#4 Sage Diessner
Libero
Height: 5-5
Class: Junior
Hometown: Yakima, Wash.
Major: Biology and psychology
| ABOUT SAGE |
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Born: Oct. 6, 1987
Parent: Kathy Ortolf
Brothers: Shadow, Slate
Sister: Sarah
Nickname: Sager
Pregame Superstitions/Rituals: Wipe hand twice on bottom of shoes
Best Thing About Maryville: No traffic!
Favorite Place on Campus: Track
Favorite Movie I’ve Seen This Year: “Sex and the City”
Favorite TV Show: “Project Runway”
Favorite Music Artists: Jack Johnson and “Dave Matthews Band”
Current Cell Phone Ring: “Lollipop Remix” with Kanye West
Person You’d Switch Places For a Day: Gisele Bündchen
Dream Job: Host of “Shark Week” on the “Discovery Channel”
First Job: Server at Dairy Queen
Best Player You’ve Played Against: Jill Colley
If You Could Travel Anywhere in the World: Crete
Something You Have to Do Before Turning 40: Sky dive
If You Could Have Any Talent: Teletransport!
My Parents Were Right When They Told Me: It’s hard work, working hard.
Biggest Pet Peeve: When people say “um” at the beggining of every sentence
Most Influential Person: Mom
Most Famous Person You’ve Met: Ben Savage
If You Won The Lottery, You Would: Buy season tickets on the 50-yard line to the San Diego Chargers
Most Prized Possession: Shark necklace |
Coach Tool on Sage
“Diessner was an all-around player at her junior college and will be able to focus solely on ball control at Northwest. She is a very vocal player and is expected to provide consistency in serve receive and aggressiveness defensively.”
2008
2006-07 (Palomar (Calif.) C.C.)
Ranked seventh in the Pacific Coast Conference in both digs and digers per game ... helped lead Comets to a second-place conference showingi n 2007 ... ranked 10th in conference kills, 12th in kills per game and 13th in attack percentage
West Valley High School
Two-time member of the all-region team ... led team to a sixth-place state finish in 2005 ... three-time all-academic first team member ... first-team all-league player in 2005
