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Post by hookem1 on Jun 16, 2024 14:20:16 GMT -5
Emma Cugino is a 5’7 defensive specialist out of Galena, Ohio. She attends Olentangy Orange High School, and she plays for a stacked Mintonette club team, where she has won multiple AAU championships. Her older sister is an incoming freshman playing volleyball at Gonzaga.
Currently she is ranked as the #55 overall prospect on PD, the #3 Libero on VBA, and has been a USAV NTDP participant, like Harris and Anderson.
I haven’t watched her much, but from the clips I’ve seen she has great reflexes on defense, and brings a good level of athleticism to the back row. I’m excited to pay more attention to her now and see how she develops. And like I said earlier, I have a good feeling just from the fact that she’s a DS from the midwest named Emma.
She attended Texas camp this summer, and her and Nguyen were the reported back row standouts.
Hook ‘em Emma!
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Post by slxpress on Jun 16, 2024 14:49:07 GMT -5
Emma Cugino is a 5’7 defensive specialist out of Galena, Ohio. She attends Olentangy Orange High School, and she plays for a stacked Mintonette club team, where she has won multiple AAU championships. Her older sister is an incoming freshman playing volleyball at Gonzaga. Currently she is ranked as the #55 overall prospect on PD, the #3 Libero on VBA, and has been a USAV NTDP participant, like Harris and Anderson. I haven’t watched her much, but from the clips I’ve seen she has great reflexes on defense, and brings a good level of athleticism to the back row. I’m excited to pay more attention to her now and see how she develops. And like I said earlier, I have a good feeling just from the fact that she’s a DS from the midwest named Emma. She attended Texas camp this summer, and her and Nguyen were the reported back row standouts. Hook ‘em Emma! I wanted Nguyen for the meme. I’m sure Cugino will be fine. I will be fully supportive once my cleverness goes through a mandatory grieving process.
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Post by hookem1 on Jun 16, 2024 14:50:02 GMT -5
Emma Cugino is a 5’7 defensive specialist out of Galena, Ohio. She attends Olentangy Orange High School, and she plays for a stacked Mintonette club team, where she has won multiple AAU championships. Her older sister is an incoming freshman playing volleyball at Gonzaga. Currently she is ranked as the #55 overall prospect on PD, the #3 Libero on VBA, and has been a USAV NTDP participant, like Harris and Anderson. I haven’t watched her much, but from the clips I’ve seen she has great reflexes on defense, and brings a good level of athleticism to the back row. I’m excited to pay more attention to her now and see how she develops. And like I said earlier, I have a good feeling just from the fact that she’s a DS from the midwest named Emma. She attended Texas camp this summer, and her and Nguyen were the reported back row standouts. Hook ‘em Emma! I wanted Nguyen for the meme. I’m sure Cugino will be fine. I will be fully supportive once my cleverness goes through a mandatory grieving process. Can’t Nguyen em all
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Post by babyhusker on Jun 16, 2024 14:53:35 GMT -5
Henley Anderson is a 6’3 (seen her listed between 6’2 and 6’4) outside hitter out of Dripping Springs, Texas. She won the 6A state title in 2022 for Dripping Springs HS and had a sensational freshman season that put her on the national radar quickly. She moved over to Austin Skyline from Austin Performance and has continued to skyrocket since. Being from the Austin area, she has been to multiple Texas games before and attended elite camp the past two summers. Currently she is ranked as the top overall player in the nation on PrepDig and Prepvolleyball, was the national freshman of the year for PV, an AVCA Phenom, USAV NTDP participant, and like Harris, was recently named to the U19 National team. To me she’s a very high floor prospect. Obviously with her ranking I think the sky is the limit, but there’s very little risk to her game. Her length and reach give her the ability to be a great blocker and attacker, and after transition from middle her back row game has continued to improve. She chose Texas over Nebraska, Baylor, and probably her pick of any other school. She continues a recent influx of Austin Skyline talent after Kruger and Gaido committed in 2023. And with two 2027s at elite camp this year, this club pipeline may continue. Hook ‘em Henley! Your analysis is so SO good!
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Jun 16, 2024 14:59:49 GMT -5
Henley Anderson is a 6’3 (seen her listed between 6’2 and 6’4) outside hitter out of Dripping Springs, Texas. She won the 6A state title in 2022 for Dripping Springs HS and had a sensational freshman season that put her on the national radar quickly. She moved over to Austin Skyline from Austin Performance and has continued to skyrocket since. Being from the Austin area, she has been to multiple Texas games before and attended elite camp the past two summers. Currently she is ranked as the top overall player in the nation on PrepDig and Prepvolleyball, was the national freshman of the year for PV, an AVCA Phenom, USAV NTDP participant, and like Harris, was recently named to the U19 National team. To me she’s a very high floor prospect. Obviously with her ranking I think the sky is the limit, but there’s very little risk to her game. Her length and reach give her the ability to be a great blocker and attacker, and after transition from middle her back row game has continued to improve. She chose Texas over Nebraska, Baylor, and probably her pick of any other school. She continues a recent influx of Austin Skyline talent after Kruger and Gaido committed in 2023. And with two 2027s at elite camp this year, this club pipeline may continue. Hook ‘em Henley! Most impressively (for me anyway), she's done a couple of interviews talking about how much she enjoys SR and passing. . . future 6 RO star!
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Post by Volleyhorns on Jun 16, 2024 15:01:19 GMT -5
It just makes my heart happy for Jerritt to finally have the teams he wants and be able to have great culture. Especially after the losing drought. I can’t even imagine the year we have all this talent combined on our roster in like 2026 they are going to be insane
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Post by slxpress on Jun 16, 2024 15:16:42 GMT -5
It just makes my heart happy for Jerritt to finally have the teams he wants and be able to have great culture. Especially after the losing drought. I can’t even imagine the year we have all this talent combined on our roster in like 2026 they are going to be insane To be fair the losing drought wasn’t that much of a drought. People get focused on championships or bust, IMO.
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Post by Volleyhorns on Jun 16, 2024 15:21:30 GMT -5
It just makes my heart happy for Jerritt to finally have the teams he wants and be able to have great culture. Especially after the losing drought. I can’t even imagine the year we have all this talent combined on our roster in like 2026 they are going to be insane To be fair the losing drought wasn’t that much of a drought. People get focused on championships or bust, IMO. That’s fair I guess they were still going to the championship games and final fours.
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Post by Longhorn20 on Jun 16, 2024 15:22:34 GMT -5
Henley Anderson is a 6’3 (seen her listed between 6’2 and 6’4) outside hitter out of Dripping Springs, Texas. She won the 6A state title in 2022 for Dripping Springs HS and had a sensational freshman season that put her on the national radar quickly. She moved over to Austin Skyline from Austin Performance and has continued to skyrocket since. Being from the Austin area, she has been to multiple Texas games before and attended elite camp the past two summers. Currently she is ranked as the top overall player in the nation on PrepDig and Prepvolleyball, was the national freshman of the year for PV, an AVCA Phenom, USAV NTDP participant, and like Harris, was recently named to the U19 National team. To me she’s a very high floor prospect. Obviously with her ranking I think the sky is the limit, but there’s very little risk to her game. Her length and reach give her the ability to be a great blocker and attacker, and after transition from middle her back row game has continued to improve. She chose Texas over Nebraska, Baylor, and probably her pick of any other school. She continues a recent influx of Austin Skyline talent after Kruger and Gaido committed in 2023. And with two 2027s at elite camp this year, this club pipeline may continue. Hook ‘em Henley! Most impressively (for me anyway), she's done a couple of interviews talking about how much she enjoys SR and passing. . . future 6 RO star! So she is good at serve receive/defense?
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Jun 16, 2024 15:26:48 GMT -5
Most impressively (for me anyway), she's done a couple of interviews talking about how much she enjoys SR and passing. . . future 6 RO star! So she is good at serve receive/defense? I think so. . . she just made the U19 team, so it will be interesting to see how they use her and how her skills hold up in high level competition
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Post by horns1 on Jun 16, 2024 16:17:48 GMT -5
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Post by Volleyhorns on Jun 16, 2024 16:38:39 GMT -5
Do we think Henley could play oppo it’s gonna be hard to find playing time behind Cari and AVW. Or should we go after an athletic opposite?
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Post by horns1 on Jun 16, 2024 16:39:33 GMT -5
I like the sound of that . . .
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Post by horns1 on Jun 16, 2024 16:44:38 GMT -5
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Post by hookem1 on Jun 16, 2024 16:55:45 GMT -5
Do we think Henley could play oppo it’s gonna be hard to find playing time behind Cari and AVW. Or should we go after an athletic opposite? I think any of them could play opposite if needed, they all have good length and an arm that could translate. Cari or Henley being the more likely ones IMO.
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