Can someone please speculate on a name please ? Portal or 2023 or 2024 recruit ?
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Can someone please speculate on a name please ? Portal or 2023 or 2024 recruit ?
no official reports on who it is. a lot of speculation that is a pretty good OH. I'll refrain from providing the name, and will let the player have a chance to announce.
We are better:
Katie Schumacher-Cawley made her first big splash of the offseason in the transfer portal, nabbing former Michigan star and junior outside hitter Jess Mruzik.
Standing at 6-foot-1, Mruzik has been a back-to-back first-team All-Big Ten selection for the Wolverines, tallying a team leading 394 kills last season.
Katie Schumacher-Cawley made her first big splash of the offseason in the transfer portal, nabbing former Michigan star and junior outside hitter Jess Mruzik.
Standing at 6-foot-1, Mruzik has been a back-to-back first-team All-Big Ten selection for the Wolverines, tallying a team leading 394 kills last season.
It is. We are better. She’s a 6’2” setter from Ohio State. Another great pickup from the portal.
Getting Mruzik and Podraza in a span of a few days puts Penn State solidly in the pre-season Top 10, maybe closer to Top 5.
I understand KSC isn't done quite yet. Could be more good news over the next couple of weeks.
Podraza had visits scheduled to Nebraska, Wisconsin and Louisville, but canceled them after attending the wrestling match Friday night and the hockey game on Saturday.
I understand KSC isn't done quite yet. Could be more good news over the next couple of weeks.
Podraza had visits scheduled to Nebraska, Wisconsin and Louisville, but canceled them after attending the wrestling match Friday night and the hockey game on Saturday.
I think it's great to see Podraza coming to Penn State but was wondering why she would leave tOSU. Short answer - scholarship limits and COVID eligibility. If anyone else was wondering, it is explained well here:
Columbus Dispatch - What's next for OSU volleyball after losing 5 starters to transfer portal?
Columbus Dispatch - What's next for OSU volleyball after losing 5 starters to transfer portal?
It looks like KSC got another one. Don't know if it's a portal transfer or a 2024 recruit. We should find out in the next couple of days or sooner.
interesting that KSC has taken two setters through the portal for the 2023 season. It will be interesting to see how the minutes are allocated.
It's actually three setters. Snyder from Arizona State, Podraza from THE Ohio State and van Eekeren from High Point.
There is speculation that KSC will run a 6-2. Van Eekeren is also known as a strong server and has been a service sub at Creighton.
Keep in mind that Snyder has two years of eligibility left, while the other two only have one. She might be waiting to compete for the starting spot in her final year of eligibility. FWIW, her brother is on the Penn State men's team.
There is speculation that KSC will run a 6-2. Van Eekeren is also known as a strong server and has been a service sub at Creighton.
Keep in mind that Snyder has two years of eligibility left, while the other two only have one. She might be waiting to compete for the starting spot in her final year of eligibility. FWIW, her brother is on the Penn State men's team.
sorry, I should have been more complete in my response. I knew about Snyder, and her brother being on the team, etc. I figured that with Podraza's resume, and Snyder having multiple years of eligibility, that it was pretty much going to be Podraza setting this year. As such, the van Eekeren transfer did surprise me, in that I don't see a lot of time available for her in the coming season, and she only has one year of eligibility.
As always, I will defer to KSC. She knows her team, and what it needs to contend at the highest levels. Podraza and van Eekeren were on campus together last weekend, so I suspect that KSC and her staff laid out their plans for how both would be used in the coming season.
Life comes at you fast.
Ella Snyder has withdrawn from Penn State. Not sure if this happened before or after Mac and Ally visited Penn State together last weekend.
Ella Snyder has withdrawn from Penn State. Not sure if this happened before or after Mac and Ally visited Penn State together last weekend.
I don't know exactly why Snyder left, but with Mac and Ally committing and Starck coming in next year, she may have decided she wasn't in the mix for a starting spot either this season or next.
I hope she doesn't feel that she was misled by KSC. I also hope KSC didn't mislead her.
I hope she doesn't feel that she was misled by KSC. I also hope KSC didn't mislead her.
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There is a rumor starting to circulate that Camryn Hannah might be coming to Penn State from the portal. She can play both pins and was a 2nd team All-ACC player at Clemson. She would be a great get with one of the two remaining scholarships.
It’s Camryn. She committed! 6’2” outside hitter. She’s a terrific addition.
If it is true, from the portal, she is a DS played for Coastal Carolina. She is a PA girl, pehaps walkon?
Apparently it is Lina Perugini, but no official announcement yet. She's from Bethlehem and played four years at Coastal Carolina and was successful there.
I'd be a little surprised if she's a scholarship player at Penn State, with a pressing need for a middle.
I'd be a little surprised if she's a scholarship player at Penn State, with a pressing need for a middle.
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