Kelty Hori 2015 Libero/DS

[oskibear]

A friend's friend got into the recruiting game late, but I believe may be worth checking out for coaches still looking to sign a libero for 2015.

Kelty Hori (http://keltyhori.com/)

Been a little under-exposed as she's been playing for the smaller local clubs, but she's been with the USAV HP program the last couple years, starting libero for the USA Youth A1 team in 2013, and starting libero for half the matches with USA Junior A1 team in 2014. I believe she also did some training with the USA HP Beach team last summer.

Be sure to check out the "Profile" and "Media" tabs on the upper right corner for a video clip. Don't have access to youtube now, but there's also video of a full set against Puerto Rico from 2014, I'll post this when I get a chance later.

Trying to help with her recruiting, so any info would be appreciated, whether it be via a reply post or PM.
Thanks.

[oskibear]

Highlight video, same one found at keltyhori.com

Entire 1st set with 2014 USA Junior A1 team vs Puerto Rico

[surfh2ovolleyjock]

Maybe it's to late for her to get recruited at a D-1 level unless they have an open scholarship to use. I would encourage her, her high school coach and/or club coach to send videos to all the coaches from everywhere from Division 1 - NAIA. I wish her good luck.

[onfiya]

How does that happen? A national team level libero with no collegiate options? Obviously super talented! We have a ton of kids in the North Texas area that have committed to DI schools as DS that couldn't carry her knee pads. I know it's difficult to get money as a libero/DS. Is it that she has no scholarship offers or no offers at all? Or no offers from a school she would want to play for? This kid is great. She definitely could help a lot of programs. Good Luck!

[oskibear]

Thanks for the advice.
Just wondering, are college coaches more inclined to look at referrals from club/high school/other coaches than they are from direct communication with recruits?

I know she's written to some DI/II programs along the west coast, just that many programs have already completed their recruiting for 2015, especially with so many walk-ons at libero/DS. I believe she's also getting help from her club coach and even some of the coaches from USAV, but will go ahead and pass along the information just in case.

Part of the problem was that she really didn't get started until just this past summer, as she was trying to figure out what kind of school she wanted to attend and what she wanted to do after college. She's been offered a full scholarship by a school back east and another in the northwest, and a partial at another local (CA bay area) program, but I think she's probably more inclined to stay on the western half of the country. I'm not sure that she's figured out what she wants to do yet, but hoping that she can have more options so that she can make a good decision, both in terms of education and volleyball. At this point, I believe that she is open to any type of program, D1-NAIA (I honestly don't know the difference). Scholarship money would obviously be great, although I think she's probably ok to pay if a school is the perfect fit.