Volleyball outside hitter
Ryleigh Warfel has been named the Parkland Athletics September Female Athlete of the Month. She currently ranks 12
th in kills (276) and 17
th in points (320.0) through the season's first full month. She was named the NJCAA Division II Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week on September 4th following a .360 hitting percentage that pushed Parkland's record to 8-0.
In the month of September, Warfel averaged 3.33 kills per set with a .273 hitting percentage while also serving up 15 aces from behind the service line. Playing all six rotations, she also averaged 3.00 digs per set and totaled 26 blocks. Behind her efforts, the Cobras went 20-1 and enter the month of October as the top-ranked team in Division II.
"As a freshman, Ryleigh really started to find her stride towards the end of the year," said volleyball head coach
Cliff Hastings. "It's always tough for a freshman to be a primary player and perform at one's highest level for your team. As a sophomore, those expectations change in that it should be easier. A sophomore has to get into a new mental frame of mind to expect performance each and every time. It's a tough transition for everyone (especially when those expectations of greatness then become personal expectations of perfection), but Ryleigh has done an outstanding job. She has balanced her 3 P's (patience, persistence and perseverance) wonderfully, and we are so lucky to have Ryleigh leading us to victory on, and off, the court."
