KATJA ECKL CDA VOLLEY TALMASSONS FVG – FUTURA BUSTO ARSIZIO VOLLEYBALL ITALIAN VOLLEY CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES A2-F 2023-24 PROMOTION PLAYOFF GAME 2 LATISANA (UD) 04-25-2024 PHOTO FILIPPO RUBIN / LVF
Prosecco DOC Imoco Volley has announced that it has included the third “pearl” from the youth sector in the first team roster, the South Tyrolean central Katja Eckl who from being a “panther” will be promoted to the Pantera first team.
After the youth sector with Imoco Volley San Donà, the South Tyrolean central defender made her debut in senior volleyball in A2 in Martignacco, where she played for two seasons from 2021 to 2023, before wearing the Talmassons shirt with which she was the protagonist of a Historic year for the Friulians which culminated with promotion to Serie A1. An important season for her with 322 points scored, 100 of which were blocks, first in the specialty rankings of the entire A2 series. With the “senior” Panthers Katja has already had an important experience as a very young girl, often being part of the first team bench in 2020/21 when, due to Fahr’s injury, she was integrated into the group, entering the field on two occasions, of which a special one in the 2021 championship final (then won) in game 2 against Novara. The very first experience with the senior team had already been anticipated in December 2019 in Perugia, called up by coach Santarelli together with other young players in the return match from the Club World Cup in China where the holders of the world championship were given rest, but on the occasion he did not enter the field.
She took her first steps in Ssv Bozen, when she was still in primary school, until 2018 when she joined Imoco Volley San Donà, the yellow-blue youth team, where she played in the Under 16s (best central defender in the 2019 category finals ) and the Under 18s, with which she won the Junior scudetto in 2021. With the Italian youth teams Katja Eckl has a silver medal in her bag won last year at the Under 21 World Championships in Mexico. She is currently busy with the National Under 22 team preparing for the European Championships scheduled for July in Lecce.
She graduated from linguistic high school and is attending the Faculty of Motor Sciences. She will play with number 7.
