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Kelly Ziegler
By Jamison Kruse
No one expected this rising yet to attend a weekend tourna- comer show glimpses of danger.
star’s light to shine so bright. ment where unknown teams to us In her first outing on the highly
have commended her on her play. competitive varsity squad as a
Kelly Ziegler is a name not She was waiting in the wings for junior, she found a way into the
many knew coming into the 2018 this libero position to open upon lineup early on, beating out pass-
season. If you do now, it’s too late. graduation and she is enjoying ers from the 2018 class. Her court
A libero who found herself in the every minute of this opportunity.” awareness, ball control and her
mix of a senior heavy squad last aggressiveness were key to her
season in a limited defensive role, Last season saw the up-and- playing.
is now experiencing a season of
out of this world play. “Kelly will sacrifice herself for
the play. She is quick and mind-
The 5’3 libero is a player not ful of situations and is willing to
many coaches expected to show lay it all out for her team.” Cuthrell
up, except for coach Amy Cuthrell. continued, “Kelly picks up tenden-
2018 looked to be a down season cies and at this level that is a criti-
for the Red Hawks. The squad cal part of high school volleyball.
losing five highly awarded start- (Ziegler) is fearless and does not
ers including impressive All-GTW allow any opponent to get into her
libero Baylee Murphy. Last season head. She wants the offense to
saw Murphy post fantastic num- begin with her.”
bers including 902 digs and 528
receptions. Losing such a com- Ziegler would go on to rank
modity, many coaches dream to fourth on the teams in digs. Her
have a replacement for a talent contribution to the team helped
like that. the Hawks to a 10-week streak
amongst the MHSAA Top 10
For Cuthrell, this dream is a rankings in Class C. In her rookie
reality, commenting on the current outing, she posted 200 digs, 122
star: “Kelly is of no surprise to me receptions and 30 aces.
nor is she a secret now. We have
Since Ziegler’s promotion to
captain of the defense, she has
seemed to flourish in her role.
Leading her team to a 18-16-3
record so far on the year. All the
losses coming from top notch D1/
D2 teams (Davison and Sterling
Heights Stevenson) or ranked D3
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