WEST PLAINS, Mo. — The Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Volleyball team has added two more players for the 2020 season.
Head Coach Paula Wiedemann announced today that Imani Nicholson, Mobile, Alabama, and Izabela Dos Santos, Minas Gerais, Brazil, have signed national letters of intent to play for the Grizzlies beginning next fall.
Dos Santos is a 6-foot, 2- inch middle who helped lead her team to a championship in Brazil’s 2018 national school games. The team also qualified for the world school games with a fourth place finish.
A two-time all-state tournament team honoreee, Nicholson helped guide her McGill-Toolen High School squad to the Alabama class 7A state championships in 2017 and 2018.
The 5-foot, 9-inch outside attacker has received numerous individual awards and honors, including offensive player of the year, Mobile All-County, Kiwanis Player of the Week, American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region.