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Culpeper County farm.
Oh, there’s more. Kritter is president of the National Honor Society and ranks in the top 10 in the Class of 2008.
“Elena’s a very well-rounded person, said Jim West, who taught Kntter in Advanced Placement U.S. History as a junior. “She accepts responsibility and works hard to be successful, and she has been successful in everything that she’s attempted.”
But Kritter admits that people tend to associate her more with her volleyball performances. A senior outside hitter, she set the Rappahannock County season record with 347 kills She is the team leader. Her emotion, the spark that she provides, is seen with every dig, kill, or even, misplay.
“I’m playing with such good kids. I really like being around my teammates,” Kritter said. “There’s no animosity, and if there is, you don’t see it. We’re here to play volleyball and enjoy the game.”
Not that winning is unimportant to Kritter and the Lady Panthers. In fact, a top-four finish in the state tournament just isn’t satisfying.
Winning a state championship in front of a huge crowd of Rappahannock County students and fans in midNovember at Virginia Commonwealth University would be.
“The biggest thing,” she said, “is that we’ve got to believe and go back there and win it.”
What brought Kritter to Rappahannock County High School, however, was not the volleyball program. It was academics, specifically the Cambridge program, an internationally recognized, pre-college curriculum that started just two years ago.
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