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Maddy Baxter picks Drake for volleyball
Aug. 15, 2018 8:36 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS - The long line of female Division-I recruits in the Jefferson High School Class of 2019 has gotten a little longer.
All-state setter Maddy Baxter told The Gazette on Wednesday that she has orally committed to play volleyball at Drake University.
'I visited there (Tuesday), and I knew right away that's where I wanted to go,” Baxter said. 'They made me feel like part of their family.”
A fourth-year starter for the J-Hawks this coming season, Baxter averaged 9.6 assists per set as Jefferson (39-7) won a Mississippi Valley Conference divisional title last year and advanced to the state tournament for the first time in 20 years. She also posted a .626 kill efficiency.
Baxter joins three other J-Hawk senior volleyball players to make Division-I commitments. Kaylee Donner picked Northern Iowa, Raya George selected Tennessee Tech, and Peyton Brokovich chose Northern Florida. Teammate Lindsey Culver will go to South Dakota State to play softball.
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Cedar Rapids Jefferson's Maddy Baxter (right) jousts at the net with Johnston's Jaden Studer during the J-Hawks' Class 5A regional-final win last year. Baxter has committed to play volleyball at Drake University in 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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