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  Record Newspaper's Athlete of the Week, Oswego's Hannah Herrick. Written by Skylar
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  Casellus. This article is being read by an automated voice, brought to
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  you by Everlet. Name Hannah Herrick, School As We go Sport Volleyball
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  Year Senior. Why she was selected. Herrick, an outside hitter for the
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  Panthers, racked up 33 kill, 10 digs, 4 blocks, and 4 aces
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  to help Oswego go 2-1 to end the regular season. In last
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  week's sweep of Joliet Central, the senior recorded her 700th career kill,
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  becoming the third player in program history to achieve the feat. Herrick
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  finished the regular season with a team best 280 kills, along with
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  104 digs, 19 blocks, and 23 aces. Hannah has been the rock
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  of this program the last two years, Oswego coach Gary Mosley said.
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  She sets the standard every day for all of our players to
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  meet. We couldn't be more blessed to have Hannah as a member
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  of the OPV family. Herrick won Athlete of the Week through an
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  online vote. Other nominees included Yorkville Cross Country's Athena Trainer, Oswego East
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  Soccer's Carter Lucas, and Plano Cross Country's Johnny Espino. Here's Herrick's QA
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  with sports reporter Skylar Casellas. Which of our three matches last week
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  did you feel you played strongest in? Herrick, the first match of
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  the week against Joliet West. We knew coming into it that this
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  was going to be one of our biggest games of the season,
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  so knowing that beforehand, It was a super big game for all
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  of us as a team, and individually I knew I had to
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  do my job on the court. How does it feel being one
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  of only three Oswego players to have 700 career kills? Herrick, it
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  feels good. But honestly, to me, it's just a number. Obviously I'm
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  aiming for thousand and that's something I want to work for, but
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  it feels good knowing that in program history there's only been three
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  of us to do it. You'd had to persevere though a lot
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  with both of your parents facing recent health scares. How have you
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  been able to keep a positive mindset through all of than Herrick,
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  I definitely think volleyball is something that's helped me during these really
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  scary family moments, escape from reality. Even though not all the time
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  it's something that can make all your problems go away. It gives
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  my brain something else to focus on other than things going on
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  at home, everything, and it gives me a bigger purpose to play
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  for. What makes you such a dangerous hitter? Herrick, just hitting the
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  all as hard as I can and going up with a shot
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  selection in my mind. Sometimes I get told how I hit the
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  all super hard, so I would say that's probably one of my
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  my best attributes to hitting. Because if it gets hit to someone,
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  not All the time it can be dug because it's just coming
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  fast. Why did you choose Dayton? Herrick, since I started talking to
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  them, I just knew from meeting all the coaching staff that They
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  place is super special. I've never heard one bad thing about Dayton
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  when I went on my visit. It's just some place I can
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  really see myself. All the girls are amazing, all the coaches are
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  awesome, and Then have a very winning program, so I think that's
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  something that intrigued me a lot too. The always do well each
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  year. Then make it into the tournament almost every year, so that's
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  something super exciting. What was the recruiting process like for you? Herrick,
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  it was definitely difficult. From the moment June fifteenth started, it was
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  pretty overwhelming at first. Then I went on a bunch of camps
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  and stuff just trying to find the right fit. I didn't always
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  get the opper opportunities that I was looking for. And then those
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  opportunities came along and Dayton and the coaching staff came along and
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  I think that's where I found my best fit and someplace I
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  can really see myself and really want to be in the future.
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  That talents do you have, or wish you had, outside of volleyball?
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  Herrick. Outside of volleyball, I would say artist. I love drawing and
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  stuff. I think that would be cool to be a cool artist
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  or something. What's one fun fact people might not know about you?
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  Herrick, that I have size fourteen feet. What's your favorite memory from
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  high school? Herrick, winning conference my sophomore year. That's something that I
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  will forever remember because it was the first time in program history
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  that we did that, and it was such an amazing feeling. That
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  group of girls, it was awesome. What kind of legacy do you
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  want leave at Oswego? Herrick, the leadership role on the court and
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  being a role model to the younger girls, I think that's really
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  important. Being somebody who's able to keep each other. Accountable and knowing
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  that that that's what you have to do at the end of
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  the day to your teammates, you want to get better as a
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  whole. It's just out of love. And I think that's something I
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  want the girls to learn from me and stuff. It's okay to
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  be hard on each other. It's just out of love and how
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  much we know that we can get better and how much we
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  believe in each other.