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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Jun 20, 2023 14:05:24 GMT -5
CHAMPAIGN Ill. – The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA) announced Tuesday its 2022-23 Freshmen of the Year. Freshman All-American Gabe Jacas (football) and Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection Brooke Mosher (volleyball) have been named winners of the annual award, presented to the top male and female Illini competing in their first collegiate season. The recipients were selected by vote of Illinois head coaches and DIA executive staff. Mosher played in every match for the Illini, starting 17. She earned Big Ten All-Freshman Team accolades after tallying more than 200 kills and 200 digs as a rookie, averaging 2.1 kills and 1.9 digs per set. Mosher posted double-digit kills in 12 matches, led by a season-high 21 kills twice: at No. 8 Wisconsin and vs. No. 9 Minnesota.
Mosher is the seventh volleyball player voted Illinois Freshman of the Year, and the first since Jacqueline Quade in 2017.
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Post by exit237a on Jun 20, 2023 18:48:39 GMT -5
CHAMPAIGN Ill. – The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA) announced Tuesday its 2022-23 Freshmen of the Year. Freshman All-American Gabe Jacas (football) and Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection Brooke Mosher (volleyball) have been named winners of the annual award, presented to the top male and female Illini competing in their first collegiate season. The recipients were selected by vote of Illinois head coaches and DIA executive staff. Mosher played in every match for the Illini, starting 17. She earned Big Ten All-Freshman Team accolades after tallying more than 200 kills and 200 digs as a rookie, averaging 2.1 kills and 1.9 digs per set. Mosher posted double-digit kills in 12 matches, led by a season-high 21 kills twice: at No. 8 Wisconsin and vs. No. 9 Minnesota. Mosher is the seventh volleyball player voted Illinois Freshman of the Year, and the first since Jacqueline Quade in 2017. Woohoo! Congrats on the honor, Brooke- well-deserved!
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Jun 21, 2023 4:07:46 GMT -5
My post on Brooke Mosher from December 2021: "I liken her to Ohio State's coach Jen Flynn (Oldenburg) when she was a setter for OSU but also switched to OH when a new All-American setter joined the OSU team." Any comparison to Jen Oldenburg is high praise as far as I am concerned. Now, I wonder if coaching is in Brooke's future?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2023 8:03:18 GMT -5
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Post by liberovb10 on Jun 21, 2023 8:20:13 GMT -5
“ She was also pleasantly surprised by the lengths her new head coach would go to show that he wanted her on his team. Chris Thomas, the volleyball coach at Illinois drove all the way from Champaign to South Dakota for a couple of Kirsch’s practices. Knowing programs typically send their assistants on those long drives, Thomas showing up made a great impression.” This is awesome…love to see that
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Post by vbkahuna on Jun 21, 2023 10:34:21 GMT -5
“ She was also pleasantly surprised by the lengths her new head coach would go to show that he wanted her on his team. Chris Thomas, the volleyball coach at Illinois drove all the way from Champaign to South Dakota for a couple of Kirsch’s practices. Knowing programs typically send their assistants on those long drives, Thomas showing up made a great impression.” This is awesome…love to see that Only another "bro" can fully appreciate what those personal road trips meant. For a bro. To South Dakota.
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Post by vballfreak808 on Jun 21, 2023 14:09:52 GMT -5
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Post by exit237a on Jun 21, 2023 15:59:34 GMT -5
Welcome to the Orange and Blue, Sophi!!!
I’ll add Sophi to the roster on the first post when I get to a computer : )
I-L-L
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Post by oldmanvb on Jun 21, 2023 18:07:20 GMT -5
This is great news! I particularly like the fact we have highly rated defensive specialists in three consecutive years. Maybe our seasons concentrating on our out of system offense will become a bad memory.
I have to observe, as it stands right now, for the 2025 season we will have 5 middles, two OHs and one opposite on the roster. Someone, perhaps multiple someones, are hopefully going to learn to play the left pin. The transition from middle to opposite is a natural move and several could conceivably make the change. Getting someone on the left side becomes Tamas' priority. I know, I know ... that is the most repeated observation on this thread.
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Post by ilalum92 on Jun 21, 2023 19:57:51 GMT -5
Our libero commit was just invited to the July US NTDP - Congrats Taryn
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Post by exit237a on Jun 21, 2023 21:13:04 GMT -5
Welcome to the Orange and Blue, Sophi!!! I’ll add Sophi to the roster on the first post when I get to a computer : ) John Tawa has taken note of Sophi's strong play on a couple occasions since March; here are links to the articles over at VolleyballMag.com and some relevant excerpts:
volleyballmag.com/club-volleyball-dream-team-032923/S: Sophia Randall, 5-11 Soph., Kairos 18 Alpha (SD) – Randall looks at home playing two years up. She was on her game this past weekend in the 18 Elite [non-bid] division at Northern Lights. She ran the team’s offense expertly, made defensive plays all over the court and was one of the team’s best servers in the third-place finish.volleyballmag.com/ttawas-club-dots-050323/Kairos got terrific play from junior libero Sam Unteidt (“played unbelievable all tournament,” Lunning said;) and right side Mo Samuels (“a beast offensively”). Other standouts for the South Dakota club included sophomore setter Sophi Randall, who played well beyond her years; six rotation OH Stella Winterfeld and fast middle Maddie Paulsen.
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Post by tedheise on Jun 22, 2023 9:11:50 GMT -5
“ She was also pleasantly surprised by the lengths her new head coach would go to show that he wanted her on his team. Chris Thomas, the volleyball coach at Illinois drove all the way from Champaign to South Dakota for a couple of Kirsch’s practices. Knowing programs typically send their assistants on those long drives, Thomas showing up made a great impression.” This is awesome…love to see that all good, except for the Coach “Thomas” bit. 🤷🏼♂️
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Post by exit237a on Jun 22, 2023 15:37:12 GMT -5
Props to Brooke and Raina on their selection to represent Illinois at the upcoming Big Ten volleyball media days! Article linked below:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2023 8:29:58 GMT -5
I came across this really nice interview with Taryn that I wanted to share with you all. She talks about the coaching staff and family environment at Illinois, and mentions that she was also considering Kansas State, Long Beach State, and Pitt.
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Post by kiyoat on Jun 23, 2023 9:07:16 GMT -5
Great interview. Interesting that both Sami (Slaughter) and Taryn are from the Sioux Falls Metro, both were recruited by Big Ten schools, and both played for Kairos Elite.
Interesting comments about how Illinois (and other "top schools") approach recruiting, with offers going out to their #1 and #2 players for a position, and whoever accepts first "gets the money" (in her words). I thought that NIL money couldn't be directly part of a scholarship offer? Maybe just a semantic error on her part. Or maybe she meant the scholarship (and cost of attendance) itself.
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