For the past four and a half years, Senior Lindsay Michaels has been working hard on the volleyball court at West Ashley High School. One goal she set for herself when she started playing volleyball was to be able to play many different positions and to play them well.
“[Lindsay] previously played as an outside hitter,” says varsity head coach Virginia Broadway. This year she is the Varsity starting setter. “She willingly jumped into this vital position to support her team. She has been a natural at transitioning into this position and has done a phenomenal job thus far. Lindsay was chosen because of her athletic ability and because I knew we could count on her to step up to all the expectations of a setter.”
According to Broadway, Michaels is also a great leader, a sweet person, and very mature. “I am so happy to have a player like Lindsay,” she says.
Michaels has an underlying strength that not even she seems to realize. When she’s at work as a hostess, she makes it her goal to make everyone feel special. “I want everyone to have a really good experience,” says Michaels. She puts the same effort forward on the volleyball court. “I try to get that one thing that is great so that the next player who gets the ball next can feel good about what they do,” she says.
“Since we have so many talented seniors, I think we can go really far, maybe win the first or second round of playoffs. The goal is to get to State,” says Michaels. According to her, the team not only has a good bond and great potential, but a great coach as well. “I love my coach!” she says. “I really want to thank her for being there and supporting us, making us better as players and as a team, and caring about winning.”
In her free time away from volleyball, school, and work, Michaels enjoys hiking and outdoor activities. “During the summer, I’d visit my dad and we’d go hiking. We’ve gone to parts of the Appalachian Mountains in Maryland,” says Michaels. She says that her dad gave her some really great volleyball advice: “Play your heart out. Nobody knows exactly why you work so hard, but on the court they will find out.”
When Michaels graduates high school this spring, she plans to go to either USC-Beaufort or USC-Aiken where she will study sports medicine and major in physical therapy. “I like helping people out. Watching someone go from being barely able to pick up a ball to lifting 20- 30 pounds would be so rewarding for me,” she says.

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