Bree Hammel keeps UNLV volleyball in hunt for NCAA berth

Bree Hammel’s athleticism, even as a high schooler, made Cindy Fredrick sure she needed to recruit the Bonanza product to UNLV.

The redshirt senior’s adaptability turned out to be just as important. Hammel, an outside hitter in high school, has played in the middle and on the right and left sides for UNLV. This year the two-time Mountain West First Team honoree has started playing in the back row as well, and her versatile game is flourishing in her final season.

“She’s one of those kids where wherever you put her, she’s going to bloom,” Fredrick said. “When you teach her something, you can tell her something two or three times max and she’ll have it. She’ll make that change. And that’s a…