2022 Volleyball Verbal Commit

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Avery Beckett - 5'10  OH Hitter - Waverly Shell Rock - 1st team All State - 4A in Iowa
Alexis Moses - 6'1  MB    Cedar Rapids Prairie High School - All Conference Player - Plays for Iowa Rockets AAU Volleyball
Madi Woodin - Setter/Defensive Specialist/Libero - Elkhorn South High School -  2nd Team All State in NE

[kiyoat]

New article on our 2022 commitment

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Volleyball commits story on GoYotes.com:
goyotes.com/news/2021/11/10/womens-volleyball-vb-adds-three-on-national-signing-day.aspx

[kiyoat]

Looks like we pulled in a transfer player, too!

Wolff, from Jackson, Minnesota, spent the past two school years at Wayne State College and plans to transfer to South Dakota with three seasons of eligibility remaining.

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Wolff played in 26 matches and 88 sets as the libero for the Wildcats last fall, where she averaged 3.05 digs per set.

She reached double digits in digs in 10 matches during the 2021 season, highlighted by a season-high 22 digs at seventh-ranked Concordia-St. Paul.

The 5-foot-6-inch Wolff tallied 268 digs and 26 service aces as the Wildcats posted a 22-8 season....

[captaincoyote]

Looks like a late addition to the 2022 class!

[yotevolleyballfan]

Wow, looks like theres gonna be a real dogfight at libero after this next year.

[kiyoat]

Listed as DS

[yotevolleyballfan]

2021-2022 year Farris played her club ball for KC Power. shes listed as a L/DS there. The USD roster does not list any liberos, only defensive specialist. After this next season when Weideman will be gone, im guessing anyone who has played the libero position at all will be evaluated by the coaches. Heres a interesting fact, Lolo never played libero in high school or first 2 years at USD. She came as an outside hitter. I'd say whoever plays the best in the defensive specialist position this year will have a foot up for the libero spot the following year, just like Lolo did.

[kiyoat]

Looks like a couple of great athletes!  Reminds me about several years back when they were publishing an "athletic performance index" scores for all Husker athletes.  It consisted of:

-standing high jump
-100-meter dash
-pro-agility test (lateral change-of-direction 5-10-5 meters)

The Husker Volleyball players had the highest scores of any sport on campus, on average.  Only a handful of football athletes were scoring higher, mainly RBs and DBs IIRC.

For what is seen as a non-contact sport, you still have to be extremely quick and athletic to play it at a high level.  And combine that with size/length.  Pretty impressive young ladies.

[kiyoat]

Looks like we just got a MB transfer!  This is the first I've heard, and she's already signed!  Did I miss something?

Great addition.  With Atley Carey transfering out, we were suddenly a little thin at MB, so this should help!

Linwood, a 5-foot, 11-inch middle blocker, transfers to South Dakota from Jacksonville (Fla.) University and she will have three seasons of eligibility remaining.



"I am very excited to add Keyauna to our program this fall!" coach Leanne Williamson said. "After the time that we spent together, it is evident that she is eager to learn, and I believe she will fit into our system as well as add depth to an already great position group!



"Her competitiveness will help her make the transition to our program, and I am thrilled that she is just as excited to be a Coyote!"

Playing MB at 5'-11", I'm going to assume she has a good vertical jump.

[yotevolleyballfan]

I agree, she probably does have hops. I went to Jacksonville University website to check out her stats. I can understand her change of scenery. She was 1 of 5 MB on last falls team (2 others the same grade as her). And they had a 4-24 , 1-15 record. Welcome to vermillion.

[kiyoat]

HS class of 2022 on campus

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[kiyoat]

Just looked up the class of 2022 rankings on Prep Dig (hard to find because it is archived....)

Avery Beckett = #5 OH Iowa/ #9 Overall
Alexis Moses = #2 MB Iowa/ #17 Overall
Madi Woodin = #5 Setter Nebraska/ #14 Overall
Kamryn Farris = #1 Libero Kansas/ #6 Overall

WOW!

Now I'm questioning my assumptions about walk-on status. All of these girls are well-ranked. Who knows. Really this sport should have a higher scholly limit.

[kiyoat]

Looks like Moses transferred to Upper Iowa U between semesters.  Wishing her success!