CHAMPAIGN — As Anna McClure explained the importance of her next IHSA volleyball season, to be conducted this spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, one particular word stood out when she described the experience on Wednesday night. Well, maybe three words. “I want to play at the highest level, and the key word is play,” the St. Thomas More junior said. “I want to be able to get in there and play — hopefully my freshman year, but who knows. I’m just trying to close the gap between me and the other Ohio State liberos right now.” Easy to see which pieces of that statement catch the eye. The first two are Ohio State, the college to which McClure verbally committed to on Thursday afternoon. She joins STM setter and fellow junior Caroline Kerr in connecting to a Division I volleyball program, with Kerr choosing Tennessee in July. The…
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