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Minor league baseball is all about player development, preparing guys for the major leagues, but the biggest lesson for Class AAA St. Paul Saints players has been in time management.

No team, in all the minor leagues, has dealt with more rainouts this year.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” said pitcher Kody Funderburk. “It’s nuts.”

The Saints had 13 games affected by weather (11 postponements and two cancellations) during the first two months of the season, which matches Class AA Portland for the most in the minors. By comparison, St. Paul totaled 19 postponements or cancellations over the last four seasons combined.

Ask players about all the rain, and they shake their heads as they think about their two road trips to Columbus, Ohio. In the first series, at the beginning of April, they had two rainouts. They played a doubleheader to make up one game — fittingly, the first game started after a 95-minute rain delay — and the other game was postponed until the second series at the end of April.

When St. Paul returned to Columbus, the make-up game from the first series was rained out on a Tuesday, again on Thursday, again on Friday and finally canceled on Saturday. The Saints lost two games in Columbus that won’t be rescheduled this year.

“I hear Columbus is, like, a great city,” Twins pitcher Zebby Matthews said. “I hear nothing but good things about it. But the two times we were there, it rained, and it was cold. You want to go out, walk around, go eat and find some restaurants, but you get done playing or the game is rained out, and it’s just pouring rain. You’re like, ‘Ah, I don’t know if I want to go anywhere now.’”

Shortstop Ryan Fitzgerald added: “That’s the place you want to go, too, because it’s a good ballpark to hit in.”

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Shondell Inks Transfer Lameen Mambu – Purdue Boilermakers

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Outside hitter Lameen “Mimi” Mambu is set to transfer to Purdue volleyball, announced by head coach Dave Shondell. Mambu joins the Boilermakers after spending her freshman season at Georgia Tech, where she led the Yellow Jackets’ offense with 345 points and 304 kills.

“What a wonderful Christmas gift to get the commitment from a smart and dynamic student-athlete,” Shondell said. “We’re excited to have this hard-hitting high-flyer join our team after such a strong first season at Georgia Tech where she helped lead them to an NCAA tournament appearance. We watched Mimi play in high school and knew she would be a special player. Mimi learned so much about our program from Kash [Akasha Anderson] and Isabelle Bardin who are good friends from the D.C. area.”

2025 // AS A FRESHMAN AT GEORGIA TECH

  • Played in all 30 matches as a freshman, making 25 starts
  • Led Georgia Tech’s offense with 345 points, 304 kills and 854 attempts while averaging 2.92 kills per set
  • Posted 10 digs, seven kills and two block assists at Purdue in Georgia Tech’s 3-1 win at Purdue (9/3).
  • Averaged one dig per set with .46 blocks per set
  • Recorded a season-high 17 kills vs. Georgia (9/19)
  • Secured a career-high 20 points vs. Arkansas State (8/31), including a career-high 16 digs and 16 kills
  • Registered three double-doubles
  • Went nearly errorless on the attack in the sweep at Clemson (11/12), posting a .481 attack % behind 14 kills and one error on 27 swings
  • Saw at least 20 attacks in 25 matches and 40 attacks in four matches
  • Served up four aces in the season-opener vs. Wofford (8/29), a career-high
  • Totaled 14 kills, second-most on the team, along with four digs and a block assist in the five set loss to UCLA in the NCAA First Round

 

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Spent four years playing at Chantilly High School
  • A three-time District Player of the Year award winner (2022-2024)
  • Three-time All-State First Team honoree (2022-2024)
  • Four-time All-Region First Team honoree (2021-2024)
  • Led her to team to become three-time District Champions (2021, 2022, 2024) and two-time Regional Champions (2022 And 2024)
  • 2025 Under Armor Next Volleyball All-American competitor
  • Won a silver medal with the United States U19 National Team during the summer of 2025



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Best of small school volleyball in Palm Beach

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The 2025 Palm Beach Post All-County teams are here!

The Palm Beach County High School Sports Awards is proud to announce the Player of the Year nominees for small school volleyball.

Player of the Year winners will be announced at the South Florida Fair in a live ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 24. Nominees will be able to register to attend for free, thanks to sponsors. For more information about the show, please reach out to deputy sports editor Eric J. Wallace (ejwallace@pbpost.com).



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Best of large school volleyball in Palm Beach

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The 2025 Palm Beach Post All-County teams are here!

The Palm Beach County High School Sports Awards is proud to announce the Player of the Year nominees for large school volleyball.

Player of the Year winners will be announced at the South Florida Fair in a live ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 24. Nominees will be able to register to attend for free, thanks to sponsors. For more information about the show, please reach out to deputy sports editor Eric J. Wallace (ejwallace@pbpost.com).



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December 28 – Kelly Sheffield was hired to coach UW-Madison’s Volleyball team

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MADISON, Wis. — On this day, December 28, 2012, Kelly Sheffield was hired as Wisconsin’s head volleyball coach, instantly propelling the program into one of the best in the country.

The Badgers had been coached by Pete Waite for the previous 13 years, and the program had been struggling since 2008. Sheffield turned things around immediately in his first season, making it all the way to the national championship in 2013, falling just short to Penn State.

Since then, the Badgers have made the NCAA tournament each season and have not lost more than 10 games in any season since he was hired.

He led the program to the top of the mountain in 2021, when they defeated Nebraska for the first championship in program history.

Since then, they have made the Final Four twice, most recently this past season, where they fell just short to the Kentucky Wildcats in five sets.

Sheffield has also coached 20 different Badgers to 45 All-American nominations, headlined by Dana Rettke and Sarah Franklin who won AVCA Player of the Year honors in 2021 and 2023.

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Potsdam’s Sophia Layer earns SUNY Potsdam volleyball accolade

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POTSDAM – A student athlete from Potsdam was one of three SUNY Potsdam women’s volleyball players to be named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team. The teams are selected by CSC member directors of athletic communications to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.
Senior captain and setter Sophia Layer played in all 27 matches with 25 starts this Fall. She recorded 604 assists, 212 digs, 70 kills, 26 aces and 19 blocks. She ranked fourth in the SUNYAC in assists. In her career, she totaled 2087 assists, 723 digs, 101 kills and 35 blocks. Layer is the just the fourth Bear in the last 20 years to reach the 2000-assist mark.

To be eligible for the honor, athletes need to be at least a sophomore, maintain at least a 3.5 GPA, compete in 90 percent of their teams’ contests or start in 66 percent.





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