Name Duplication on the Roster

UofL Volleyball is going to have some name duplication this fall. There are going to be three pairs of players that share a common first name.

The team will surely make heavy use of nicknames to distinguish, and I’ll likely make use of some of those nicknames at times as well, so a quick primer on where we are so far with those nicknames.

First, the pair that is already on campus is returning middle Hannah Sherman and incoming freshman Hannah Kenny. Kenny is officially listed as a setter, but don’t be surprised if she plays in a DS or even potentially the libero role by the time fall rolls around. “Sherm” is the nickname that team is using for Hannah Sherman in the middle, and “Kenny” for the smaller setter. Pretty straightforward.

The other two pairs involve a player that hasn’t yet arrived on campus, so how the team sorts out nicknames for them isn’t sure, yet. Look for an update to this post when they get figured out. There’s a reasonable chance that, like the Hannahs, it will just be their last names, or some variant thereof.

The next pair involves the setter graduate transfer coming to us from the University of Washington, Molly Wilson. And that means she’ll be pairing up with junior DS and another candidate for the libero position, particularly after her outstanding performance in the spring match against Vanderbilt, Molly Urban.

The last pairing involves a pair of newcomers. Chloe Chiccoine joins us for her junior year as a high flying outside hitter after two years at Purdue. She will pair with incoming freshman Chloe Meester. Meester is a 6‘3” outside hitter from Mount Vernon, Iowa

The spring season continues this evening with a match at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington against Indiana University at 6pm.