Addison Humphrey '25 Recruiting Profile

Hello! My name is Addison Humphrey, and I love volleyball, but isn't that why we are all here. Volleyball is what brings me closer to so many people I call my best friends today. Volleyball has made a kind of escape for me from all other things. When I walk into the gym everything leaves my mind except for the sport I love. I have played volleyball since the second grade and I have always wanted to succeed and learn new things about the sport. The physical and mental toughness that this sport brings with it is tremendous. While volleyball is my number one sport, I also play tennis. I have played tennis since I can remember. My dad is a tennis professional and he has helped me become the strong athlete I am. In tennis my doubles partner and I won the regional championship and earned a spot in the state championship this past year (2023). My tennis team voted me MVP in 2023 for my successes and compassion for my teammates. I have earned my varsity letter in both volleyball and tennis, I have played varsity both sports every season since my Freshman year. My love for the game of volleyball has never diminished, but always grown. My coaches have taught me so much about the game. My twelves coach has by far been the most mentally helpful coach of all my years playing. He strived to make me into the player he always knew I could be. We would write goals everyday and we would read a chapter of the book he had gifted to all of us. This book was Mind Gym. That book changed my whole perspective of the game, it really showed the eleven year old me how you have to be mentally strong before you can grow and become physically strong. My fourteens coach helped me become physically strong. After all the mind training and mentally preparing myself for the time where I would need to play smart and be strategic, I was pushed physically. Him pushing the team physically also became mental for some of my teammates as they were never taught the things I was. He pushed us to become faster and have better agility. He taught us how to read the ball, hitters, and setter. Most of all he taught us to never give up or come short of giving 110% all the time.