Zada Reynolds '22 Recruiting Profile

I started attending Volleyball camps when I was in 2nd grade.  I started playing on our school Volleyball 3rd grade and strive to keep playing as long as I am able.   I have been specialized as a Setter my entire volleyball career, as well as playing Middle hitter three Club seasons ago and my 8th grade school season.   I have adapted to any position my coaches have requested of me.   This summer I attended the Huskers Volleyball Camp for setting and attacking.  I feel I learned so much and have adapted my volleyball skills from those camps.

I currently am interested in a career in Sports Medicine.  I attended, as a Delegate, the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists Congress at UMASS in June 2019.  I feel the calling to major in Kinesiology or Exercise Science , then attend a graduate school for Sports Medicine.  

As an 8th grader at South Central Middle school, I was a member of the 2018 Lady Falcons volleyball team.  Together as a team, we were the IESA 8-2A Regional 16 Champions and the IESA 8-2A Sectional 8 Champions.

I was a member of the 2018 Lady Cougar Volleyball team at South Central High School.  I was selected as 1 of only 2 freshmen to play on the JV team for the 2018-2019 school year.  I was the setter for the JV  and Varsity school teams during the fall 2019 season of my sophomore year at SCHS.  I was the Varsity setter for the 2020-2021 school season once we were allowed to return to play.  I am currently in my 4th season with Air Assault Volleyball Club as a setter on AAVC 18J. 

I was to journey to Australia in the summer of 2021 with Team Illinois to play volleyball.  Unfortunately, COVID-19 had other plans and the team will not be traveling this summer. 

My family is very supportive of all I do.  My mom is my biggest supporter!  My dad has always been my Hero, in May of 2021 my dad returned from a 11 month deployment.  He has served 20+ years and has always cheered me on no matter where he was in the world!