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I’ve been trying to find some info on new setter Josie Vondran. Specifically, she appears to be a pretty good athlete and thus I’m a little surprised she was available so late in the recruiting cycle. I thought she might have changed her mind on an earlier verbal commitment, but I could not find anything. Here are a couple things I did find.
She played very well this past spring during club season. She was one of six players featured as having an outstanding first day in a club tournament in Louisville by prepvolleyball. She was featured in the article’s picture and the write up stated she had solid placement with her sets but really caught everyone’s eye with an outstanding attack. She is a left-handed setter and they have an advantage in the quick second-touch attack because a setter is lined up to set with their left hand/shoulder away from the net so they can swing hard and fast in a quick attack instead of setting on the second touch. A right-handed setter either has to twist her whole body into position to get a full swing attack or she can twist her right wrist in a wrist-snap attack that relies on finding a hole on the floor or back corner of the court to score more than a power attack.
Josie has a younger sister Clara who played club age 13 this past year. She is already 5’8”. Josie is 6’.
Josie’s mom Tracy played at tOSU from 1989-1992. I couldn’t find what position she played. But they won 2 conference championships and she played in a Final Four in 1991. That’s impressive. Tracy has coached volleyball at the junior high, high school and club levels.
We have several players who have moms that coach. Usually those players have a high volleyball IQs.
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