By james art 
Wolffortth – I didn’t need much to Hadley Welch to fall in love with volleyball. After all, it’s in her blood.
The daughter of a former position of Abilin Christian University, Welch received his first taste of sports from his mother Misty.
“I started when I was right in the backyard and my mother threw me a ball,” Welch said. “I just kept telling my mom,” Throw another. Throw another one. “
Welch was hooked. The Senior from France said he loves competitiveness and “just tries to be like my mother.”
It is more than on the way.
Welch signed the ACU Volleyball Program in November after all state season in Frensk. The external striker came out with a thunder to win the Player of the Year of Lubbock Avalanch-Journal.
Welch led the area of Lubbok with 531 strokes at .312 percent. She also scored 79 blocks and 50 aces. It was a region of 2-6A offensive player of the year and made the Texas Association of Girl Coaches.
“She’s very versatile with her swings,” said tiger coach Amy Mangum. “She can do a lot of things: hit the block, cut it, hit a line. She is very good at mixing the ball, not just (being) this child with a big turn. That makes her a much more threat, than a threat than many people.
Mysti was a threat herself. She made entirely the only star conference the first team of the first team three consecutive seasons, leading ACU in killings during everyone. This included the senior year of Misti of 473 killings with .233 percent of hitting.
Welch’s father, Dwayne, played a baseball in ACU, so she has been around Wildcats all her life. The senior said the family tries to visit several volleyball games each year, especially when ACU was in the city facing Texas Tech.
This made an easy and unwavering commitment.
“ACU was one of my best elections,” Welch said. “I’ve always loved ACU. The Christian atmosphere has always been so good. I’m so ready to go to ACU.”
Mangum said Welch has steppes with his vertical jump over the last two years, at the same time becoming a more vocal leader. Along with the vision of the vessel and a 6-core-3 frame, he made Welch a lot of headache for the opposition of Frenship.
The tigers won eight in a row after start 0-2 to win a share of the 2-6A district title. Frenship sent El Paso Coronado in five sets to reach the second round for the first time since 2016. The tigers fell into the MaxPreps team # 1 in the nation, Trophy Club Nelson, to complete 29-15 as a whole.
Welch complimented Nelson as a smart team that works well together. She said Frenskip gathered after a rough opening set and came out with a respected finish. It was her last tiger uniform, but Welch said she couldn’t be too broken because of the result.
“This last game when we lost, I was upset,” Welch said, “but I was so proud that we just managed to get as far as we did.”
The season put a high bar for future Frenskip units, as Welch did for those who come after it.
“It is definitely something that will be difficult to compare and hard to win,” Mangum said. “You don’t get your 6-3 outside attackers very often, but we are super blessed to have it when we did it. There are definitely some big shoes to fill with your whole senior class.”