Texas Volleyball Recruiting Class Named No. 2 in the Nation
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Volleyball will welcome the nation's second-ranked recruiting class in 2015, according to PrepVolleyball.com.
The Longhorns are bringing in five freshmen in Lauren Beard, Yasmeen Bedart-Ghani, Natalie Gilbert, Morgan Johnson and Micaya White.
It marks Texas' eighth top-two class since 2002 and the highest since 2012 (also a No. 2 class).
The rankings are based on a network of more than 120 college coaches representing every major conference. The voting is based on both size and strength of the class and the impact on the program. The classes consists only of players making their initial appearance in a four-year program. (Continue reading below...)
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Top 20 Recruiting Classes (prepvolleyball.com)
- Illinois
- TEXAS
- Wisconsin
- Oregon
- Nebraska
- Stanford
- Purdue
- Iowa State
- California-Berkeley
- Kentucky
- Creighton
- USC
- Ohio State
- Arizona
- Michigan
- Louisville
- Baylor
- UC Santa Barbara
- BYU
- Arizona State
- Washington State
- Pepperdine
- Minnesota
- Hawaii
- Northwestern
- Cincinnati
- Duke
- UCLA
- Georgetown
- Virginia
Texas' Recruiting Class History since 2002
2003
Signees: Jen Andrew, Jessica Curtis and Brandy Magee
Rank: No. 2
Accolades: NCAA Regional Semifinalist in 2004
NCAA Second Round in 2005
NCAA Regional Semifinalist in 2006
Magee was All-American in 2005
2004
Signees: Jen Christian, Alyson Jennings, Sarah Holloway, Michelle Moriarty
Rank: No. 13
Accolades: NCAA Regional Semifinalist in 2004
NCAA Second Round in 2005
NCAA Regional Semifinalist in 2006
NCAA Regional Finalist in 2007
Moriarty was three-time All-American in 2005, 2006 and 2007
2005
Signees: Ruth Ann Feist, Lauren Paolini
Rank: No. 18
Accolades: NCAA Second Round in 2005
NCAA Regional Semifinalist in 2006
NCAA Regional Finalist in 2007
NCAA Semifinalist in 2008
Paolini was two-time All-American in 2007 and 2008
2006
Signees: Ashley Engle, Destinee Hooker, Heather Kisner
Rank: No. 2
Accolades: NCAA Regional Semifinalist in 2006
NCAA Regional Finalist in 2007
NCAA Semifinalist in 2008
NCAA Finalist in 2009
Engle was three-time All-American in 2006, 2008 and 2009
Hooker was four-time All-American in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
2007
Signees: Jen Doris, Juliann Faucette, Elizabeth Graham, Chelsey Klein, Alex Lewis
Rank: No. 2
Accolades: NCAA Regional Finalist in 2007
NCAA Semifinalist in 2008
NCAA Finalist in 2009
NCAA Semifinalist in 2010
Faucette was three-time All-American in 2007, 2009 and 2010
2008
Signees: Rachael Adams, Clayton Crum, Michelle Kocher, Amber Roberson, Sydney Yogi
Rank: No. 2
Accolades: NCAA Semifinalist in 2008
NCAA Finalist in 2009
NCAA Semifinalist in 2010
NCAA Regional Finalist in 2011
Adams was two-time All-American in 2010 and 2011
2009
Signees: Cristina Arenas, Sha'Dare McNeal, Bailey Webster
Rank: No. 5
Accolades: NCAA Finalist in 2009
NCAA Semifinalist in 2010
NCAA Regional Finalist in 2011
NCAA Champion in 2012
McNeal was All-American in 2012
Webster was three-time All-American in 2011, 2012 and 2013
2010
Signees: Hannah Allison, Ashley Bannister, Haley Cameron, Julie Olschwanger, Sarah Palmer
Rank: No. 5
Accolades: NCAA Semifinalist in 2010
NCAA Regional Finalist in 2011
NCAA Champion in 2012
NCAA Semifinalist in 2013
Allison was All-American in 2013
2011
Signees: Khat Bell, Haley Eckerman
Rank: No. 1
Accolades: NCAA Regional Finalist in 2011
NCAA Champion in 2012
NCAA Semifinalist in 2013
Bell was three-time All-American in 2012, 2013, 2014
Eckerman was four-time All-American in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014
2012
Signees: Kat Brooks, Nicole Dalton, Sara Hattis, Molly McCage, Amy Neal
Rank: No. 2
Accolades: NCAA Champion in 2012
NCAA Semifinalist in 2013
McCage is All-American in 2013
2013
Signees: Chloe Collins, Chiaka Ogbogu
Rank: No. 5
Accolades: NCAA Semifinalist in 2013
Ogbogu is All-American in 2013
2014
Signees: Mirta Baselovic, Cat McCoy
Rank: N/A
Accolades: NCAA Semifinalist in 2014
2015
Signees: Micaya White, Morgan Johnson, Yaazie Bedart-Ghani, Lauren Beard, Natalie Gilbert
