The Risers: Many Athletes Make Moves During Prep Seasons

The Risers List

Athletes Making Moves on the Court

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Caelyn Whoesendove - Class of 2027 Outside - Club: A5 - Clemson Commit - Elite Red Prospect

The Clemson commit continues to improve on her physical TOP #’s that are already some of the best in the entire class, as she improved her 3-step approach to over 127” and her block touch is now over 120”.

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Brielle Nestor - Class of 2027 Outside - Club: OTVA - Uncommitted - Orange Prospect

Recognized by Maxpreps as player of the match recently, and 22 Kills vs. IRC in District Championships. .600 Kill%, won player of the match for the district championship game

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Lucky Fasavalu - Class of 2027 Setter - Club: Long Beach - Commit: Mizzou - Elite Red Prospect

Up for National Player of the Year, Durango All Tourney VBAdrenaline American 200, and setter for one of the top high school teams in the country heading into California playoffs.

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Kail Shill - Class of 2027 - Club: Aspire Volleyball - Commit: UC Davis - Green Level Prospect

Becomes UC Davis' first commit of the 2027 Class

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Saylor Halvorsen - Class of 2028 Outside - Club: SG Elite - Uncommitted - Red Level Prospect

2025 Redondo/Mira Costa Varsity Power Classic - All-Tournament Team for the Sophomore who played her on her Varsity squad this season.

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Jade Howard - Class of 2027 - Club: A5 - Commit: Virginia - Elite Orange Level Prospect

Howard became another solid commit for Virginia’s 2027 recruiting class.

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Ashlyn Pelon - Class of 2028 - Club: Legacy - Uncommitted - Elite Red Prospect

Nominee for the Detroit Free Press 2025 Preseason Player of the Year, Ranked #2 in the State of Michigan 2028. Pelon has moved up into the group of one of our top liberos for the Class of ‘28s as well.

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Carson Caraway - Class of 2027 - Club: Infinity Volleyball - Commit: Loyola Marymount - Elite Red Prospect

Caraway continued her year of accolades by earning the MAIS Futures Match MVP, All-MAIS, and MAIS D1 Runner Up.

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Laura Eichert - Class of 2026 - Club: NPJ - Commits to Oregon, enrolls in January

Willtrace Ngoh - Class of 2027 - Club: Houston Jrs to USC 

And both of them were recently named in the VBAdrenaline America’s 200

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Taimane Ainu’u - Class of 2028 - Club: Ka Ulukoa - Uncommitted - Diamond Level Prospect

Ainu’u is a brand new Player Profile, and she was named to the Top 10 of America’s 200 list. She also named her Top 4 early favorite schools after her camps heading into her 16’s season. The Hawaiian phenom looks to be the #1 setter by many in the Class of 2028.

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Logan McGuire - Class of 2028 - Club: Kairos - Uncommitted - Elite Orange Prospect

McGuire received her first NTDP invite for later in 2026. She received several P4 select camp invites last summer as well.

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Ivy Wirth - Class of 2028 - Club: NC Academy - Uncommitted - Green Level Prospect

Wirth is an AVCA Phenom finalist, and her PPV saw a spike due to her height and her TOP scores going up over the Fall.

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Baylee Wilson - Class of 2029 - Club: WAVE - Uncommitted - Silver Level Prospect

Wilson, who has played a very large role for Cathedral Catholic’s squad as a Freshman, also grew nearly 2” from her last update and added to her 3-step approach # numbers, and that has helped bump the 2029 star to near GOLD standards.

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Collyns Livermore - Class of 2028 - Club: Shockwave - Uncommitted - Elite Orange Prospect

Livermore has been invited to another NTDP session, and she updated her physicals #s and her approach touch increased by an inch and a half. That has helped lift Collyns up the Class of 2028 setter ranks.

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Maggie Jewell - Class of 2028 - NC Academy - Uncommitted - Elite Orange Prospect

Jewell capped off a very solid prep season by being named to the 2025 NCAVCA All-Region Team and the 2025 NCHSAA All-Conference Team in North Carolina.

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Carolyn Maria - Class of 2029 - Club: Metro - Uncommitted - Red Level Prospect

Maria just received an invite to her first NTDP training session as the up-and-coming setting standout in the ’29 class continues to gain momentum and attention.

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Isabella Linden - Class of 2028 - Club: OTVA - Uncommitted - Elite Orange Prospect

Linden helped to lead BERKELEY PREP 3A Regional Runner Up in her Sophomore season. She now heads to OTVA season training.

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Morgan Stringer - Class of 2027 - Club: OTVA - Uncommitted - Green Level Prospect

PPV moves up to 144 as she is named 2025 GHSA Volleyball Class 1AAAAA South All-Region 1st Team and Co-Offensive POTY for her South Effingham High School team in Georgia.

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Janie Myers - Class of 2028 - Club: A5 - Uncommitted - Elite Red Level Prospect

Myers is a Setter who has recently come onto our radar from film study, but she is a decorated prospect for sure. The A5 Setter is a GA All-State, National Champ, All-American, and attended multiple P4 Camps, and her 215 PPV bump moved her into a new Prospect Level.