Height Isn't Everything: The Logan Case Story

In the world of volleyball, coaches are clawing for tall players, especially when it comes to setters who can also climb the net to block.

Western Michigan University junior setter Logan Case doesn't fit that mold.

To put it bluntly, she's short.

''I'm 5-feet, 7-inches in shoes,'' she says with a laugh.

That would be 5-feet, 7-inches of two-time Mid-American Conference Setter of the Year short. That would be MAC Freshman of the Year short. That would be American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Region Honorable Mention as a freshman and AVCA All-Region First Team as a sophomore short.

That sounds like a player who is 6-feet, 7-inches tall. Height, definitely, isn't everything. More important…