Windermere High boys volleyball's Hayden Spears signs with Ohio State

The 6-foot-7 middle hitter will be continuing his volleyball career in the Big Ten next season.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 12:00 p.m. March 21, 2024

Sports
High Schools

Windermere High boys volleyball player Hayden Spears has officially signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his playing career at Ohio State.

The 6-foot-7 middle blocker has been extremely efficient for the Wolverines (5-3) this season; recording 86 kills in just 24 sets, with 15 total blocks and eight aces. Spears has also had a lot of success in the club volleyball scene as well, being named to the AVCA All-American watch list and has been selected three times to participate in USA volleyball's national team development program.

Spears and Windermere still have a slew of games left over the next month and a half before the playoffs, including matchups against three West Orange and Southwest Orange County. Windermere will travel to Olympia High (1-2) on April 9, host Lake Buena Vista High (6-6) on April 16 and travel to Horizon High (7-2) on April 18.

Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.