Savannah State signs two Lafayette High School volleyball standouts

Best friends all throughout high school, Imani Cook and Kloe Ludy have also been important parts of the success of the Lafayette High School volleyball program over the past four seasons.

However, their time together on the court won’t be ending once graduation is over.

The two seniors traded orange and black for orange and blue this past Wednesday as they signed on to attend and play volleyball at NCAA Division II Savannah State.

“I’m super pumped for both of them,” said LHS head coach Chris Logan. “I guess the big story around both of these girls is that they both started out on junior varsity their freshman year. As sophomores, they worked hard and had minor roles on the varsity team.

Then, in their junior and senior years, they just put in all the work, and got better.”

In three seasons as varsity players, they helped the Lady Ramblers amass a 131-23 overall record with a 21-3 mark in region play during the regular season. They were a part of a Sweet 16 team as sophomores, while Lafayette made a Class AAAA Final Four run in their junior campaigns.

As seniors, they were major components of a squad that won back-toback region titles for the first time in program history and made another deep playoff run, this time to the Class AAA Elite Eight.

“It’s actually really exciting,” Cook said. “It was rough (for a while) because I didn’t think that I would (be a college volleyball player), but it just all came at one time. And (getting to go to college with Kloe), that’s the fun part. I’m really excited about that.”

Cook collected 289 kills and 77 blocks as a senior and finished with 605 career kills, 156 career blocks and 112 career digs.

“I believe (Savannah State’s) coach is going to keep me in the middle, like I was in high school,” Cook added. “So I guess (I’ll offer them) my hard work and athleticism.”

She added that she was excited to attend Savannah State.

“I’ll be honest, it’s the fact that it’s a historically black college,” she continued. “It’s really exciting being able to be around people that look like me and people that were brought up like me. I’m really excited about that.”

Ludy, the defensive standout who started at the libero position for LaFayette the last two seasons, recorded 456 digs as a senior with 30 aces, 87 assists and a 95.1 serve percentage.

Scott Herpst Lafayette seniors Kloe Ludy and Imani Cook (seated, center) signed on to continue their volleyball careers at Savannah State University this past Wednesday. Among the many friends, coaches, teachers and family members on hand for the ceremony were L.D. Ludy (seated, left), Ceola Johnson and Brooklyn Cook (seated, right), Timerra Kingsley, Kellye Ludy, Michael Ludy, Kyle Ludy, Karson Ludy, Willanda Johnson, Ronald Cook and Lafayette head coach Chris Logan (back row).