Morgan City High School’s Karmen Peterson sent off her highlight tape to Nicholls State University hoping to get a shot on the school’s indoor volleyball team.
While she said she was told there were no spots available for the indoor squad, she was offered a spot on the school’s newly-formed beach volleyball team.
Peterson made local history Tuesday when she became the Tri-City Area’s first volleyball player to sign a beach volleyball scholarship.
Peterson said beach volleyball will be a big difference from the indoor game.
“It’s going to be a great difference,” she said. “I have to know every position to play.
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