By Olivia Hudak – Staff Reporter

The Law volleyball team’s middle hitter, senior Avery Fitzgerald, is thrilled about how the season has gone thus far.

Fitzgerald has helped lead the team to a 7-4 record to start the season. She credits the team’s offseason training for helping her prepare for the varsity schedule.

“It has been a great practice experience at Law and camps in the summer and the pre-season conditioning have helped us prepare,”  Fitzgerald said. “I think the transition from JV to varsity was tough at first because the intensity is so much different.” 

The volleyball team participates in three hour practices Monday through Friday and the varsity team practices on Saturdays as well. 

“Off season state teams, camps, and practicing all the team has helped me improve,” Fitzgerald said.  “Practice really does make perfect when it comes to volleyball because there’s so much technique and reading the plays that is required.”

Fitzgerald is a starting middle hitter who uses her skills to try to dominate the net. Fitzgerald has been the one to record many set-winning and game-winning points. 

“It’s one of the best feelings,” Fitzgerald said. “It is just such a cool feeling knowing the game is over.”

During those moments, she said the crowd has a huge contribution to the game-winning feeling.

“The hype from the crowd and the team afterwards makes it all feel really exciting,” Fitzgerald said.

Players coming into a new season means with new skills, thoughts, and expectations. This season, Fitzgerald has been very happy with her playing.

“I think my progress from freshman year to now is immense, and I hope to keep up the streak of great games and can’t wait to get more kills,” Fitzgerald said.

As much as Fitzgerald loves playing volleyball at Law, she also has a goal of playing in college. 

“It’d be a dream come true to be able to play in college, I have a lot of love and passion for this sport and I’d love to carry it on to the next fours in college,” Fitzgerald said.  “I have a YouTube channel of some game highlights that I’m planning on sending to colleges, and I can’t wait to see how things go from there. I plan on sending highlight reels to colleges that I’m interested in, or just reaching out to coaches and hoping for a positive response”. 

Fitzgerald plans to continue her high school season strong and prepare for her college volleyball season.