About A Girl
Sam Houston State middle blocker Anna Ferguson has already lived a life most volleyball players would dream of. Follow along as The Houstonian travels through and unveils the life of Anna Ferguson.
Lotis Butchko - Sports Editor
Issue date: 12/1/09 Section: Sports
In a humid gym sunk in the heart of Travis County is a blonde haired beauty. She is playing volleyball at a level most would find impossible. Blocking. Killing. Digging. She does it all. Each block, each kill is done with pure intensity, as a loud scream comes from the apex of motion. When she jumps for a kill, her long muscular legs land with an impact that shakes the ground, her long blonde hair flies through the air each time she hurdles up for a kill. She is unruly. She is the definition of controlled aggression.
She stares at her opponents through the black and white net; her cyan eyes pierce her opponents with a menacing glare. A threatening figure standing 5 ft. 11 in. dressed in red and black. This girl is no Barbie doll. Today is new for her; she is playing middle blocker. It's not a new position, but it's certainly unfamiliar. In the stands is Jason Allen, a recruiter from Sam Houston State University. He is in Austin, Texas, to scout her teammate, Megan McNamara, not the anger-filled, violent hitter named Anna Ferguson, who is killing the ball in a position that has no business getting kills.
It doesn't take long for Allen to notice the scrappy player. Is she raw? Of course she is; volleyball is still new to her. She has only been playing for three years, and her main objective is to hit the ball as hard as possible. She hasn't learned how to tip or how to control her emotions. She stays quiet after every kill she gets no emotion, just ther to play the game.
The one thing he can't stop noticing is her form. She isn't jumping off two feet. She is jumping off of one foot, it's not the correct form, but it doesn't matter because she is racking up kills.
She plays her heart out, diving and sprawling. She doesn't know there is a scout in the stands, but he knows she is on the court.
Her team wins the game and she flips the switch. Another Anna Ferguson emerges; this one is light hearted, energetic and in love with her boyfriend.
She stares at her opponents through the black and white net; her cyan eyes pierce her opponents with a menacing glare. A threatening figure standing 5 ft. 11 in. dressed in red and black. This girl is no Barbie doll. Today is new for her; she is playing middle blocker. It's not a new position, but it's certainly unfamiliar. In the stands is Jason Allen, a recruiter from Sam Houston State University. He is in Austin, Texas, to scout her teammate, Megan McNamara, not the anger-filled, violent hitter named Anna Ferguson, who is killing the ball in a position that has no business getting kills.
It doesn't take long for Allen to notice the scrappy player. Is she raw? Of course she is; volleyball is still new to her. She has only been playing for three years, and her main objective is to hit the ball as hard as possible. She hasn't learned how to tip or how to control her emotions. She stays quiet after every kill she gets no emotion, just ther to play the game.
The one thing he can't stop noticing is her form. She isn't jumping off two feet. She is jumping off of one foot, it's not the correct form, but it doesn't matter because she is racking up kills.
She plays her heart out, diving and sprawling. She doesn't know there is a scout in the stands, but he knows she is on the court.
Her team wins the game and she flips the switch. Another Anna Ferguson emerges; this one is light hearted, energetic and in love with her boyfriend.
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