2 weeks ago
Courtesy of Mizzou Athletics
Maizy Agnello was conscionable excessively eager to subordinate nan Mizzou volleyball team. After reclassifying and graduating successful nan Class of 2026, nan 6-foot extracurricular hitter will subordinate Coach Dawn Sullivan’s squad successful nan fall. She initially committed to Mizzou a small nether 2 years ago.
Agnello is from Crystal Lake, Illinois, connected nan outer separator of nan Chicago suburbs. She played astatine Prairie Ridge High School, reaching nan IHSA authorities finals successful back-to-back seasons. Maizy group nan single-season kills grounds successful 2024 pinch 483, breaking nan people antecedently group by her mother. She averaged 4.8 kills and 1.8 digs per group successful her 3 years pinch nan Wolves. This led to Agnello being named to nan Northwest Herald All-Area Team 3 times, nan All-Fox Valley Conference Team doubly and nan Illinois Volleyball Coaches All-State Team.
In summation to her precocious schoolhouse career, she competed pinch SkyHigh Volleyball connected nan nine level. At nan 2025 National Championships, Agnello received tourney honors and was named a Third Team All-American.
“Maizy is simply a combatant successful each consciousness of nan word,” Sullivan said successful nan MU property release. “Graduating early is conscionable different illustration of nan discipline, toughness, and bosom she brings to everything she does.”
Agnello is added to an extracurricular hitter room that is comparatively young and inexperienced, joining 3 different underclassmen astatine nan position. While she will apt beryllium nan youngest personification connected nan Mizzou roster, this doesn’t mean she won’t beryllium constricted to nan chair arsenic a result. However, I would not beryllium amazed if Sullivan and nan remainder of her unit makes nan determination to redshirt her, particularly pinch specified a heavy freshman class.
This now puts nan Tigers astatine 18 players, nan roster limit group successful spot by House v. NCAA. While it’s not intolerable to circumvent this “limit”, I would beryllium amazed if Sullivan makes immoderate much additions earlier nan play starts successful August.
