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Gophers volleyball: Freshman setter Samantha Seliger-Swenson gets right to work

When most high school seniors are cruising through their final days of class with an eye on the prom and grad parties, Samantha Seliger-Swenson already was in college preparing to be the University of Minnesota volleyball team's starting setter.

The decision to graduate high school early and enroll at the U in January wasn't difficult for the prep All-American from Hopkins High School.

"I decided early on that I wanted to get here early and have a chance to train with the team for that extra time in the spring," said Seliger-Swenson, the Big Ten freshman of the week the past two weeks.