Sophomore year is where the recruiting calendar starts to press. A player who was a nice freshman in a small role last fall is now a full time starter with a full season of numbers behind her, and college coaches are watching the second year much harder than anybody outside the gym realizes. Recently we ran the seniors, the juniors and the freshmen. The Class of 2029 is the one still owed a piece.

Below, 22 sophomores producing for their respective high schools.

MC Crutcher OH Mansfield TX

Mansfield is 23-3 and every one of the ten categories the school publishes is led by a sophomore, with Crutcher holding seven of them. She has 309 kills at a .452 clip, which is a middle's efficiency on an outside hitter's workload, and she also leads the Tigers in digs with 184 and in aces with 22.

Sutton Breck Tessier S/RS Lake Creek TX

Tessier has 719 assists, the largest single count in any category in any class we have come across this season. Lake Creek is 24-8 and has played 78 sets, more than almost anybody, and she has been on the floor for essentially all of them, with 212 digs and 31 blocks of her own.

Ashley Ruschill L McKinney Boyd TX

Ruschill has 483 digs at 8.9 per set, the best rate of any player in the country above 400 digs, with 199 receptions and 23 aces for a 16-5 team. The next Bronco has 296.

Aviana Mack MB Glenn TX

72 total blocks with 113 kills at a .328 clip. The next Grizzly has 22 blocks.

Lylah Lopez-Castillo S McAllen Memorial TX

578 assists for a 20-7 team, plus 250 digs and a team high 36 blocks. A setter leading her program in blocking is an unusual.

Lily Seabolt S/RS North Forsyth GA

North Forsyth is 17-2, sixth in Georgia and 78th nationally, and Seabolt leads the Raiders in assists with 357, in hitting percentage at .314 and in aces with 25. The next North Forsyth player has 51 assists. A setter topping her own team's efficiency chart on a nationally ranked roster is the best sophomore line in Georgia.

Jaci Stull OH/S Montgomery TX

453 assists, 215 digs and 143 kills for a 24-6 team. She is listed at two positions because she plays them both.

Evangeline Gutierrez S/RS/OH Brookstone GA

Gutierrez has 368 assists for a 13-3 team ranked 23rd in Georgia, and she is third on the roster in digs with 65. The next Cougar has 16 assists.

Harper Harbuck S Aledo TX

399 assists and a team high 37 aces, with 180 digs, for a 19-6 team.

Louisa Ertischek L/DS Lake Creek TX

354 digs for a 24-8 team, with 34 assists out of the back row.

Zoe Miller OH/L Hebron TX

317 digs at 4.7 per set and a team high 295 receptions, plus 90 assists, for a 21-6 team.

Gabby Fiori S McKinney Boyd TX

346 assists and 16 aces for a 16-5 team.

Kristen Bailey MB Brandon MS

Bailey leads Brandon in blocks with 47 and in hitting percentage at .416, second in kills with 131. She hits more than a hundred points above anyone else on her roster.

Kloe Stringer MH West Marion MS

65 blocks, 26 clear of the next Trojan, plus a team high 31 aces.

Peyton Wray OH Ingomar MS

Wray leads the Falcons in kills with 210 at 4.4 per set and in receptions with 208, and she is second in blocks with 26 and third in digs. Ingomar is 12-5 and first in its district. The next Falcon has 70 kills.

Tatum Evans OH Newton County MS

230 kills, 178 digs and a .222 clip for a 17-3 team.

Journie Evans MB Hebron TX

54 blocks for a 21-6 team.

Macurdy Harden OH Milton GA

Harden is second on an 18-3 team ranked 48th nationally in kills with 102, in digs per set at 2.7 and in receptions with 185. She is one of only three sophomores on a roster where nine of fourteen players are freshmen.

Alivia Moore L Booneville MS

Moore leads a 14-6 team that is 2-0 in its district in digs with 162, in digs per set at 3.2 and in receptions with 293.

Lauren Tennison OH Booneville MS

Second on the same roster in kills with 95, in digs with 119 and in receptions with 242, and second in aces with 31.

Ella Kate Lamb S Loganville GA

155 assists and 102 digs, second on the roster in both, plus the second best ace rate on a 16-14 team.

Lyla Jane Craft L/DS North Forsyth GA

Craft leads a 17-2 team ranked sixth in Georgia and 78th nationally in digs with 127 and in digs per set at 3.1, with 141 receptions and 51 assists.

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