Kootenai High’s Nyrop signs with LCSC volleyball team

4-16-08

Hannah Nyrop, a 5-foot-11 outside hitter from Harrison, Idaho, has signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Lewis-Clark State College, the Warrior coaching staff announced Wednesday. 

Nyrop is an all-around athlete at Kootenai High School. She lettered four years in volleyball and basketball, and also has lettered three times in track and once in cross country. She was a four-time North Star League MVP in volleyball, and a three-time Spokesman-Review All-North Idaho First Team selection. She was selected the North Idaho volleyball Player of the Year twice and was a two-time first-team all-state volleyball selection. 

In basketball, she was chosen to all-league team three times, including being named the MVP her senior year. She was selected to play in the Idaho State High School All-Star Basketball Game this summer. 

During her junior year, she placed fifth in the 100 meters and also helped Kootenai to a fifth place finish in the medley relay at the Idaho State 1A Track and Field Championships. 

Recently, Nyrop was nominated for the North Idaho Sports Banquet’s Female Prep Athlete of the year and Volleyball Player of the Year. 

“Hannah Nyrop is an outstanding athlete who we are extremely happy to have enter our program,” LCSC assistant coach Burdette Greeny says.  “Hannah possesses great length and physical gifts, a good volleyball IQ, and a competitive fire we desire in our players.  Her participation and excellence in four sports in high school demonstrates her overall athleticism, while it also lends us to believe with her focus solely on volleyball, her ceiling is unlimited and is as high as she chooses to make it.” 

Nyrop comes from an athletic family. Her mother, Mandy Love, was her high school volleyball coach and played volleyball and ran track at Washington State University. She also coached at the University of Washington and Gonzaga. Her late father, Bill Nyrop, played hockey and football at Notre Dame and played in the National Hockey League with Montreal and Minnesota. He was part of three Stanley Cup titles with Canadiens during 1976-78, and played in the NHL All-Star Game in 1978. Her stepfather, John Love, played football and wrestled at Montana Western. 

Also, her sister, Jessica Nyrop, plays volleyball at the University of San Diego and was just named to the USA Volleyball Women’s Senior A2 National Team. 

Hannah Nyrop has a 3.30 GPA and plans to major in English at LCSC. 

“We have been very selective in our recruitment of outside hitters for the 2008 class and believe Hannah fits the type of player we have been signing the past few months,” Greeny says.  “Players like Hannah, along with our returning players, plus the four other recruits we have signed for next year, were a principal factor in our decision to stay at Lewis-Clark State.”  

Nyrop is the fifth recruit to sign with LCSC next season. The other four are Mt. Spokane High 6-0 middle hitter Caitlin Barschig, Colfax High setter Abby Bruya, 6-1 middle hitter Dani Barrett of Port Angeles, Wash., and 6-2 right-side hitter and setter Josi Lyman of LaGrande, Ore.  

The Warriors went 26-8 last season and won both the Frontier Conference regular season and tournament titles after being picked to finish sixth in the league under first-year coach Jennifer Greeny. LCSC also won the Region I title and was seeded ninth at the 20-team NAIA national tournament.