USD Volleyball 2009

#7 • freshman • 6-1 outside hitter • san antonio, texas ronald reagan high school

#14 • sophomore • 6-0 middle hitter • san jose, calif. presentation high school

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four varsity letters playing volleyball at Ronald Reagan High School...as a senior she recorded 602 kills and 442 digs en route to being named All-American, named to the All-State Team, and being named the Express Payer of the Year...as a junior, she recorded 478 kills and 402 digs en route to being selected to the All-State team, to the Express News Super team and being named her team's offensive and defensive MVP...she was a four-time first-team All-District selec– tion...she played for the Austin Junior Volleyball club team, where she helped lead the team to the 2008 National Championship. PERSONAL: Amber Dawn Tatsch was born on March 20, 1991 ...she is the daughter of Buddy and Donna Tatsch ...she was heavily recruited by New Mexico State, Notre Dame, Missouri and the University of Pacific... chose to attend USO because of the great volleyba ll program, the great academic reputation, and because of the beautiful campus...she notes that she is the first member of her fam ily to leave the state ofTexas.

FRESHMAN (2008): Played in four matches ... helped USO win its third consecutive WCC Championship ... recorded three ki lls and had three digs ... recorded one kill against Cal State Fullerton (9/ 12/ 08), Loyola Marymount (11 / 20/ 08) and against Yale (11 / 25/ 08). HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Earned three varsity letters in vo lleybal l whi le playing at Presentation High School...as a senior was named first-team All-Central Coast Section, was named first-team All-West Catholic Ath– letic League and first-team All-Sa n Jose Mercury News...as a senior was named a prep Volleyball Senior Ace (top-150) ...as a senior was a US Army Reserve Scholar Athlete award winner...as a junior earned the Ca l-Hi Sports Spirit of Achievement Scholarship...as a sophomore she helped her team to a CCS Championship. PERSONAL: Sarah Schatzman was born on May 13, 1990 in Los Gatos, Ca lif....she is the daughter of Andy and Peggy Schatzman...was heav– ily recruited by Santa Clara, Nevada-Reno and Ohio...chose to attend USO because of the outstanding volleyball program, the location and because of the academic opportunities...her fath er, Andy, played foot– ba ll at Santa Clara and her grandfather won a national championship in basketball at St. Louis in 1948, and he played in the NBA finals wit the Syracuse Nationals in 1950.

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SCHATZMAN'SCAREER STATS Year GP/MP 2008 5/4 Career 5/4 TA KILL E 3 0 5 3 0

SA

BA

TB

A

BS

ATT%

DIG

.600 .600

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

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MARIAH JAKOSKY #6 • freshman • 5-11 outside hitter • newport beach, calif. mater dei high school

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Earned two varsity letters playing vo lleybal l at Mater Dei High School. ..earned back-to-back first-team Al l-Trin– ity League honors as a junior and senior... was named the Offensive Player of the Year as both a junior and senior... was named first-team Al l-Orange County as a sen ior... played club vo lleyball forthe Long Beach Mizuno. PERSONAL: Mariah Rebecca Jakosky was born on February 22, 1991 ... she is the daughter of Shannon and Jack Jakosky...her mother Shannon played col legiate volleyba ll,tennis, and basketball and her father Jack, sai led at USC and sailed in 1976 Olympics ...she chose to attend USO because of the outstanding vo lleybal l program, the loca– tion and because of the academic opportunities.