VERMILLION, S.D. – South Dakota volleyball's incoming recruiting class earned high honorable mention from PrepVolleyball.com in its 2019 class rankings.
The mention, the first in program history, places the Coyotes' 2019 class among the top 100 in the nation. The 2019 class is comprised of five freshmen, outside hitters
Aimee Adams (Carroll, Iowa) and
Elizabeth Juhnke (Lakeville, Minnesota), middle blockers
Ally Grothusen (Bettendorf, Iowa) and
Madison Harms (Sergeant Bluff, Iowa) along with defensive specialist
Brooklyn Bollweg (Harrisburg, South Dakota).
Juhnke was an AVCA Under Armour All-America Honorable Mention and PrepVolleyball Senior Ace while Grothusen was also named to the PrepVolleyball Senior Ace list.
The group all had stellar high school careers, both individually and as part of successful teams. Juhnke, Harms and Bollweg were named to the AVCA Phenom List in 2017 while Juhnke, Adams and Bollweg all won state titles during their prep careers and Harms played in a state championship match.
The incoming class will join a 2019 South Dakota roster that includes a pair of transfers that enrolled in the spring in
Sami Slaughter (Nebraska) and
Maddie Wiedenfeld (New Hampshire) along with eight holdovers from the 2018 campaign (five sophomores and three seniors).
The 2018 campaign, one the best for the Coyotes, saw them earn the school's first-ever NCAA Division I tournament berth after winning the school's first-ever Summit League tournament title.
