{"id":8643,"date":"2015-12-14T04:30:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T10:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/?p=8643"},"modified":"2015-12-14T10:08:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T16:08:09","slug":"nsr-volleyball-prospect-an-indoor-outdoor-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/nsr-volleyball-prospect-an-indoor-outdoor-force\/","title":{"rendered":"NSR volleyball prospect an indoor-outdoor force"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cincinnati’s Gracie Garanich offers college coaches both athletic skills and solid academics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you talk to Gracie Garanich, you realize she is no ordinary high school student-athlete.<\/p>\n

Gracie’s maturity and sophistication in talking about her past, present and future in indoor and sand volleyball instantly catches your attention.\u00a0 The National Scouting Report prospect is quite articulate for a 16-year-old junior.\u00a0 Her words are insightful,\u00a0confident and reveal someone beyond her years.<\/p>\n

“I know for sure that I belong on a college volleyball court,” she exclaimed.\u00a0\u00a0“Since the early days of my volleyball career, I have been pushing myself to get better every day.\u00a0 I face challenges thrown my way, and use them to excel my game even further.\u00a0 An example of this is being an age waver.\u00a0 Because of my early birthday, I\u2019ve had to play with girls a year ahead of me, but still I\u2019m a versatile six rotation player for my Cincy Classics team.”<\/p>\n

In addition, Gracie carries an impressive 3.95 GPA at Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati, a four-year college-preparatory private girls\u2019 Catholic high school.\u00a0 In her NSR personal message to college coaches, Gracie speaks directly about her approach to her school work.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m extremely focused on my academics.\u00a0 I take rigorous honors and AP courses, and still maintain first honors.\u00a0 I am hoping to find a school that meets both my academic and athletic dreams,” she commented.<\/p>\n

A 5-foot-11 outside hitter, Gracie is equally impressive in indoor and sand volleyball.\u00a0 With an approach touch of 9-4, she is a formidable front-row player.<\/p>\n

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Garanich has become a force in sand volleyball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Gracie has a quick whip, great timing and is a versatile player able to swing as outside hitter, opposite or middle blocker,” Sheila Thiery, NSR’s area director for Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky, wrote in Gracie’s scouting report. “She has nice body awareness and control.\u00a0 She swings aggressively with confidence and has a heavy hand from the back row.\u00a0 Gracie posseses nice lateral movement and very\u00a0good ball control, which allow for all offensive options.\u00a0\u00a0 An all-out hustler on the ball, she doesn’t give up on errant passes.\u00a0 Gracie keeps her head in the game and\u00a0has positive energy and fire on the court.”<\/p>\n

Gracie’s positive\u00a0attitude has\u00a0influenced her game in a number of ways.<\/p>\n

“Volleyball has helped me on and off the court with my communication and leadership skills,” Gracie said. “I am known for my positive attitude and big smile, which I believe shows a lot on the court in my fiery personality.\u00a0 Even with a smile on my face, I am always determined to win and strive to be a great teammate and leader on the court.\u00a0 As my dad always tells me, ‘Winners want the ball.’ I always play with this in my mind.”<\/p>\n

Adding sand volleyball to her resume has made Gracie a multi-dimensional prospect.<\/p>\n

“Gracie is an accomplished\u00a0sand player, finishing in the Top 10 five times in national sand tournaments,” Thiery noted. “She finished Top 10 in the prestigious 18u Gulf Shores Sand Volleyball Tournament this past summer.\u00a0 She also competed in AAU and USA Sand Nationals.”<\/p>\n

It didn’t take Gracie long to get hooked on the outdoor sport.<\/p>\n

“My freshman year I decided to join the Ohio Valley Beach Sand Volleyball Academy for some additional training to enhance my indoor skill, but little did I know how much I was going to love the beach game,” she said. “Since then, I have competitively picked up sand volleyball and competed in tournaments in California, Florida, and a Top-10 finish in 18 open division at Gulf Shores. I can now picture myself in a college sand volleyball uniform, as well as an indoor one.”<\/p>\n

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When you talk to Gracie Garanich, you realize she is no ordinary high school student-athlete. Gracie’s maturity and sophistication in talking about her past, present and future in indoor and sand volleyball instantly catches your attention.\u00a0 The National Scouting Report prospect is quite articulate for a 16-year-old junior.\u00a0 Her words are insightful,\u00a0confident and reveal someone … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[31,396,393,222,394,239,395],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8643"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8737,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8643\/revisions\/8737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}