UTA volleyball welcomes new setter

Freshman setter Mollie Blank joins UTA after accumulating 3,976 assists, 1,272 digs and 426 kills throughout her time at Mansfield High School.

Courtesy: Sideline Pics When freshman setter Mollie Blank made her collegiate decision, she chose to stay close to home.

The Mansfield native attended Mansfield High School, where she achieved accolades such as 4-6A Newcomer of the Year, was named to multiple All-Area and All-Academic teams and earned team MVP as a senior.

She signed with UTA in November 2019 as part of head coach J.T. Wenger’s 2020 recruiting class.

“Distance was a really big thing for me because I’m so close to my family,” Blank said. “Whenever I started talking to UTA, it was kind of…