Signing!!

It is my pleasure to announce that Hill has officially signed Chelsea Knape, an outside hitter from Texas City High School.  Chelsea is the second class of 2011 player we have signed for this upcoming season.

I watched Chelsea play a few times with her club team, AVA, this past year and was very impressed with how she is as a person.  She's the main outside attacker on her team and with that comes a lot of pressure.  She has shown that she is able to shoulder that responsibility and this will no doubt help her in college. 

Our signing yesterday was in the high school athletic offices, and her Athletic Director, Coach, parents, as well as her club volleyball coach were there.  The coaches had nothing but good things to say about her and I am very excited to have her join our team.

Look or more good news later this week!

Great news!

So February is rolling along.  The girls are working hard in the weight room and we can see the results already.  We are a little rusty when it comes to volleyball skills right now, but we'll get to that later this month and into March.

Recruiting is a blast as usual.  We don't need to find a lot of new players this year like we did last year which makes things easier.  I believe we can get some impact players that can help us win next year.  I'll let you know when we sign them.

Finally, great news for our 2011 signee Cayleigh Drake.  She was named 2010 Prepvolleyball High School Academic All-American!!  This is a great honor since it is a nationwide category.  Cayleigh was one of 8 Texas players named.  The http://www.prepvolleyball.com/ website is a pay site so it's not accessible to all (though you can subscribe if you wish) but I'm going to paste Cayleigh's write up below.  Hope you are enjoying February!

Cayleigh Drake, 5-11 MB, Rogers (Texas) – Named District MVP and Third Team All Centex, Drake slammed 838 kills and added 183 blocks in 2010 for a Rogers team that reached the 2A Region 4A final.  In the classroom, Drake has a 3.97 GPA, combining both high school and college credit classes.  In addition to being a leader in the classroom, she is also the treasurer of her senior class and an officer in the National Honor Society.  Most importantly, she finds time to mentor elementary and middle school students in between classes, basketball, and club volleyball practice.