Sun News reported this morning that our transfer setter is Alyssa Gintant. She's a 5-10 sophomore from Iowa State.
I wanted to bring up the comment in the post below this one. Here's more info on her: (Thanks to the anonymous poster!)
In two years she has only played in 6 matches and has very litle playing minutes. In the sport she is what we call a scout player or pratice team player. She has no real accompilshments in the sport such as conference awards and nothing impressive in her prep years. She will add depth to the postion but the quality of her contribution to the team is something that we will need to wait and see. She could end up being nothing more than another body
Her Bio:Courtesy:
Iowa State UniversityRelease: 07/05/2006
Gintant at ISU2006 (Sophomore)Saw action in five matches and nine games as the Cyclones' backup setter ... got the start against Northern Iowa, posting a career-high 50 assists to lead ISU to its second-straight win over Northern Iowa ... also had a career-high six digs against the Panthers ... had 18 assists, five digs and a career-high four block assists at UC Irvine ... recorded 17 assists, three kills and two digs against UMKC.
2005 (Freshman)
Saw first career action against Drake in the Cyclone Classic, recording four assists and a service ace ... notched a pair of assists against North Dakota State.
High School
Two-time all-conference, all-area and all-tournament team performer ...honorable mentionall-state as a senior ... led squad to sectional final appearance in her junior and senior seasons ... averaged nine assists a game as a senior ... played on the Sky High club volleyball team that finished ninth at the Nationals 17 Open Division and placed first in the National Division of the Nationals 18 bracket ... high school coach was Chris Trzyna ... club coaches were Scott Harris and Amanda Omar.
Personal
Business and pre-law major ... born May 13, 1987 ... daughter of Dr. Gary and Maryann Gintant ... two-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll honoree ... National Honor Society member .... Illinois State Scholar and Prairie State Achievement Award recipient ... AP scholar ... was a band member for four years, playing the bassoon and winning honors in state competition as a junior and senior ... was a peer mediator and tutor ... also served as a community volunteer.
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I'm going to disagree with the poster. We've seen what can happen when a player comes in to our program who's been either ignored by scouts or their current coaches. Case in Point: Alice Borden. :)
We shall see what happens.
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In other news, Maria Roth says that they will be putting in a bid to host the 2007 WAC Tourny at the Pan Am. It's been in Reno for - forever. I'm sure the warmer playing weather will be a nice feature for the teams!
posted by Melanie Brooks @ 8:30 AM
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