Mallory Yost grows into leadership role Bret Bloomquist, Wochit
What makes Mallory Yost such a force for the UTEP volleyball team isn't her 6-foot-1 frame, or her talent, or her ability to inspire her teammates, though all of those factors are considerable.
When her coach Ben Wallis sums up her impact, he starts with what she brings to practice every day.
"She's a worker," he said of his junior middle blocker. "I never have to motivate her, I never have to get her in a drill, I have to get her out of drills.