Brooklyn Jaeger Named MVP of the Title Match

There was no question who would be named the MVP of the 1A state title volleyball match.

At the conclusion of Thursday’s championship, Fayetteville junior Brooklyn Jaeger was announced as the title match MVP after a performance people will be taking about for years to come.

Jaeger had a state-record 40 kills in the match to go along with 15 digs.

“I told myself before the game, think smarter not harder,” Brooklyn Jaeger said.

She played smart and she played hard and led her team to a state title.

“Every single set we were down, and I was scared we were going to let our nerves and fears get in the way but I’m proud of us for stepping up and fighting hard,” Brooklyn said.

“I’m speechless, I don’t know what to say,” said Brooklyn’s father Clint Jaeger, the head coach of Fayetteville. “I couldn’t be more proud. She loves this game. She works at it. She studies it and it’s her passion and she’s dreamed of this moment, and to see her accomplish it feels really good.”

The Blum head coach Lauren McPherson said she knew Brooklyn Jaeger was going to be a hand-full but they couldn’t stop her.

“We wanted to do different things to keep No. 7 (Brooklyn) from touching the ball as much as she did and we didn’t execute that as much as we needed to,” McPherson said. “We did a good job of getting touches on her hits but I think we only blocked her one time. I knew we weren’t going to block her every time she hit the ball ... I was hoping we would be able to handle it a little better then we did.”