Corbelli gets a top recruiting class this year. Two out of staters who have Junior's Finals experience. This class is going to d great things for A&M Volleyball!

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Head coach Laurie Corbelli signed three outside hitters - Sarah Ammerman from Parker, Colo. (Chaparral High), San Antonio Churchill's Jenny Banse and San Antonio Clark's Mary Batis. A&M also signed a middle blocker in Cara Quayle who is from Greenwood, Colo. (Cherry Creek High).

"It is really exciting to be able to bring in a class of this caliber, " Corbelli said in a school release. "All of these players have played for top-level clubs and have top-level club experience at national tournaments, such as finals at Junior Olympics several times. I'm excited because they are court-ready, match-ready just in terms of speed of the game, and they definitely will compete for starting spots.

"It is one of those years where you have to reload, and the more experience your freshmen have, the better, and this is a very experienced group. First-year difference makers are definitely in this group."

The 6-2 Ammerman averaged 6.5 kills per game to lead the state for a second straight time.

Banse is a two-time 5A all-state selection by the Texas Girls Coaches Association. She the San Antonio Player of the Year by the San Antonio Express-News as a junior.

Ammerman and Banse are on the list of PrepVolleyball.com's Top 50 recruits.

Batis was named the No. 1 performer at the 2002 USA Volleyball High Performance A2 Camp before her freshman season at Clark High School. She was named the most valuable player at the high school state tournament after leading the Cougars to the state 5A championship title with a 35-3 record. The 6-footer was named MVP in Class 5A by the Texas Sports Writers Association, as well as the National Sophomore Player of the Year by PrepVolleyball.com. Batis also was one of only three sophomores nationwide to be named All-American by PrepVolleyball.com.

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[This message has been edited by matt_phel (edited 11/10/2005 1:40p).]

we just need some HEIGHT! I have always had confidence in the Corbellis.

Most people have all the confidence in the world in our coaching staff. There are a few outspoken people who don't, but most people do. And it's nice to see us recruiting out of state. Sometimes I swear Texas forgets that there are 49 other states.

We still desperately need some freakishly tall girl. Last night, there were several times were Nebrask hit downward over our blocks because ourgirls couldn't jump high enough. They are well-coached in that they were in position, but coaching can't add inches.

I wish we got some more height too, but there aren't that many Sarah Pavans of the world. This definitely looks like a very good recruiting class. It's nice to see a couple of out-of-staters on the list.

Congrats to Corbelli. Losing this year's seniors is gonna hurt a lot, so hopefully we can get the incoming frosh up to speed quickly and some of those sophs and jrs will show us something better next year.

As for height, Pavan is an international-level player; even tall blockers can find themselves underneath the ball when she gets the right set.

Right now our goal needs to be beating the middle of the pack. There's not much point in spending time thinking about Nebraska because they are in a whole other universe than most of the country right now.

Plus, look at utexas, all that height at the expense of movement and athleticism. The tallest team in the nation, but they still got swept by Nebraska.




[This message has been edited by wannaggie (edited 11/11/2005 8:34a).]

Sara Ammerman & Cara Quayle

http://www.frvbc.com/newsletter/101005.htm

Top Recruits by State:

http://www.richkern.com/vb/recruits/statesub.asp?let=All&Div=DI&VBYear=2006


[This message has been edited by Skull Session (edited 11/11/2005 4:04p).]