The volleyball roster is up and the season starts in less than a month!
There are a few unexpected newcomers on the roster.
Hannah Hood is the only listed freshman, a 5'-9" DS/OH from Westlake High School, and I'm guessing she's a walkon since to my knowledge we didn't have any available scholarships for this class. I wouldn't expect her to get much playing time with Mellinger, Pendergast, Grace, and Kinley all ahead of her.
Megan Pendergast is a transfer from Nebraska who is originally from the Houston area. She is listed as a 5'7" DS/L, and was a very highly rated recruit coming out of high school. She actually suited up and played as an outside hitter in one or two matches at Nebraska due to some injuries and had some decent success for such a small player. She has great hops and a strong arm, and was known at Nebraska as a very powerful although somewhat inconsistent server. I think she will definitely make a push to be the starting DS and could possibly see some time as Libero or even as an Outside Hitter.
Markie Malone is a transfer from BYU. She is listed as a 5'-11" setter. According to her bio on aggieathletics she was with the team last year but did not play. She is a junior by eligibility, and was a very highly recruited player before originally choosing BYU. Her resume is impressive, but she is probably gonig to have a tough time breaking into the lineup behind all Big-12 freshman team performer Allie Sawatzky and another established setter in Allie Freiwald. Always good to have other options though and she will definitely push the other two in practice.
Cinthya Roberto comes to us via 2 years at Blinn College and 1 year at Florida. She is listed as a 6'-0" Outside Hitter and for some reason her class year isn't listed, although I'm assuming she only has one year of eligibility left since she has already used three. Unfortunately I do not know whether she was released at Florida or if she has to sit out this year. She definitely played some at Florida last year, although likely not as much as she had expected, since Florida had quite a dearth of quality outside hitters. She was a two time junior college all-American (the first in Blinn Volleyball History) and won a Junior College National Championship in 2008. If she is eligible to play this year she could really help out on the outside opposite of Kelsey Black. She was known for her ball control at Florida but I would imagine she is also a more dynamic attacker than Ringel. Either way she definitely gives us another good option and will provide quite a challenge in practice to the existing outside hitters.
Would love to hear from anyone else who has some insight on these players or if anyone has been going to practices and has seen the new players play in person.
There are a few unexpected newcomers on the roster.
Hannah Hood is the only listed freshman, a 5'-9" DS/OH from Westlake High School, and I'm guessing she's a walkon since to my knowledge we didn't have any available scholarships for this class. I wouldn't expect her to get much playing time with Mellinger, Pendergast, Grace, and Kinley all ahead of her.
Megan Pendergast is a transfer from Nebraska who is originally from the Houston area. She is listed as a 5'7" DS/L, and was a very highly rated recruit coming out of high school. She actually suited up and played as an outside hitter in one or two matches at Nebraska due to some injuries and had some decent success for such a small player. She has great hops and a strong arm, and was known at Nebraska as a very powerful although somewhat inconsistent server. I think she will definitely make a push to be the starting DS and could possibly see some time as Libero or even as an Outside Hitter.
Markie Malone is a transfer from BYU. She is listed as a 5'-11" setter. According to her bio on aggieathletics she was with the team last year but did not play. She is a junior by eligibility, and was a very highly recruited player before originally choosing BYU. Her resume is impressive, but she is probably gonig to have a tough time breaking into the lineup behind all Big-12 freshman team performer Allie Sawatzky and another established setter in Allie Freiwald. Always good to have other options though and she will definitely push the other two in practice.
Cinthya Roberto comes to us via 2 years at Blinn College and 1 year at Florida. She is listed as a 6'-0" Outside Hitter and for some reason her class year isn't listed, although I'm assuming she only has one year of eligibility left since she has already used three. Unfortunately I do not know whether she was released at Florida or if she has to sit out this year. She definitely played some at Florida last year, although likely not as much as she had expected, since Florida had quite a dearth of quality outside hitters. She was a two time junior college all-American (the first in Blinn Volleyball History) and won a Junior College National Championship in 2008. If she is eligible to play this year she could really help out on the outside opposite of Kelsey Black. She was known for her ball control at Florida but I would imagine she is also a more dynamic attacker than Ringel. Either way she definitely gives us another good option and will provide quite a challenge in practice to the existing outside hitters.
Would love to hear from anyone else who has some insight on these players or if anyone has been going to practices and has seen the new players play in person.
