She's a good kid. She is working her tail off and coming to a varsity team, a team that's struggling to rebuild themselves and to take on that position (of setter) is huge.

She's got really nice hands.

She's really good through the middle. She's really good blocking-her and Kara (Humphrey) both-have got some great blocking skills.

I'm really impressed with her serving.

She's a real solid player. She's a hard worker.

Amber is a huge asset as far as leadership and talking. She's got the most positive attitude of any of the kids I've coached.

We're hoping to take a little bit of stress off Kristin this year. Playing a 5-1 (offense) last year, she played that rotation where, basically, she was the work-horse up front. We're hoping a couple other team members step up to take the pressure off.

We're throwing the rotations around a little bit just to see which girls blend together. They've all got great attitudes. They're willing to play pretty much anywhere.