When I sat down with Maryland head volleyball coach Steve Aird before last season, he talked to me about his plan for turning Maryland into a perennial national powerhouse. To say that Aird was excited about his incoming class doesn't seem to do justice to the word "excited".
This incoming class is the highest-ranked recruiting class in Maryland volleyball history. These four young women--Gia Milana, Katie Myers, Taylor Smith and Nell Drummey--might all start for the Terps next season.
Gia Milana is the crown jewel in the class. A top-15 recruit and Under Armour All-American, she's the highest-ranked volleyball recruit to ever come to College Park.