VINCENNES, Ind. – The four-time defending Region 24 Champion Vincennes University volleyball program announced this week the addition of their newest recruit with a familiar name.
The Trailblazers announced defensive specialist Jordan Netcott will be joining the Trailblazers in the fall.
Netcott is the younger sister of VU two-time First Team All-Region libero Morgan Netcott who just finished her first year at the University of Montevallo.
“Of course we knew about Jordan because we already had Morgan in our family for a couple of years,” VUVB Head Coach Gary Sien said. “But, as has been common this year, Jordan reached out to us about studying and playing at Vincennes University. Again, she comes from another pretty big time volleyball family, where all three of the sisters (Jordan, Morgan and their older sister Taylor) have all played high school and club volleyball. Her mother used to coach at Montague High School and now coaches at Jordan’s club.”
“The great thing about having that many students with such big volleyball family backgrounds is that you have a lot of knowledge and experience that is typically greater than your average freshman player no matter how good they are,” Sien added. “She definitely comes from a great family. I’ve coached sisters in the past and it’s always a good thing to bring them into the program because they already know someone who came through our program and knows what it was like.”
Netcott is coming off a standout senior season at Montague High School in Michigan, where she led the Wildcats to a 28-14-4 record, recording 555 digs, 78 aces, 57 kills and 53 set assists in 46 matches played.
Netcott closed out her high school career as a member of the Montague High School 1,000 digs club, earning West Michigan Lakes division First Team All-Conference as a junior and senior and was named to the West Michigan Area Dream Team.
Netcott was also very active off the court, serving as Class Vice President, was a member of the National Honor Society as a junior and senior and was a member of the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) which is an organization for high school and college students interested in business.
“I am incredibly proud of Jordan and her decision to continue playing volleyball at Vincennes University,” Montague Volleyball Coach Gretchen Schneider said. “Jordan is an amazing athlete who excels in any position she plays. Jordan’s strength as an outside hitter put her in a category with some of the top OH’s in West Michigan, however, Jordan’s elite versatility, unselfishness and commitment to her team found her filling the libero position during her senior season.”
“As a captain, Jordan’s leadership helped the Wildcats with many come-from-behind victories throughout the season,” Schneider added. “Her infectious spirit, relentless competitiveness and aggressive style will leave a giant hole that will be difficult to fill.”
“This goes back to the new rule of being able to designate two liberos for every set in every match,” Sien said. “You were not allowed to do that before last year. I don’t know if we are actually going to do that this season, but bringing in someone like Jordan does allow us to possibly do it because we are going to have so many experienced back row players.”
“Jordan is very long and has experience using her hands,” Sien added. “I always say that once you are not only able to be consistently under hand pass and then you add the ability to over hand pass, you are going to increase your range by more than double. A secondary thing for us is that she does have experience hitting as well. In the past we’ve had to convert some outsides to libero and we’ve also had some true liberos but now we are getting ones that were all former hitters. I always think that that is such a great thing to have because you never know when we may need that hitting option, not only in the front row, but in the back row.”
“Jordan is another very good student and very involved in her high school,” Sien said. “In terms of the team next year, we have a lot of options. Every player that we have coming in so far are multiple position players. We won’t know where everybody fits in until we get everyone on the floor August 1st. At this level, especially when you are bringing in 10-plus players, we don’t know exactly how everyone is going to fit in yet. But the great news is that if you are a multiple position player, we can fit you in just about anywhere.”
Jordan is the daughter of Bracken and Rachel Netcott and plans to major in Nursing at Vincennes University.
The Vincennes University Athletic Department is excited to welcome Jordan Netcott to the 2025 Trailblazer recruiting class.
