Molly Buddie '21 Recruiting Profile

I am Molly Buddie…a 5’10 setter from Redwood City, CA.  Because of the Coronavirus, I will be taking a gap year and reclassifying to the class of 2021. 

I began playing volleyball in 6^th grade and haven’t looked back since.  Fortunately, I had a club coach in 8^th grade who recognized that I had a strong aptitude for setting, and from that point on, I became a setter for all of my teams.  I love “quarterbacking”  and running a fast-paced offense.  

I have been the setter on my club team’s “gold” level for four years in a row. .  Our Academy VBC 15-1 Gold team (which I co-captained) finished in the top 10 in all three JO qualifiers in 2017, and our 16-1 Gold team made the trip to Junior Nationals in Detroit in 2018 and our 17-1 Gold team also made the trip to Indianapolis in 2019.  In my final club season, I played for Encore VBC. We qualified for Nationals as well, just before Covid came to town.

My greatest strength:  a hugely competitive nature coupled with intense focus.  While I love competing in all games, the bigger the stage, the bigger I tend to play.  Something about a frenzied, “important” environment brings out the best in me.

This strength also carries over into the classroom where I am a very disciplined and hardworking student.  My goal is to get my college degree at a competitive academic institution while playing volleyball at the highest level possible.