Recruits coming this fall.
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I’ll try to find a couple things on each of the SIX freshmen coming this fall and post in this thread to help the fans get up to speed on the new Flyers.
Up first is #51 Recruit Alayna (Laney) Yates. She’s from Cedar Falls, IA and I believe the first player from the Hawkeye state for the volleyball program. As a 6-6 MB she will draw comparisons to our last 6-6 MB Lindsay Fletemier who had a great career as a Flyer picking up three All-American honors and was named the A10 POY her junior and senior years.
Yates is better. Lindsay redshirted her first year in Dayton. She needed the extra year to acclimate to the DI game. I expect Yates to be in the starting rotation from day one. Yates is also more athletic. She’s quicker, especially moving laterally across the net from pin to pin setting the block. She’s quicker off her feet. She also can hit a bigger range of balls. Lindsay was really great at crushing overpass balls and just flat out hitting over any block. Yates can do all that but can also run the slide and hit off one foot. She also has the talent to score from out-of-system sets off the net. Not a lot of MBs can do that.
Prepvolleyball said this about Laney...
“...one of the most highly skilled middles in the country. Blessed with a motor that always runs hot, Yates can score at an elite level with her mastery of high deep corner shots and transition IQ plays. She has grown to be a player who can transition from the net and is always available for her setter. She also has shown the ability to score not just in-system but from 5-8 feet out of system and from off the net, hitting out of multiple zones across the net while using an ever-expanding shot repertoire. As a blocker, her sheer size can be overwhelming, but Yates is so much more. She does a good job of reading hitters, has the speed to move quickly from pin to pin, uses great hand position and has a desire and determination to be involved in every play at the net.
“Very smart, Yates soaks up coaching. Always improving, once Yates gets to Dayton, she should be a centerpiece of the Flyers’ program for four years. She is the kind of gritty workhorse that can turn a good mid-major team into a threat to make multiple deep tournament runs.”
When Fletemier played at UD, Chris use to say, “ Feed the horse,” meaning just keep setting Lindsay. I expect he’ll say the same with Yates on the floor. She will terminate at a high clip.
Laney had offers from B10 and SEC schools. The following article talks about why she decided to become a Flyer. She’ll be fun to watch from her first day and will be the front runner for the 2020 A10 ROY.
https://wcfcourier.com/sports/high-s...ce49ae90a.html
Laney and her high school teammates won the State Championship this past fall, after finishing runner up her junior year - the only loss that season.
When Jamie Peterson was a freshman I use to tell people Amber Erahon was our best player, but Jamie Peterson is going to be.
This year I’ll be saying Jamie Peterson is our best player, but Laney Yates is going to be.
Up first is #51 Recruit Alayna (Laney) Yates. She’s from Cedar Falls, IA and I believe the first player from the Hawkeye state for the volleyball program. As a 6-6 MB she will draw comparisons to our last 6-6 MB Lindsay Fletemier who had a great career as a Flyer picking up three All-American honors and was named the A10 POY her junior and senior years.
Yates is better. Lindsay redshirted her first year in Dayton. She needed the extra year to acclimate to the DI game. I expect Yates to be in the starting rotation from day one. Yates is also more athletic. She’s quicker, especially moving laterally across the net from pin to pin setting the block. She’s quicker off her feet. She also can hit a bigger range of balls. Lindsay was really great at crushing overpass balls and just flat out hitting over any block. Yates can do all that but can also run the slide and hit off one foot. She also has the talent to score from out-of-system sets off the net. Not a lot of MBs can do that.
Prepvolleyball said this about Laney...
“...one of the most highly skilled middles in the country. Blessed with a motor that always runs hot, Yates can score at an elite level with her mastery of high deep corner shots and transition IQ plays. She has grown to be a player who can transition from the net and is always available for her setter. She also has shown the ability to score not just in-system but from 5-8 feet out of system and from off the net, hitting out of multiple zones across the net while using an ever-expanding shot repertoire. As a blocker, her sheer size can be overwhelming, but Yates is so much more. She does a good job of reading hitters, has the speed to move quickly from pin to pin, uses great hand position and has a desire and determination to be involved in every play at the net.
“Very smart, Yates soaks up coaching. Always improving, once Yates gets to Dayton, she should be a centerpiece of the Flyers’ program for four years. She is the kind of gritty workhorse that can turn a good mid-major team into a threat to make multiple deep tournament runs.”
When Fletemier played at UD, Chris use to say, “ Feed the horse,” meaning just keep setting Lindsay. I expect he’ll say the same with Yates on the floor. She will terminate at a high clip.
Laney had offers from B10 and SEC schools. The following article talks about why she decided to become a Flyer. She’ll be fun to watch from her first day and will be the front runner for the 2020 A10 ROY.
https://wcfcourier.com/sports/high-s...ce49ae90a.html
Laney and her high school teammates won the State Championship this past fall, after finishing runner up her junior year - the only loss that season.
When Jamie Peterson was a freshman I use to tell people Amber Erahon was our best player, but Jamie Peterson is going to be.
This year I’ll be saying Jamie Peterson is our best player, but Laney Yates is going to be.