Wichita State volleyball assistant coach Sean Carter estimates he gets thousands of highlight videos during recruiting season. Coaches watch and quickly discern if a player is talented enough to pursue.
The bar for an overseas player is higher, because of the complications with travel, admissions and NCAA eligibility. When Carter and coach Chris Lamb watched libero Giorgia Civita’s video, however, they put aside their usual reservations for recruiting internationally.
“Hers stood out quite a bit,” Carter said. “What we noticed was the level of attackers that she was having to defend against, better than any incoming college freshman for sure.