{"id":9436,"date":"2016-02-16T04:30:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T10:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/?p=9436"},"modified":"2016-03-05T09:31:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T15:31:11","slug":"nsr-volleyball-prospect-sami-meyer-commits-to-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/nsr-volleyball-prospect-sami-meyer-commits-to-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"NSR volleyball prospect Sami Meyer commits to Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meyer’s power as an outside hitter made her a formidable Division I prospect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In women’s volleyball there is one important benchmark for determining the competitive level of a front-row prospect — her approach touch.<\/p>\n

National Scouting Report prospect Sami Meyer<\/a>‘s approach is 9 feet 10. \u00a0That means she can stand still, take two steps and come within two inches of touching a basketball goal. \u00a0Yes, that is 2 1\/2 feet over a regulation volleyball net.<\/p>\n

Meyer’s exceptional vertical jump raises eyebrows because most players who can touch 9-10 or higher\u00a0measure at least 6-0 tall. \u00a0Meyer is 5-10, which makes her leaping ability even more impressive.<\/p>\n

Apparently, University of Idaho<\/a> head volleyball coach, Debbie Buchana<\/a>n, was impressed enough to offer the 2016 prospect an invited walk-on roster spot during a recent unofficial visit to the Big Sky Conference member. \u00a0Meyer, who did not sign during the NCAA early signing period in November, accepted on the spot.<\/p>\n

A senior at West Valley High School in Yakima, Wash., Meyer has not had everything handed to her. In her junior year, arguably the most important for an aspiring college prospect, she suffered a broken foot. \u00a0Yet she remained undaunted in her ultimate objective — to be recruited.<\/p>\n

“The injury did anything but stop me from achieving my goals as I\u2019ve come back much stronger mentally and physically,” she proudly proclaimed.<\/p>\n

Meyer’s\u00a0high school coach,\u00a0Katie Hinckley, views her as an essential part of her team — both as a key player and leader.<\/p>\n

“Sami is an all around talented volleyball player,” Hinckley said. “She was my captain this year, and has been my outside hitter for the last three years. She is a huge offensive threat in the front row, and an amazing defensive player in the back row. \u00a0Sami has a natural ability to lead the team. \u00a0She has a huge presence about her. She is also a very hard worker on and off the court and is not only a physically talented volleyball player she is a smart player. She very rarely makes mental mistakes and is always aware of what’s going on with the other team. She can figure out their weakness in defense and offense really quick. \u00a0Sami is definitely one of my best all-around players that I have had.”<\/p>\n

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Meyer (front left) cites her family and friends as her most important inspirations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NSR scout Kari Chavez, who discovered her, was equally impressed.<\/p>\n

“Sami is one of the most physical volleyball players I’ve seen in a long time,” Chavez said. “She has a frame that is every coach’s dream. She is very explosive on her approach and gets out far to take it. \u00a0She sees the block very well and swings with not only her arms but uses her core strength for power as well. \u00a0Sami also plays phenomenal defense. \u00a0She is able to read the hitters and is able to cover a lot of ground to get balls up. \u00a0She also has a great back row attack out of the middle back. \u00a0This athlete is so determined, coachable, competitive, hard working, and always striving to get better.”<\/p>\n

Meyer also is a standout student. \u00a0Her 3.7 GPA put her in an enviable recruiting position.\u00a0 As a junior, she added the 2015 academic honor for “Athlete in Literature.”<\/p>\n

The importance of strong grades is not lost on Meyer.<\/p>\n

“I approach volleyball and school with my best effort day in and day out,” she said. “My strong work ethic will help me to continue doing well in school while performing at my best in volleyball. This year, my goal is to raise my GPA above a 3.7 while taking AP and CHS courses. I pride myself on putting 100-percent effort into all of my schoolwork, and coming to school every day on time.”<\/p>\n

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In women’s volleyball there is one important benchmark for determining the competitive level of a front-row prospect — her approach touch. National Scouting Report prospect Sami Meyer‘s approach is 9 feet 10. \u00a0That means she can stand still, take two steps and come within two inches of touching a basketball goal. \u00a0Yes, that is 2 … 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":[31,320,502,222,499,500,501],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9436"}],"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=9436"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9711,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9436\/revisions\/9711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}