2024 middle blocker Ayden Ames flips from Nebraska to Texas
2024 middle blocker Ayden Ames announced on Wednesday that she is now committed to Texas. The 6-foot-4 high school senior was committed to Nebraska since the summer before her sophomore season.
Ames is the No. 10 overall 2024 recruiting in her class, according to PrepVolleyball.com. PrepDig ranks her second in the class.
The middle announced her flip with National Signing Day on Nov. 8.
Ames plays volleyball at Prosper High School in Prosper, Texas. She plays club from Drive Nation.
Prosper is currently in the Texas 5A playoffs and just swept Plano West in their first match. Ames had 12 kills and hit .409 with 15 digs.
During her senior season, Ames has averaged 4.7 kills per set and is hitting .398. She had 464 total kills, 129 blocks and 25 aces.
This summer, Ames played for the U.S. Girls U19 National Team at won a gold medal at the FIVB Girls U19 World Championship in Osijek, Croatia. Ames had several great performances for Team USA.
2025 Texas outside hitter commit Abby Vander Wal was also on the U19 team. She was named the tournament MVP and Best Outside Hitter. Nebraska 2025 OH commit Teraya Sigler was selected as the Next Best Outside Hitter.
Ames decided not to play for the U21 team and focus on her academics to graduate early in December. She will be enrolling early at Texas.
Nebraska’s 2024 class/MB
Nebraska now has two players in its class of 2024. Bennington (Neb.) libero Olivia Mauch now leads the group as the No. 16 overall recruit. Kansas outside hitter Skyler Pierce is ranked No. 20 overall.
Mauch, Pierce and Ames committed very closely together during the summer of 2021.
As of June 2023, Nebraska had the top 2024 recruiting class in the country. However, Pierce went for the No. 2 commit to No. 20 and Ames is no longer going to be a Husker.
The Huskers will have three middle blockers for the 2024 season. Bekka Allick and Maggie Mendelson will be juniors and Andi Jackson will be a sophomore. Mendelson is on a basketball scholarship, while Allick and Jackson have volleyball scholarships.
Nebraska is tight on scholarships for the upcoming season because they have a maximum of 12 on scholarship. They currently don’t have any seniors and add two freshmen in the spring.
