Emory head volleyball coach Jenny McDowell has announced that the following student-athletes will be attending Emory in the fall of 2016 and be competing for the Eagles' program.

"This is a class that we have been focusing on for a long time," McDowell said. "Over the past two years we have graduated a number of All-Americans, so we knew that this class was extremely important for the future of the program. We are fortunate to have nine great students and exceptional volleyball players joining us this fall.  It needed to be a class for us that can make an impact, and I definitely believe that it will."

Savannah Bush (MH, 6-1, Las Cruces, NM/Centennial HS) – Three-year varsity competitor for the Centennial High School program where she played for head coach Al Rosen … Selected as a 2015 Class 5A First Team All-State honoree after helping CHS to an overall record of 22-4 that included a runner-up berth in the state tournament … Chosen as a North/South All-Star … Named District MVP … Posted 437 kills and 92 blocks as a senior … Member of the 5A state championship squad her junior season … Second Team All-District as a junior … Centennial won four district championships during her career … Her final year saw her earn MVP honors at the Jane Leopold Sweet 16 Tournament and the Rio Rancho Tournament … Plays club volleyball for Texas Performance, where she is mentored by Julie Allen, and helped that team to a spot at the 2016 USA Junior National Tournament … Outstanding student who captured Academic Recognition for maintaining a 4.00-plus GPA all throughout high school … Salutatorian of her graduating class … Recognized for Outstanding Academic Performance in Biology and Spanish … AP Scholar.

Sara Carr (OH, 5-11, Birmingham, AL/Mountain Brook HS) –  Played four years of volleyball at Mountain Brook High School where she was coached by Haven O'Quinn … Selected as the 2014 and 2015 Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year … PrepVolleyball.com All-American as a senior … As a senior, she helped MBHS to an overall record of 45-6 and a second consecutive Class 7A state title … Pounded out 656 kills and recorded a .340 hitting percentage her final season … Was the Class 7A State Tournament MVP as a junior and senior … Two-time AL.com State Player of the Year … Birmingham News All-Metro Player of the Year her final two seasons … MAXPREPS Academic All-American in 2014 and 2015 … Two-time honoree to the Alabama Coaches Association All-State First Team … PrepVolleyball.com National Junior of the Year Finalist in 2014 … Class 6A First Team All-State as a sophomore … Over the Mountain Player of the Year on two occasions …  Competed on the Mountain Brook basketball team … Plays for the Birmingham Volleyball Club … Member of the National Honor Society and Future Business Leaders of America as well as Mountain Brook's Spanish, Outreach and National Beta Clubs, she donated her time as a youth volleyball instructor … Also volunteered locally on behalf of her church, a youth literacy-outreach program, a food pantry ministry and the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.

Katie Kane (RS, 6-0, Windermere, FL/Bishop Moore Catholic HS) – Played three years of varsity volleyball for Bishop Moore Catholic High School where she was coached by Tanya Jarvis … Served as team captain her senior year … Member of the 2013 and 2015 Class 5A state championship teams with her final squad posting a final slate of 29-4 … Bishop Moore won three district crowns and a pair of regional titles during her career … PrepVolleyball.com High School Academic All-American … 2015 AAU Volleyball Academic All-American … AP Scholar with Distinction … National Merit Commended Scholars … Member of six honor societies … Member of the OVA/TBVA 18 Asics Blue Club and is coached by Marisela Brown.

Andie McKinnon (DS/L, 5-6, Durham, NC/Orange HS) –  Four-year contributor to the Orange High School volleyball program … Was coached by Christina Schmelzer … Served as team captain her final three seasons … Named the Big Eight Conference Player of the Year her senior camapign after recording 291 kills, 367 digs and 72 service aces … Helped the Panthers to the third round of the state tournament … Awarded Player of the Match on seven occasions her final year of action …  Team MVP as a junior and senior … Earned all-conference honors on three occasions and was a honorable-mention choice as a freshman … As an exchange student in Chile, she started "Operation Blue", a gofundme.com account that helped raise money for Francisco Rivas' rescue efforts for street dogs … Plays for the Volleyball Triangle Club and is coached by Robin Bugg.

Morgan McKnight (OH, 5-10, Manassas, VA/Flint Hill School) –  Standout member of the volleyball program at the Flint Hill School … Was coached by Carrol and Dave Denure … Helped her team to three consecutive Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) Division I state titles … Named the 2015 Virginia Division I Player of the Year after helping Flint Hill to a final record of 22-7 that included wins in 18 of its last 20 matches … Chalked up 20 kills and 13 digs vs. Paul VI Catholic in the state title match … Recorded 440 kills, 301 digs and 50 block solos her final season as a prep … Two-time member of the VISAA Division I All-State Team … All-conference honoree as a junior and senior … All-Metro Second Team her final two campaigns … As a junior, she finished with 311 terminations as Flint Hill turned in a 34-0 won-lost ledger … Team captain as a freshman and senior … Played club volleyball for NVVA 18 Ice for one year and with Metro American for three.

Sarah Porter (S, 5-11, Atlanta, GA/Holy Innocents Episcopal School)  -- Local product who was a four-year member of the Holy Innocents program where she played for coach Taylor Noland … Was a member of three consecutive (2013-15) state championships teams … Was the Class AA Co-Player of the Year as a senior …  Averaged 5.3 assists and 3.0 kills per set her final campaign in helping her team to a 33-12 record … Averaged 9.3 assists per set as a junior … Closed out her prep career as HI's all-time leader in assists … Tabbed as a First Team All-State honoree three straight years … Selected as the 2015 2A All Area Player of the Year … Three-time member of the AVCA HIES Academic Team … 2015 AVCA Under Armour Watch List … Brought home First Team All-Area acclaim on three occasions … Plays for the A5 Volleyball Club under the guidance of coach Bob Westbrook … USA Volleyball High Performance Girls Select A1 a total of six times … 2014 Volleyball Factory National Team Selection … Member of the National Honor society … Earned one gold medal and two silver medals for Scholastic Art and Writing Awards state competition … Earned an art award for 2D design in 2014 with some of her art work hanging in both the High Museum of Art and in the Atlanta History Museum.

Sylvie Rosenwald (OH/RS, 5-8, Rockville, MD/Our Lady of Good Counsel HS) – Four-year member of the volleyball program at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School … Was coached by Karen Hart … As a senior, she helped LGCHS to a 25-5 record, compiling a 192 kills and 166 digs as a senior en route to earning All-WCAC Second-Team honors … Chosen as Player of the Match twice during the 2015 season … Third Team All-WCAC her junior campaign …  Competes for the MVSA Cub Team where she is coached by Jerry Mikesell … She finished second at the 2015 Dulles Sand Volleyball Invitational.

Lauren Simons (DS/S, 5-8, Great Falls, VA/Flint Hill School) – Fine volleyball career at Flint Hill School where she played for Carrol and Dave Denure … Ended her prep career as the only athlete in school history to play on four VISAA state championship teams … First Team All-Conference her senior season … Helped her teams to four conference and metro city titles … Earned the Presidential Service Award on two occasions and was a member of the French Honor Society … Organized a self-run business creating recruiting highlight videos for volleyball players … Played club volleyball for Dulles 18-1 and NVVA … Seng Chiu is her club coach.

Elyse Thompson (DS/L, 5-7, Tallahassee, FL/Leon HS) – Four year member of the Leon High School volleyball team … Was coached by Dr. Angie Strickland … As a senior, she earned All-Big Bend Conference First Team honors after helping her squad to an overall record of 22-8 and a berth in the Class 7A state semifinals … Averaged 3.0 digs per set, ending the year with 287 … Her play aided in LHS capturing district and regional titles … Named her team's Most Valuable Defensive Player on two occasions … Three-year member of both the National Honor Society and the National English Honor Society … Science National Society in 2015 and 2016 … Member of the Tallahassee Democrat's inaugural group of Five Young Women To Watch …  Co-creator of  Positively-Post-It, a campaign that encouraged her 2,000+ classmates to make positive posts on social media and to leave encouraging messages on Post-It notes to post on walls, lockers, and students' physical bodies, with the program drawing local and national media attention … Awarded a $2,500 grant awarded through ANNpower to launch Positively Post-It campaigns in all middle and high schools in Tallahassee, as well as in nearly 20 other schools across the country … Lions United and Special Olympics Unified Partner (15-16) … Received the Regional Jefferson Award in Public Service … Two-year class president, co-president of Tallahassee's first mini dance marathon, which raised over $14,000, and the Exceptional Student Education Program … Member of the Prostyle 18 Black Volleyball Club where she is coached by Gokhan Yilmaz.