Quote Originally Posted by Maroonbulldog View Post
One thing though- Coach MCFatch was not a Ray type hire- he won in the state of Arkansas before coming to State. One problem State has w volleyball is recruiting. Very few MS schools take it seriously and you don?t have a lot of quality athletes coming out of the region to go to your school. That?s why we have a roster full of Texas and mid west type ladies on the team. It?s a real hard draw to get high quality -highly sought after type kids to come across country to play. This same thing has been said by both of our previous 2 coaching staffs

Coach Hazlewood is trying to boost volleyball in Jackson w an academy type program to help promote the sport in Mississippi. Hopefully her efforts will payoff down the road.
I agree that Volleyball has a lng way to go n Mississippi but it has over taken W basketball in high schools nation wide. Also OM fields a very competitive team so no excuse for us to suck.