The future for Washington

[ay2013]

Most excellent re Howse! I mentioned her a while back before she committed, she looks like a solid D1 prospect to me.

[redbeard2008]

2025:
Addy Azavedo 5'4" L/DS, Athena Volleyball, Jesuit HS (Lake Oswego, OR)
Ava Jo Berry 5'7" S/L/DS, CRU Performance VBC, Wenatchee HS (Wenatchee, WA)
Maija Howse 6'3" OH, NPJ Forefront, Eagle HS (Eagle, ID) Signed! (Big Ten Athletics Aid Agreement)

gohuskies.com/news/2024/11/21/volleyball-maija-howse-signs-with-huskies.aspx

Four seniors graduating (Bays, Endsley, Fletcher, and Tulino), so Leslie might be looking to go to the Portal to fill out the 2025 roster.

2026:
Kylie Kleckner 6’0 OH, TAV 17 Black, Byron Nelson HS (Roanoke, TX) - MaxPreps National Player of the Year watch list
Lily Mae Buerkle 5'10" S, North Pacific Juniors, Leodis V. McDaniel HS (Portland, OR)
Sammy Destler 6'1" OH, Marymount HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Hayden Conner 6'3" OH, Arizona Storm Elite, Corona Del Sol HS (Phoenix, AZ)

2026:
OH: Barton (Sr), Benefield (So), Kleckner (Fr), Destler (Fr)
OPP: Howse (So)?, Conner (Fr)?
S: Huary (Jr), Buerkle (Fr)
MB: Wessels (Sr), Hani (Sr), Hunt (Jr)
L/DS: Huard (Jr), Azavedo (So), Berry (So.)

[montlakemouse]

Future DAWGS report after high school season with the aid of MaxPreps (best keep in mind differences between states, divisions, level of competition and accuracy of school reports here). All these players are standouts for their teams!

2025:
Ava Jo Berry (S/L/DS): Loss in WA State semifinals trying to defend championship from last year; setter in 5-1, fearless and quick floor defense; no stats found
Addy Azavedo L/DS): OR State Champions, primary L, named player of the match on at least one occasion during season; 3.0 digs/s, .61 aces/s, 215 serve receptions with 10 errors
Maija Howse (OH/RS): Lost first 2 matches in ID double elimination State Tournament, plays 6 rotations; 4.60 K/s, .332 ht%, 3.3 digs/s, .49 blocks/s, .66 aces/s, 448 serve receptions with 46 errors

Hoping these 3 can bring some help with floor defense and passing!

[montlakemouse]

Future DAWGS report continues…

2026:
Kylie Kleckner (OH): TX State Champs and national overall #1 highschool team; 2nd team all-American list, state tournament MVP, plays 6 rotations; 5.2 K/s (573 kills), .363 ht%, 2.68 digs/s, .49 blocks/s, .45 aces/s, 513 serve receptions, 20 errors
Samantha Destler (OH): lost in 1st round CA State Tournament, 6 rotation player and often set as outlet when in backrow; 3.95 K/s, .225 ht%, 2.23 digs/s, .22 blocks/s, .37 aces/s, 534 serve receptions with 29 errors
Hayden Connor (MB): State runner up to Xavier team featuring highly regard 2027 OH Tessa Larkin; 3.47 K/s, .438 ht%, .97 blocks/s, .35 aces/s
Lily Mae Burkle (S): Did not appear to advance to OR State Tournament, do everything for her team hitting front row and setting backrow (or sometimes hitting from the back row too); no stats found

Apologies if I’m missing other highlights and awards. All 4 players had amazing seasons!

[montlakemouse]

Future DAWGS report…the wildcard edition - featuring other local talent:

2026:
Kaitlyn Nguyen (L): Team won play-in game and lost in first round of WA State Tournament, plays 6 rotations as a hitter and leads team in kills (!); 3.1 K/s, .243 Ht%, 3.3 digs/s, 56 aces on season
Rian Stephan (RS/OH): team does not appear to have made WA State Tournament, unclear if plays backrow, jumps high and appears to have a quick arm swing (but others are better judges), also plays basketball and will be trying to defend state title from last year; no stats found
And one of ay’s favorites…
Aspen Boice (L/DS): ID State Champions, primary L, also standout softball player; stats from State final only: 6.3 digs/s with 6 dig errors, .5 aces/set, 23 serve receptions in 4 set match with 1 error, tough as nails in backcourt defensively against highly recruited OH Bellamie Beus who has a hammer