who performs for the Outrigger Canoe Membership.
On the 14U degree final yr, Lee, a freshman out of Iolani College in Honolulu, received gold on the AAU women tour championship and the CBVA Cal Cup, earned a bronze medal on the AAU women junior nationwide championships, took fifth on the BVCA nationwide championship and took ninth on the AVP junior nationwide championship.
She’s a two-time USA Volleyball Seashore NTDP Coaching Sequence invitee.
Some others names in Hawai’i to control underclassmen-wise embrace Jada Souza (5-8, junior, Maryknoll Excessive College in Honolulu), Kaila Wong (5-6, sophomore, Punahou College in Honolulu), Makeely Rolles (5-9, sophomore, Punahou in Honolulu), Nikko Stack (5-9, junior, Mid-Pacific in Honolulu), and freshmen Melahi Palencia (5-6, Kamehameha Faculties-Kapalama in Honolulu) and Poema Kalama-Kingma (6-1, Kamehameha Faculties-Kapalama). All six of those up-and-comers play with Lee at Outrigger.
SandStorm twinning: Florida native Britain Taylor with the SandStrom membership made this yr’s Underclassmen to Watch Checklist. SandStorm Program Director Jay Ellmyer says to additionally control Taylor’s twin sister and companion Brielle Taylor. Each are at the moment homeschooled sophomores. The Taylors are each a part of the USA Volleyball seashore nationwide growth staff program and positioned third two age divisions up on the AVP East Coast nationals.
Missouri standout: Marquette Excessive College (Chesterfield, Missouri) junior Ella Keeven is a twin indoor and seashore standout, who additionally performs for the Jaja seashore membership and for the Excessive Efficiency St. Louis membership (indoors). Keeven, dedicated to Texas, has performed in AVP (AVP West nationals), USA Volleyball, p1440 and BVNE occasions.
No relation: This author had a tad little bit of problem maintaining two Jackson standouts from Texas straight. Avery Jackson, ranked as one of many prime six gamers within the nation within the Class of 2024, is headed to Stanford subsequent season, whereas Audrey Jackson, a junior, is dedicated to Texas. Each play for the MADSAND membership.