Kellee Mahaffay, an outside hitter who had a team-high 255 kills last season for Coal City's volleyball team, is heading to the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Mahaffay, a social work major with a minor in elementary education, will be playing volleyball for the Prairie Stars in the fall. She fell in love with UIS on her visit there.
"UIS had a gorgeous campus, the coach had a real bubbly personality and I liked the girls," Mahaffay said.
Mahaffay's choice was featured in a August 3, 2010, article by Free Press Newspapers.
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