"A few days before the NCAA women's volleyball national championship, Texas A&M opposite hitter Logan Lednicky posted an old family video on her Instagram account. Lednicky is maybe 5 or 6 years old in the video, wearing a maroon A&M shirt, and doing cartwheels on the grass at Kyle Field, A&M's football stadium. "Say 'Gig 'Em, Aggies,'" her mom, Leigh Lednicky, implores her, and little Logan walks up to the camera, smiles and gives a thumbs-up."
"Under the video, Lednicky wrote that she is living in that little Aggie's "answered prayers." Her dad, Kyle, was a long snapper for the Texas A&M football team in the 1990s, and her mom worked in the football office. She chose Texas A&M because she always dreamed of being a fourth-generation Aggie, but that was only part of it. She wanted to help build a middling volleyball program into a powerhouse."
"Lednicky went beyond that little girl's dreams on Sunday, swatting 11 kills to lead Texas A&M to a sweep over No. 1 seed Kentucky for the program's first national title. The senior from Sugar Land, Texas, was a linchpin in the Aggies' improbable December postseason run, helping her team knock off three No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament. In the final four matches of her career, when it mattered most, Lednicky amassed 69 total kills, a team high. She's one of four seniors who have been with the program from the beginning -- they went 13-16 as freshmen -- and set the tone for the historic season. The past and present swirled through that class Sunday. With the Aggies cruising in the final set, coach Jamie Morrison high-fived Lednicky, and hung on to her hand."
Logan Lednicky grew up in an Aggie family and posted a childhood video at Kyle Field. She dreamed of being a fourth-generation Aggie and chose Texas A&M to help build a middling program into a powerhouse. Lednicky recorded 11 kills in the national championship to lead Texas A&M to a sweep over No. 1 seed Kentucky for the program's first national title. She was a linchpin in an improbable postseason run that included knocking off three No. 1 seeds. In her final four matches she totaled 69 kills, a team high, and helped set the tone for the historic season.
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