Most promising rising female stars (Born 2000 or later)

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What´s your impression of Holly Carlton?

I did not watch a lot of Florida's games this season. But from the few matches that I've watched, Carlton did not impress me as much as her fellow teammates Thayer Hall and Paige Simmons did. Her stats this season is 2.46 kills per set and 0.276 hitting efficiency. Considering SEC is not such a strong conference as Big 10 or Pac 12, I think she still has a lot of work to do. But I've heard others praising her that she is quite good. I think Florida should consider utilizing her more. However according to the way they run their offence, I guess they would not do so.

ericleo what can you tell me about Raquel Lázaro (setter from USC) named freshman of the year in Pac12?

Martha Anthouli from Greece.(1.98-2004). She was the best opposite in BVA U16 and had 36 points against Romania.She is playing in a low class team (5th league in greek-so not even in the best 60 greek teams ).

Another good player is Froso Aleksakou (2000). She started playing in the first league when she was 14 years old and now she is in USA. Last year during a final against Olympiakos(challenge cup winner) had around 9/12 attacks. I dont think that she will be a world class players but she is already one the best greek oh.

Viktoriia Pushina (1.98, 2000) is a good middle-blocker russian. She was the best middle-blocker in EC U18, WC U18 and EC U19... and she was elected as the first one in these competitions.

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I think Alexakou was named freshman of the Year in the Big East conference this season. Big East is a decent mid-level conference among the 32 conferences. I also remember a recent tweet from Saint Mary's College (West Coast Conference) where they announced their supposed future recruiting class with greek Elena Baka for their indoor AND beach team. West Coast Conference is overall a bit better than Big East, i think, maybe nr. 5 or 6. I used to watch a bit West Coast conference this season because it's freely available and usually has early matches on Saturday.

Holly Carlton from Florida is a 6’7” sophomore opposite. She used to be a setter in her highschool and was recruited for that position but in the span of 3 years she had a growth spurt and grew 8 inches. She’s quite fast for her height but lacks power. She’s still new to her position and the room for improvement is quite big. Karch will love her as she has the same attack movement as Kelly Murphy.

Number 26 of Nebraska is sophomore Lauren Stivrin. Her improvement from last year is spectacular. She has the making of an all around middle.

Raquel Lazaro did pretty well in USC. Spain NT will definitely take a look at her once she graduates.

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Raquel Lazaro did pretty well in USC. Spain NT will definitely take a look at her once she graduates.

thank you!

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ericleo what can you tell me about Raquel Lázaro (setter from USC) named freshman of the year in Pac12?

She runs a pretty fast offensive system, and she likes to use a lot of pipes in her offense, which I like about her. These are not commonly seen in freshman setters. However sometimes her precision to her pin hitters is not very good. I watched a few USC matches at the beginning of the season, I think her connection with Botkin is better than with Lanier. This is my personal impression on her and could be biased. Overall, she is very promising as a freshman setter, very creative for her setting style.

No. 26 from Nebraska, Lauren Stivrins, watch out for this girl. I really enjoyed watching her running slides, such a beauty! Yes, her improvements from last year is indeed spectacular. Looking forward to seeing her become Nebraska's major weapon next season.

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Plummer is promising. She was the National Freshman of the Year in 2016, then she won back-to-back National Player of the Year in 2017 and 2018. She needs to get better training after she graduates from Stanford.

I don't see a lot potential on Kramer. She is tall indeed, but from her arm swing, her movements, I don't think she has the potential to become a world-class MB. On the other hand, I think Dana Rettke is the real rising star. She is not only tall, but also flexible. This season she ranked first on both blocking and attacking in Big-10 conference, the most high-level division I conference in NCAA.

There are a lot of US college players who might have an impact on the NT or pro leagues in the near future, if they would like to keep pursuing professional volleyball after they graduate. To name a few below:

Setters:

Jordyn Poulter from UIUC (senior)

Samantha Seliger-Swenson from University of Minnesota (senior)

OH/OPP:

Mikaela Foecke from University of Nebraska (senior)

Roni Jones-Perry from BYU (senior)

Kathryn Plummer from Stanford (junior)

Khalia Lanier from USC (junior)

Leah Edmond from University of Kentucky (junior)

Stephanie Samedy from University of Minnesota (sophomore)

MB:

Lauren Stivrins from University of Nebraska (sophomore)

Dana Rettke from University of Wisconsin (sophomore)

Brionne Butler from UT-Austin (freshman)

Libero:

Morgan Hentz from Stanford (junior)

Kendall White from Penn State University (junior)

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In fact, Kathryn Plummer is the last one who I can't see in the rosters of any NTs now certainly due to the selection mechanism of USA NT.

[Jovana Kocic and Zang Qian-qian both in the wide roster of Serbia and China at least for one time]

The photo: the awards of 2015 U18 WCH

Parra Quintero will be a star from Mexico. She played quite well at WCH.

Melanie Guadalupe Parra Quintero

Only 16 (DOB: Sept. 12, 2002) and has got great potential, kinda reminds me of a mini Samantha Bricio. Some would say she's undersized at 176cm, but she can still attack. Maybe a future Mexican version of Lucia Bosetti?

Some of her highlights at WCH,

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Melanie Guadalupe Parra Quintero

Only 16 (DOB: Sept. 12, 2002) and has got great potential, kinda reminds me of a mini Samantha Bricio. Some would say she's undersized at 176cm, but she can still attack. Maybe a future Mexican version of Lucia Bosetti?

Some of her highlights at WCH,

US colleges are now courting her. She may take the route of Bricio before turning pro.

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Vera Kostiyuk plays pretty well for Saratov right now, being the teams best scorer although she´s born as late as the year of 2000.

Vera Kostiyuchyk (or KASTSIUCHYK)

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Melanie Guadalupe Parra Quintero

Only 16 (DOB: Sept. 12, 2002) and has got great potential, kinda reminds me of a mini Samantha Bricio. Some would say she's undersized at 176cm, but she can still attack. Maybe a future Mexican version of Lucia Bosetti?

Some of her highlights at WCH,

Her performance during WCH was very good and stable.

Good for Mexico！

good talent!

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The Russian 18-year old Maria Daineko, representing a female reserve squad of Dinamo Moscow currently, born in november 2000, is officially 209 cm tall: http://vcdynamo.ru/komanda/pvk…roki/mariya-dajneko_1209/

She plays beach volleyball.