Where is she ranked there?
*** 2028 Recruiting Thread ***
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Ag4eva95 said:
Where is she ranked there?
17
I knew if I closed my eyes for a second I'd miss a commitment! BUT WELCOME MAIJA MORTENSEN!
She's a 6'4 Middle Blocker from Draper, Utah where she attends Corner Canyon High School and plays club for South County. She was recently selected as a member of the USA U17 National Team. Only one of 14, and only one of three middles selected to represent the US in Chile. She's a multi year member of the United States Youth Development Team. She led her team to a state championship and she was first team all state as a sophomore.
She's ranked 14th on Volleyball Adrenaline, 17th on Prepdig. Her aggregate must be down because one site has her really low.
She has elite size and an elite swing that's almost unstoppable at the net. She's a terror for opposing hitters when she's on defense. Her reach and vertical make it nearly impossible to hit over. She's a true game changer at the net. Her potential is through the roof and there's a reason she's making youth national teams and that her stock continues to rise.
With her size and athleticism this early on in her career, it's no doubt she will become an elite all American level type middle blocker here at Texas A&M. This is a huge pick up. Her older sister plays and starts for BYU and she was a lock to Wisconsin according to their fans. Wisconsin is known for going after and landing elite taller middles. Her mom Nina was an all American middle blocker at BYU and is in the BYU Athletics Hall of Fame. The fact that we took her away from those two programs says a lot. When she steps foot on campus as a freshman, middles Kaia Castle and Eliza Sharp will be on their final year of eligibility so she will get to learn from some great people and players as well as flourish under our staff. It's a big signing for Aggie Volleyball.
After our strong recruiting class in 2027 which features two top ten players. This 2028 class will be special as well. We showed the volleyball world what we're made of as we hoisted that trophy in Kansas City, this recruiting shows we're here to stay… get used to the maroon and white volleyball world
She's a 6'4 Middle Blocker from Draper, Utah where she attends Corner Canyon High School and plays club for South County. She was recently selected as a member of the USA U17 National Team. Only one of 14, and only one of three middles selected to represent the US in Chile. She's a multi year member of the United States Youth Development Team. She led her team to a state championship and she was first team all state as a sophomore.
She's ranked 14th on Volleyball Adrenaline, 17th on Prepdig. Her aggregate must be down because one site has her really low.
She has elite size and an elite swing that's almost unstoppable at the net. She's a terror for opposing hitters when she's on defense. Her reach and vertical make it nearly impossible to hit over. She's a true game changer at the net. Her potential is through the roof and there's a reason she's making youth national teams and that her stock continues to rise.
With her size and athleticism this early on in her career, it's no doubt she will become an elite all American level type middle blocker here at Texas A&M. This is a huge pick up. Her older sister plays and starts for BYU and she was a lock to Wisconsin according to their fans. Wisconsin is known for going after and landing elite taller middles. Her mom Nina was an all American middle blocker at BYU and is in the BYU Athletics Hall of Fame. The fact that we took her away from those two programs says a lot. When she steps foot on campus as a freshman, middles Kaia Castle and Eliza Sharp will be on their final year of eligibility so she will get to learn from some great people and players as well as flourish under our staff. It's a big signing for Aggie Volleyball.
After our strong recruiting class in 2027 which features two top ten players. This 2028 class will be special as well. We showed the volleyball world what we're made of as we hoisted that trophy in Kansas City, this recruiting shows we're here to stay… get used to the maroon and white volleyball world
Here's her YouTube channel showing some of her highlights
https://youtube.com/@maijamortensenvball?si=VUlLJohUOnbHIfIO
https://youtube.com/@maijamortensenvball?si=VUlLJohUOnbHIfIO
We got an elite middle, now let's see who the other two commitments will be
The Gig'em's were posted when I was out coaching track, Mortensen committed while I was asleep. The rest of the day I'm refreshing my phone waiting for Aggie Volleyball news. I guess we now know that when i'm off my phone today we'll get the next commitment, I'll sacrifice
One Maija down, one Maya to go
taylorswift13_ said:
We got an elite middle, now let's see who the other two commitments will be
Who are your guesses?
Gig ‘Em Baby!
Someone said Amari Frazier on volleytalk. That gives us two elite middles if true
Like someone said, we need another Maya
That would be interesting! It really shows the value Morrison has at the position. Going from Cos-Okpalla and Perkins who played for 3 years at the position, to a young group again this year who will get the chance to play for 3 years is awesome! Then going after two 5 star middles in the 2028 class would be enormous and a pattern!
Frazier is ranked higher than Mortensen
Frazier is ranked higher than Mortensen
Who's that, I'm not in the know of VB recruiting.
Gig ‘Em Baby!
If it is Frazier, that makes me wonder if we view one of our current middle commits as something other than a middle. Otherwise, we'd have a logjam at the position with 7 total middles on the roster in 2028.
I was referring to Maya Ogbogu, one site has her ranked first, and others have her top 5 or top ten. She's from Allen, Texas. And although only 5'10 or 5'11, she's one of the most powerful and athletic hitters in the country. She was on the U17 team last year for the Norceca cup and won MVP of the entire thing at 15 years old. Her cousin was an all American at tu and I think Nebraska and SMU are in the mix as well!
Here's some of her accomplishments
https://www.tavvolleyball.com/maya-ogbogu
Here's some of her accomplishments
https://www.tavvolleyball.com/maya-ogbogu
Here's a clip of Ogbogu nearly decapitating another player (prayers for her)
And here's another video on her, she simply deflates volleyballs
And here's another video on her, she simply deflates volleyballs
Her athleticism reminds me of Kyndal Stowers
Megan Hodges to Nebraska
Dang it
I assume that means Frazier and Ogbogu are the two unannounced, haven't heard much smoke regarding anyone else
Dang I thought we had Hodges...
In the composite rankings, Nebraska gets players ranked 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Tu gets players 1st, 7th, and 8th and they believe they're still in the hunt for Ogbogu.
They usually do this year after year, makes our national championship even sweeter. We won with 3 highly ranked recruits Kyndal Stowers, Megan Fitch, and Kirra Musgrove, and only one of those regularly seeing the floor. Lednicky and Cos-Okpalla were by some services not even top 100 recruits. We took down some elite blue bloods.
They usually do this year after year, makes our national championship even sweeter. We won with 3 highly ranked recruits Kyndal Stowers, Megan Fitch, and Kirra Musgrove, and only one of those regularly seeing the floor. Lednicky and Cos-Okpalla were by some services not even top 100 recruits. We took down some elite blue bloods.
Sade Bello is another recruit I think we have a chance at, she's listed at 5'9 but she can fly and has a lethal swing. She's 19th in the composite rankings. She camped with us this past week.
Lol Maya Ogbogu released a video that looked like a commitment video talking about her volleyball journey then it said she would be committing… soon
She teasing us all
She teasing us all
Not eating dinner, or anything for that matter till I see a commit
taylorswift13_ said:
Not eating dinner, or anything for that matter till I see a commit
I suggest you nibble at something before you go to bed tonight...
Starvation is the only way to manifest the commitment
I'll eat a glass of water
Starving for the future of Aggie Volleyball
A few are assuming Maya is going to A&M on volleytalk
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