Herbert Hoover has two things no one else in WVSSAC Class AAA volleyball does: the 2025 state championship and three first-team all-state players.

The Huskies got both the same way in their first season under coach Missy Smith.

“The thing about Hoover this year and what we had to sort of rewire them a little bit is, ‘I want you to care about your stats, because they matter,’” Smith said, “’but I want you to love the team stats, because they matter just a little bit more.’”

Huskies senior Ahaziah Smith, the WVSWA all-state first-team captain, and juniors Jessi Crook and Braelyn Adkins put up sterling statistical performances.

Those helped lead to a shining team stat -- a 56-8-1 campaign and Hoover’s first state championship, won in a five-set thriller against Shady Spring – and that tri

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