Kiara Desiderio was making her way to the field before last week’s season opener at Eastern Illinois when an EIU fan pointed out the Valparaiso sophomore and started rattling off a scouting report.
“There’s No. 10. She’s the Missouri Valley Freshman of the Year. She’s the one we have to watch out for.”
Such is life for Valparaiso’s sophomores as the relative obscurity of last season has been replaced by heightened awareness from the opposition this year.