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A freshman who makes varsity in a state that started in August has had three weeks to prove she belongs. A freshman who makes varsity in Michigan or Minnesota or upstate New York has had less than that, because those seasons only just began. The 16 below did it anyway, and four of them are running their team's offense outright.

Below, 16 freshmen producing for their respective high schools.

Brielle Eveland S Lowell MI

Eveland has 341 assists, the most of any player in Michigan regardless of class. Lowell is 8-8 and the next Red Arrow has 32 assists. A freshman who has run every rotation of a 16 match season is the most unusual line in this piece by some distance.

Alexa Apostolovski MB Utica MI

Utica is 15-8 and has played 23 matches. Apostolovski leads the Chieftains in blocks with 35 and is third in hitting percentage at .256. First on her team in blocking, in her first season, against a senior middle with 32.

Brooklyn Barriger DS/OH Lowell MI

The other Lowell freshman, second on the roster in digs with 88 and second in receptions with 189.

Lizzy Grove S/RS Heritage Academy MD

Heritage Academy is 4-1 and 4-0 in its conference and ranked fourth in Maryland. Grove leads the Eagles in assists with 117 and in aces with 13 at 0.9 per set, and she is third in blocks with six. Three categories on a ranked team.

Morgan Volpe S Perkiomen Valley PA

73 assists, 33 digs and 12 aces, splitting the setting with a sophomore at 76. Two setters, one of them a freshman, and 3 assists between them.

Kyli Kessler S Shenendehowa NY

Shenendehowa is 7-1 and ranked fourth in New York. Kessler has 73 assists, first on that roster ahead of a junior.

Brina Jacobson OH/S Chautauqua Lake NY

Chautauqua Lake is 7-3 and ranked sixth in New York. Jacobson leads the Eagles in digs with 48 and in aces with 13 at 0.9 per set, and she is second in kills with 36. Three categories on a ranked team.

Avrie Knorn OH Chippewa Falls WI

Chippewa Falls is 12-4 and ranked 17th in Wisconsin. Knorn has 60 kills, second on the roster, plus a team leading 135 receptions and 61 digs, second on the team.

Addie Hobler S/OPP Kimberly WI

Kimberly is 12-2 and ranked seventh in Wisconsin. Hobler has 58 assists, second on that roster.

Madelyn Bryan DS/L Cretin-Derham Hall MN

Cretin-Derham Hall is 8-0. Bryan is third on the roster in digs with 49 and second in receptions with 85.

Summer Kinder S Cretin-Derham Hall MN

The other freshman on that undefeated roster, second in assists with 24 and second in aces with 15.

Sai Herndon-Brown OH Bullis MD

Herndon-Brown leads the Bulldogs in kills with 25 at 3.1 per set, in digs with 21 and in receptions with 30. Three categories, first in all three, on a 2-0 team two matches into its season.

Gabby Scott MH St. John's College DC

Scott is second on her roster in hitting percentage at .286 and tied first in blocks with five, with 10 kills.

Finley Ferguson OPP/RS/OH Glenelg Country MD

Ferguson leads her team in hitting percentage at .333 and is second in kills with 29, second in digs with 23 and second in aces.

Maddie Gale OH/S Fort Defiance VA

Fort Defiance is 7-0. Gale is third on that undefeated roster in blocks with 10.

Molly Holiday MH Nativity BVM PA

Holiday is second on her roster in kills with 28, second in hitting percentage at .238 and second in blocks with eight.

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