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This page is dedicated to “Volleyball After Grant”. You will find pictures and writings from former Grant Generals.

The first entry is from Keeley Mcannis Entenman. Keeley played on Grant’s Varsity for four years ( 2002-2005 ). Besides being one of the best “team” players, she was voted First Team All-City two years, MVP, Team Captian, Maltnoumh Athletic Club “Scholar Athlete” and many other awards. After Grant she enrolled at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. There she “walked on” the Volleyball Team, made the team and became one of their top scorers. I even received a thank you note from Earlham’s Head Coach thanking me for Keeley who she called “a franchise player”. To follow Keeley’s college VB career go to: www.earlham.edu click on “athletics”.

Next we have Kendahl Batiste Most Improved Player 2 Club years,Ist Team All League Junior and Senior Years,MVP Senior year,Team Captain Senior Year,Athlete of the month in the November issue 2006, Renaissance Girl nominee at Reno Festival in 2007,She also has started on first team at Sonoma State for all games thus far, one of only 2 freshman starting

----Coach Street

Keeley
During high school I was a multi-sport athlete who would dedicate different seasons to different sports. I have found that even going into a division three athletic program that this was unusual. Most girls on my volleyball team maybe played a couple different sports, but their main
sport was volleyball, and pretty much all of them played club, which I did not. Although I am completely satisfied with the choices I made, I do think that to start out strong playing as much volleyball as possible, whether its club or some kind of league play, is going to make it easier in the beginning. Also, if you want to go far, you really have to love what you’re doing enough to sacrifice yourself to your sport. Not meaning that you give up everything by any means, but that the time you do dedicate to it is whole-hearted and worth your while. You really need to want to work hard, so that the things that aren't so fun, such as waking up at five-thirty in the morning to go running ends up not being so bad, because in the end you can go that much farther than the other team. You need to be willing to dedicate your time and efforts to working with the team and creating a bond with your teammates, because without that your experience will be lacking in something that can form friendships for a lifetime. This probably sounds preachy and corny, but oh well, I guess
that’s just how I am.

A couple things that are very different between high school and college ball is the speed of the game. Things like blocking and placement also play a large part in comparison to its role in high school. Where you are serving and hitting the ball is much more crucial than the speed at which the ball is going (although that is always something to work on). Other things that also tie into that are the speed of the approach and arm swing, and also reading where the blockers are. Those are mostly things that have to do with offense, and in terms of defense we have plays in college, that depending on who is hitting and setting, we set up a different formation. Different rotations and offensive plays are also things that we do in college, and if you could get started on those kinds of things in high
school then I am sure it will make you 10 times more confident in your game.

Quakers Finish Tournament with Split
For Immediate Release: Sept. 8, 2007
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The Earlham College volleyball team split a pair of matches on Saturday to finish with three wins for the weekend in the Rose-Hulman Tournament.
Earlham began the day with a 29-31, 30-28, 30-19, 23-30, 15-12 victory over Eureka College. The Quakers then dropped a 30-14, 30-24, 30-23 decision to Millikin University.
Sophomore Keeley McAnnis-Entenman (Portland, OR/Grant) led the Quakers with 26 kills and eight blocks for the day. Senior Jessica Whitaker (Indianapolis, IN/Scecina) had 22 kills with senior Lisa Vanderkolk (Bluffton, IN/Bluffton) adding 21 kills.
Senior Amanda Pewitt (Greenwood, IN/Greenwood) led the squad with 76 assists and four service aces, while senior Kaitlin Gentry (Kent, OH/Roosevelt) topped the team with 32 digs.
Earlham (4-4) plays in the Manchester College Tournament next weekend. The Quakers open that event with Calumet-St. Joseph on Friday at 5:30 p.m. Eureka box. Millikin box.

Kendahl Batiste
Seawolves Cut Down By Silver Swords, 3-1
HONOLULU, Hawaii- Freshman Kendahl Batiste posted a career-high 14 kills on Friday night in Sonoma State's 3-1 loss to Chaminade. It was the third straight loss for the Seawolves in the Hawaii Invitational as they drop to 2-5 on the season.  The Seawolves were even with the SilverSwords after two games, but Chaminade edged SSU 30-24 and 30-25 in three and four to take the match.  Batiste's 14 kills came on just 28 attacks as she hit a blistering .393 for the match. Kristy Sather also had 14 kills and Kaylee Aizenstadt supplied the offense with 12. Taylor Manton led the defense with 21 digs.  Trina Kauliakomoa had 20 kills to lead Chaminade (5-1).   The Seawolves will play Hawaii Pacific on Saturday in their tournament finale.