Divide by anything and they stop looking small

Arkansas opened about a week ago. So did Virginia, and Kentucky, and South Carolina, and Louisiana, and the numbers coming out of those five states look small next to Texas until you notice that nobody in any of them has played more than 32 sets.

So this is the early read. Five states, one category each, top five in each, and every one of these boards will look completely different by the end of September. For the states that have been playing since the first week of August, see today's national dig board, where all 25 names are from Texas.

All 25, by state

State No.	Athlete	Pos	Class	High school	State	Total	Category	Sets	Per set
1	Kayden Amos	L	Jr.	Chapman, Inman	SC	222	digs	31	7.16
2	Willow Hunt	L/OH/DS	So.	South Aiken Baptist Christian, Aiken	SC	189	digs	32	5.91
3	Emma Paat	L/DS	Jr.	Rock Hill	SC	158	digs	28	5.64
4	Eve Thomas	OH/DS/L	Fr.	South Aiken Baptist Christian, Aiken	SC	119	digs	32	3.72
5	Ansley White	L/DS	Jr.	West Florence, Florence	SC	115	digs	26	4.42
1	Anna Guidry	OH	Sr.	John Paul the Great Academy, Lafayette	LA	72	kills	31	2.32
2	Kynnedi Jones	—	Jr.	Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School, Lake Charles	LA	64	kills	27	2.37
3	Elizabeth Cox	—	So.	Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School, Lake Charles	LA	63	kills	27	2.33
4	Savannah Poole	—	Jr.	Midstate Homeschool, Alexandria	LA	62	kills	27	2.30
5	Camille Hooks	—	Sr.	Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School, Lake Charles	LA	51	kills	24	2.13
1	Chloe McIntosh	MH/OH	Sr.	Walton-Verona, Walton	KY	26	aces	24	1.08
2	Reese Brassell	S	Sr.	Muhlenberg County, Greenville	KY	25	aces	31	0.81
3	Kylie Kinner	OH/MH	Sr.	Paintsville	KY	24	aces	19	1.26
4	Raelan Back	S	So.	Breathitt County, Jackson	KY	23	aces	24	0.96
5	Morgan Higgins	L	Sr.	Muhlenberg County, Greenville	KY	22	aces	31	0.71
1	Ayla Sayd	OH	Sr.	George C. Marshall, Falls Church	VA	73	kills	16	4.56
2	Adrianna Biggs	OH	Jr.	Fredericksburg Victory, Fredericksburg	VA	73	kills	24	3.04
3	Kirbie Edwards	OH	So.	Isle of Wight Academy, Isle of Wight	VA	68	kills	21	3.24
4	Kierra Rhoades	OH/L	Jr.	Fredericksburg Victory, Fredericksburg	VA	62	kills	24	2.58
5	Addisen Green	OH	Jr.	Roanoke Catholic, Roanoke	VA	50	kills	14	3.57
1	Eden Fields	DS	Sr.	Northside, Fort Smith	AR	85	digs	12	7.08
2	Wednesday Lobb	—	—	Cutter-Morning Star, Hot Springs National Park	AR	66	digs	26	2.54
3	Brenley Shoe	—	Jr.	Pocahontas	AR	64	digs	7	9.14
4	Madison Garner	—	—	Cutter-Morning Star, Hot Springs National Park	AR	61	digs	26	2.35
5	Addison Hadaway	L	So.	Greenwood	AR	60	digs	11	5.45

South Carolina: digs

Kayden Amos at Chapman has a 33-dig lead on her state and the best rate in it, and she has played 31 sets, more than almost anybody on this page. South Aiken Baptist has two of the top four, Willow Hunt and Eve Thomas, both in 32 sets, which is the largest workload in any of the five blocks.

Louisiana: kills

Three of the five leading attackers in Louisiana play at Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School in Lake Charles. Kynnedi Jones, Elizabeth Cox and Camille Hooks have 178 kills between them, and the top four names in the state are separated by ten kills, which is as tight as any board we have looked at this fall.

Anna Guidry at John Paul the Great Academy leads it, and Savannah Poole at fourth plays for Midstate Homeschool, one of two homeschool programmes inside the Louisiana top ten.

Kentucky: aces

Kylie Kinner at Paintsville has the best rate in the state at 1.26 and the fewest sets of anybody in the top five, at 19. Chloe McIntosh at Walton-Verona leads on volume with 26. Muhlenberg County has two, Reese Brassell at No. 2 and Morgan Higgins at No. 5, and both have played 31 sets — the pair are serving twelve sets more than the state's leader and still sit behind her.

Virginia: kills

Ayla Sayd at George C. Marshall and Adrianna Biggs at Fredericksburg Victory are tied at 73, and Sayd has played eight fewer sets, which puts her at 4.56 a set and comfortably the best rate in Virginia. Fredericksburg Victory has Biggs and Kierra Rhoades, second and fourth. Addisen Green at Roanoke Catholic has played fourteen sets, fewest in the block, and is at 3.57.

Arkansas: digs

Brenley Shoe at Pocahontas has 64 digs in seven sets. That is 9.14 a set, the highest rate on any of the five boards on this page, and she sits third on volume because her team has played two matches. Eden Fields at Fort Smith Northside is at 7.08 in twelve.

Cutter Morning Star has two of the top four in Wednesday Lobb and Madison Garner, both at 26 sets, which is more than double what the players around them have played. On rate they are eighth and ninth in their own state.

On the cusp

Kayden Amos (Chapman SC), Eden Fields (Northside AR), Kylie Kinner (Paintsville KY), Ayla Sayd (George C. Marshall VA), Brenley Shoe (Pocahontas AR).

The best per-set rate in each block. Between them they have played 85 sets — Kayden Amos alone has played 31 of those, and Brenley Shoe seven. Check back on all five in October, by which point four of them will have tripled their sample.

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*Stats as of Aug. 28, 2026.