Kaitlyn Hedrich, Lincoln-Way Central top Andrew
Kaitlyn Hedrich de Lincoln-Way Central knows his address for the next four years.
The Senior / Right striker sector is committed to GetTysburg, a program of Division III of the NCAA in Pennsylvania. And nowadays, she has adopted an unconventional approach to recruitment.
Hedrich was not satisfied with this level – she was looking for him.
“I contacted a lot of D-III schools because I wanted to go D-III,” said Hedrich. “My brother has recruited a few years before me and he went D-III.”
His brother, Tyler, played the butt at the university in Carthage. Kaitlyn loved the philosophy of division III, where athletes are not as asked rather than expectations in larger schools.
“I want to enjoy my university experience,” she said. “I want to study abroad. I want to be in a sorority. I just want to do everything I can and play volleyball too.
“This is obviously something that I like to do and I want to continue to do it for as long as possible.”
The 5-foot 9 inch Hedrich did as much as it could on the ground on Tuesday evening for the knights at a southwest suburban conference 25-19, 25-19, against the host Andrew in Tinley Park.
Hedrich, who wants to specialize in political science, has set up his strikers with regularity and has managed four striking attacks for Lincoln-Way Central (15-6, 1-2), three of which on discharges. She also played a difficult defense.
The second -year outdoor striker, Mya Donelly, added six striking attacks for the Knights, while Avery Vapetino came with five and Penny Smith collected four.
Kodi Campbell collected four significant attacks and three blocks and Avery Seams succeeded in four striking attacks for Andrew (10-10, 1-2), which even played for the first 30 points of the first match and dragged 16-13 in the second.
Lincoln-Way Central The coach Amy Bernhard, on the other hand, congratulated the capacity of the complete competition of Hedrich.
“She is quite intelligent and mixes the sets very well,” said Bernhard about Hedrich. “She plays in the front row, so that she can have a touch on the blocks and she is fine for us.”
Sometimes the setters will use the dumping ground as a means of crossing the defense, and from time to time, it even works. It worked three times against Thunderbolts.
Bernhard and Hedrich have agreed that she is based on this room maybe a little too much, but this is an option that Hedrich likes to use.
“I throw a lot and sometimes I can be a little too predictable,” she said. “I know that when I’m in the net, I can just say what is open, and if it’s open, I’m going a lot.
“It vibrates the other team and it’s an easy point.”
Donelly, who plays in his second year on Varsity, appreciates Hedrich and the other players welcoming him and showing him the strings. And Hedrich also gets the ball in Donelly.
“She is the best setter of all time,” said Donelly about Hedrich. “I really like the speed of our offense, and it gives me the best sets.”
Lincoln-Way Central had an interesting season, opening with a 2-3 file before obtaining a sequence of eight consecutive victories. But the knights have been 5-4 since then, including conference losses last week against the Lincoln-Way West and Lincoln-Way East district rivals.
Optimism, however, is always high that knights can finish hard.
“We have a lot of potential,” said Donelly. “We have definitely dropped in the middle, but we came back.”
According to Hedrich, it was better everywhere in the whole painting for knights.
“Since the pre-season, we have improved a lot,” she said. “We have improved with our strikes and our passes – everything. Our blockage has improved so much. Everyone wants it.
“We played well against East, and West was not the best match, but I hope we see them again.”
Jeff Vorva is an independent journalist for the Daily Southtown.
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