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Hard work and dedication are essential in order to be a Class A Varsity volleyball libero all four years of high school. The ability to dig concussion-threatening spikes requires highly advanced skills that can only be acquired through years of practice.

In fall of 2012, freshman Brittany Witt started on Marian’s Varsity volleyball team, which was unheard of at Marian. Since then, Witt has played in three Nebraska Class A state tournaments, and her team has taken home the state championship trophies her sophomore and junior years.

How does one acquire two consecutive state titles? Practice, of course. Perhaps the most intense conditioning Witt has ever experienced took place during the first two weeks of the summer of 2015, which included two hours of competitive practice each day.

“Every time I step foot into practice I have to remind myself to never take a day off and use every opportunity as a chance to improve,” Witt said.

In addition, over this past summer, Witt was invited to attend an international tournament. She put in work for six days, twice a day, for two and a half hours each practice for her A1 National Training Team.

Witt has already committed to play volleyball at Creighton University and hopes to play in the Olympics or with an overseas professional team after college.