PEARLAND, Texas (KTRK) -- For ABC13's Athlete of the Week, we feature players from Dawson High School's volleyball team, which is playing for the first state championship in school history.

"The mindset going forward is just winning at all, flat out just winning it all, playing together and just winning it," senior Avery Koonsen said.

Koonsen is clear on the mission ahead.

"They play for each other," head coach Lauren Leth said. "It's a superpower, is what we say all the time. Our superpower is how much we love each other."

And when you share that superpower with your teammates, the tough things are easier because you do it together.

"We are sisters, like our coach has used our superpower, and we know that we're not like any other team," Taylor Ranney said. "Everyone of us is friends

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