A first .500 season

Natalie Kitts hits at Tompkins in Katy, and she is at .525 on 145 kills and 240 attempts across 46 sets. That is the first time anybody has been over .500 on this board this fall. She was not on it at all yesterday.

Alyce Norton at Coahulla Creek is second at .494, and her case is still the one to weigh most carefully, because she has swung 397 times to Kitts's 240. Carson Caraway at Jackson Academy is third at .484 on the largest volume on the page, 283 kills and 475 swings. Ashlynn Proctor at Coronado is fourth at .463 and also new to the board.

Figures are through Friday, August 28,

The national hitting percentage board

Rank	Athlete	Pos	Class	High school	State	Hitting %	Kills	Attempts	Sets	VBR
1	Natalie Kitts	MB/RS	Sr.	Tompkins, Katy	TX	.525	145	240	46	—
2	Alyce Norton	OH	Sr.	Coahulla Creek, Dalton	GA	.494	254	397	46	—
3	Carson Caraway	OH	Sr.	Jackson Academy, Jackson	MS	.484	283	475	56	4-star
4	Ashlynn Proctor	OH	Jr.	Coronado	CA	.463	192	335	31	—
5	Emerson Dorr	OH	Sr.	Madison Ridgeland Academy, Madison	MS	.461	305	536	51	3-star
6	Amelia Albright	S	Sr.	Georgetown	TX	.459	155	266	61	—
7	Sara Cleveland	MB	Jr.	San Antonio Christian, San Antonio	TX	.458	195	369	48	—
8	MC Crutcher	OH	So.	Mansfield	TX	.456	286	513	40	—
9	Kimora Hogains	OH/OPP	Sr.	Saugus	CA	.456	133	250	29	—
10	Tori Robinson	OH/MB	Jr.	Veterans, Kathleen	GA	.453	173	316	44	—
11	Jade Howard	MH	Sr.	Hebron Christian, Dacula	GA	.452	145	259	39	—
12	Taytum Robert	MB	Sr.	San Antonio Christian, San Antonio	TX	.452	128	248	48	—
13	Tynleigh Hinton	MH/MB/OH	Sr.	Faith Christian, Rocky Mount	NC	.445	154	256	30	—
14	Brooklyn De La Garza	MB	Sr.	Rio Vista	TX	.444	139	270	29	—
15	Maddie R. Sanders	MB	Jr.	Ashville	AL	.439	128	228	28	—
16	Jordan Flodder	RS	Sr.	Van	TX	.437	207	405	44	—
17	Rachel Bonde	MB	Jr.	Trinity Lutheran, Seymour	IN	.436	130	241	35	—
18	Willtrace Ngoh	MB	Sr.	Seven Lakes, Katy	TX	.433	128	233	39	—
19	Asia Udo-Ema	OH	Sr.	Centennial, Corona	CA	.430	115	237	26	—
21	Audrey Utterback	OH/DS	Jr.	Plainfield	IN	.425	194	386	32	—
22	Lylah Menefee	OPP/OH	Sr.	Presbyterian Christian, Hattiesburg	MS	.419	139	265	30	—
23	Carolina Elizondo	OPP/MB	Sr.	Alexander, Laredo	TX	.419	117	234	42	—
24	Elly Randolph	OH	Sr.	Reagan, Pfafftown	NC	.418	211	428	33	4-star
25	Ellie Stephens	OH/MH	Sr.	North Summit, Coalville	UT	.410	188	402	30	—

Why the ranks skip 20

MaxPreps returns Brooklyn De La Garza twice on this board, at .444 on 270 attempts and again at .428 on 428 attempts. We have printed the .444 line only and left MaxPreps' own rank numbers alone, which is why the list runs 1 to 19 and then 21 to 25 with nothing at 20.

That is deliberate. Renumbering a board after removing a duplicate quietly promotes everybody below it, and then no reader can check the list against the source it came from.

Katy has two

Kitts is the second hitter from Katy on this board. Willtrace Ngoh at Seven Lakes is 18th at .433 on 233 attempts, and the two schools are a short drive apart.

San Antonio Christian has two more

Sara Cleveland at seventh and Taytum Robert at 12th, .458 and .452, both under 400 attempts, both having added seven sets since Thursday. Cleveland put up 25 kills across that stretch and Robert 19, which puts both of them on this morning's movement board as well.

Utah, which has no name in the national top twenty

Annie Cronauer at Wasatch leads her state at .504 on 67 kills and 113 attempts, ahead of Alisi Tapaatoutai at Woods Cross at .439 and Ellie Stephens at North Summit at .410. Cronauer is a junior middle who also leads Wasatch in kills, in kills per set, and is tied for the team lead in blocks. Wasatch is 5-2.

Only Stephens has the volume to reach the national board, and she sits 25th on it. The state's best rate is not on the page at all, which is a volume problem rather than a hitting problem.

On the cusp

Asia Udo-ema (Centennial CA), Kimora Hogains (Saugus CA), Tynleigh Hinton (Faith Christian NC), Ashlynn Proctor (Coronado CA), Brooklyn De La Garza (Rio Vista TX).

Five hitters on 335 attempts or fewer, three of them Californian, in a state whose season is barely two weeks old. Every one of these percentages is going to be tested by another two hundred swings before October.

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*Stats as of Aug. 28, 2026.