Meyer brings championship caliber to SDSU volleyball

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO) — Brooklyn Meyer is staying at SDSU for one more season, but not to play hoops. The Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year is trading in a basketball for a volleyball.

Jacks volleyball head coach Dan Georgalas floated the idea of Meyer playing volleyball as a fifth year back in February.

“I went in there with Dan and Cole and they basically just said, we have a crazy idea,” Meyer said. “Would you be interested in playing volleyball in the fall? I was honestly shocked.”

Georgalas said the staff intentionally gave Meyer space during the basketball season.

“We kind of stepped away and tried to be respectful of what her team and that program still had left to accomplish with their season,” Georgalas said. “Once their season had wrapped up after the tournament, we started up the conversation again.”

The All-American played three years of varsity volleyball at West Lyon High School in Larchwood, Iowa. Meyer hasn’t played competitively since then, but her middle blocker instincts and ability haven’t gone anywhere.

“We did find the high school film, and we were reassured very quickly that Brooklyn’s athleticism and her physicality, with a volleyball net in front of her, would translate to Summit League volleyball,” Georgalas said.

Meyer said the transition between the two sports feels intuitive.

“It’s not an easy position but it’s probably the one that translates the best over from basketball, just like the movements and the footwork and stuff,” Meyer said.

It’s not only Meyer’s athleticism that translates, but her leadership and work ethic that really made her a fit for Georgalas’ squad.

“She’ll go into it with a really driven mindset,” women’s basketball head coach Aaron Johnston said. “She knows she’s going to have to earn whatever comes her way. She’ll go into it with high expectations about how she competes but she’ll go into it with realistic expectations for what she needs to prove.”

Georgalas believes Meyer’s veteran presence will benefit the team immediately.

“She’s got so much experience that she’s so well-respected,” Georgalas said. “She brings a new layer of maturity and championship success that fits our group really, really well.”

Meyer is working towards her masters degree in nutrition and dietetics in her final year as a Jackrabbit athlete.

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