Last Updated: 9/26/10

In our random site surfing on a Sunday evening, we just discovered that Abby Padlock (Kenosha Tremper '09) is playing for Missouri State and averaging 3.96 digs per set. We've added this key player on the 2008 Division 1 state champions to our master list of 2009 women's recruits. Better late than never.

Elizabeth Egerer (Sheboygan Christian '09) and Julie Kolinske (Catholic Memorial '10) Added to UW-Milwaukee Projected Roster

This link plus this link led to this update. Congratulations to both fine student-athletes and thanks to everyone who left comments we were unable to publish until we had online confirmation. We really do appreciate the heads up.

Kettle Moraine Lutheran's Mary Groth Signs with Southwest Minnesota State

We learned about this one when we were over at the West Bend Power site as well: Kettle Moraine Lutheran's Mary Groth will play for the Division II Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs. Mary is a fine middle who helped KML win the 2007 WIAA D2 state championship. We've added her to our master list of 2009 women's recruits. Congrats.

UW-Oshkosh Men's Volleyball Adds Two

We'll have time this holiday weekend to catch up on various national club tournaments. While you're waiting for us to get around to getting around to it, however, please read up on two 09s who will be part of UW-Oshkosh men's volleyball in the upcoming 2010 season:

• Bob Hall (Appleton West '09) is an all-state honorable mention setter who was the MVP for the Terrors last season
• Marcus Taylor (York, Illinois) is a libero who played most recently at the College of DuPage in Illinois

We've added Bob to our master list of men's 2009 recruits. Congrats to both.

Mosinee's Haley Oelke Will Play at UW-Green Bay

According to the UW-Green Bay volleyball site, Haley Oelke of Mosinee will join the Phoenix this fall. She's a two-time all-conference honoree in the Great Northern conference. We've added her to our master list of 2009 recruits, as well as to our UW-Green Bay projected roster link. Congratulations.

Thank You, MiddleHitter.com and Congrats to Four Student-Athletes

On the men's side, we don't think anyone does a better job of staying on top of verbals than MiddleHitter.com. We just ran through their list of 2009 commitments and updated our master list of 2009 men's recruits with the following student-athletes:

• Jack Geary of Milwaukee Marquette will play volleyball at MSOE (NCAA Divison III)
• Tomas Goldsmith of Kenosha Tremper will play volleyball at Rutgers (NCAA Divsion I)
• Alex Harbour of Middleton will play volleyball at MSOE (NCAA Divison III)
• Alex Whittle of Whitefish Bay will play volleyball at Lindenwood (NAIA)

Congrats to all of the above.

Two Releases and That's It for Today

Marquette volleyball issued a press release for its latest three recruits. Welcome to Wisconsin, Shelly and Kelsey. Glad you're staying, Ellie.

Wisconsin volleyball issued a press release regarding the track exploits of Alexis Mitchell, one of its 2009 recruits (as an aside, one of the Badgers' 2011 recruits, Ellen Chapman, won the Illinois state high jump title as a sophomore with a jump of 5' 8").

OK, back to the sunshine. See ya tomorrow.

Fort Collins, Wisconsin?

We recently updated our master list of 2009 women's recruits with Colorado State's official press release for Michelle Smith (Burlington Catholic Central '09). This led inevitably to a review of the Rams' 2009 roster and that's when it hit us: Colorado State has no fewer than three Wisconsinites listed as freshmen:

• Megan Plourde (Somerset '08)
• Lisa Parlich (Delavan-Darien '09)
• Michelle Smith (Burlington Catholic Central '09)

Looks like we're gonna be spending the next four years keeping a close eye on the happenings in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Let's All Say It Together: YU lee a mi CULL sen

That's apparently how one would pronounce Julie Mikaelsen, the new 6'2" right side for the Badgers volleyball team (and current member of the Norwegian junior national team). We'll add her to our projected rosters link some time tonight.  Someone over at VolleyTalk was also able to dig up this video of the apparently very hard-to-dig Mikaelsen. Let's all welcome her to the best state in the union.

Riverdale's Alex Wiederholt Verbals to Akron

Anyone smart enough to visit the Wisconsin PoWer sites on a regular basis has known about this for about a week, but Riverdale's Alexandra Wiederholt has verbaled to the University of Akron Zips, where she'll join fellow PoWer Sauk athlete, Morgan Kuhn (Dodgeland '09). We've added Alex to our master list of 2009 recruits. Congrats.

2008 Boys Player of the Year Alex Becherer to MIT

According to JSOnline.com, Alex Becherer (Milwaukee Marquette) will play volleyball at MIT in the fall. Besides being player of the year, Alex had 48 kills during the 2008 state tournament to help lead Milwaukee Marquette to the title. We've added him to our master list of 2009 men's recruits. Congrats.

Illinois Prep Shelly Mueller Verbals to Marquette

We're trying to track down confirmations for several recent verbals--and slowly but surely it's happening. Our most recent find: According to the Rolling Thunder site, Shelly Mueller, a 5'10" setter,  has verbaled to the Marquette Golden Eagles. We've added her to our Marquette projected rosters list. Congrats.

Kenosha Tremper's Tricia Tirabassi to West Florida

According to the Wisconsin Juniors site, Kenosha Tremper's Tricia Tirabassi will play for the University of West Florida this fall. She recorded 58 assists to help the Trojans win the 2008 Division 1 title. Also, as reported a few weeks back, Amanda Spaay, Tricia's teammate on Wisconsin Juniors 18-1, will attend the same school. We've added Tricia to our 2009 master list of women's recruits. Congrats. 

Wausau East's Ellie Hovda Verbals to Marquette

Betcha thought we were through with recruiting news. Not so fast. We just found this article (and another) to confirm that Wausau East's Ellie Hovda has indeed verbaled to Marquette. We've added her to our Marquette projected roster post, as well as to our master list of 2009 state recruits. Congrats.

Marquette Volleyball Adds Californian Kelsey Warner

That's right, another recruiting update. The free side of PrepVolleyball.com is sharing that defensive specialist Kelsey Warner will become a Golden Eagle in the fall. We've added her to our Marquette projected roster post. This may or may not do it on the recruiting news for the night. We're still looking for some online links to confirm a few more. Congrats, Kelsey.

Domenic Judkins' UW-Oshkosh Press Release Online

The Kaukauna Galloping Ghost was named Appleton Post-Crescent Player of the Year in 2008. And he'll play volleyball for the UW-Oshkosh Titans starting in the fall of 2009. We had already added Domenic to our master list of 2009 men's volleyball recruits about a month ago, but we've since updated it with the recently posted UW-Oshkosh press release. Congrats again.

Lauren Radix of Wisconsin Heights Signs with Truman State

Lauren Radix of 2008 Division 3 state champion Wisconsin Heights and Wisconsin Select 18-1 will continue her volleyball career in the fall at Truman State. Wisconsinites on the 2008 Truman roster include Natassia Hegyi (Waunakee) and Allison Barker (Racine Lutheran). We've added Lauren to our master list of 2009 recruits. Congrats.

UW-Parkside Release for Tremper's Rebecca Kelly and Pius XI's Caroline Langer Now Online

Both already appear on our master list of 2009 recruits, but now we'll link to the official press release. And here's a Kenosha News story about Rebecca Kelly's signing. Congrats again to both.

A Few Words About a Few Class of 2009 Recruits

We're trying to catch up on some recruiting news and here's what we've got at the moment:

• The DePaul press release for Rachel Aumann (Racine Lutheran) is now online. There's also a nice article in the Racine Journal Times
• According to the Wisconsin Juniors site, Michelle Smith (Burlington Catholic Central) will attend Division I Colorado State in the fall
• The Wisconsin Juniors site also passes along the information that Amanda Spaay (Kenosha Tremper) will be playing volleyball at Division II West Florida

All three are listed on our master list of 2009 recruits. Congrats, congrats and congrats.

Pius XI's Caroline Langer to Play at UW-Parkside

According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Pius XI's Caroline Langer will be playing volleyball at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in the fall. She's played in the last four state tournaments, contributing significantly for the Lady Popes during her freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons. We've added her to our master list of 2009 women's recruits. Congrats.