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Blaire Hiler
Freshman • HS • 6-2 • Outside Hitter • New Washington, Ohio
Buckeye Central HS • Club Team: Oiler Attack • Major: Criminal Psychology
High School – A four-year starter at Buckeye
Central High School, where she is the career kill
leader with 1,382 put-downs ... Also holds the
school’s career blocks record ... A three-time allstate
honoree, including first team distinctions her
senior year ... Named to the All-Ohio All-Star
match following her final campaign ... Set the
school’s single-season kill record with 470 her
senior year ... Led Buckeye Central to four Northern
Central Conference titles, twice being named
the District 6 Player of the Year ... Part of an Oiler
Attack club team that qualified for nationals in
2005 ... A member of the 2005 US Junior
Olympic 16s All-Tournament team ... Also played
basketball, earning all-district and all-conference
honors ... Has coached club volleyball in her home
community for the past two years.
Personal – Full name is Blaire Hiler ... Born Jan.
5, 1989 ... Parents are Jerry Hiler and Amber Christy.
Q & A
Song currently playing on your cell
phone ringer: Crank That - Soulja Boy
If I won the lottery, I would: Build my
dream house and give to research on
how to cure cancer
Quote you like? Impossible is nothing
If I had a Derby horse, I would name
it: Gibson
Last concert I went to was:
Backstreet Boys
What three things could you not live
without if stranded on a desert
island? Cell Phone, Ipod & food
Favorite food: Crab legs
Sarah Mendoza
Freshman • HS • 5-11 • Outside Hitter • Winter Park, Fla. • Winter Park HS
Club Team: Orlando Volleyball Academy • Major: Restaurant and Hotel Management
High School – Ranked among the nation’s
top 50 recruits by PrepVolleyball.com ... A fouryear
letterwinner at Winter Park High School, a
program that claimed three FHSAA state championships
during her prep career ... Team also
won three metro and district championships ... A
first-team all-state selection in 2006 and a twotime
member of the all-metro team ... Also
named second-team all-state following her junior
season ... A two-time All-America selection in
the club division ... A member of the 2005 AAU
Nationals All-Tournament team on a squad that
finished in third place at AAU Nationals.
Personal – Full name is Sarah Mendoza ... Born
Oct. 17, 1988 ... Parents are Barbara and Dean
Ptaszynski.
Q & A
Proudest volleyball moment: Being
on All-American Team at AAU
Who is your role model? Michael
Jordan
Who (living or dead) would you most
like to meet: My grandpa
Funniest player on the team: Bowler
Most interesting thing I did this
summer was: Went white-water rafting
What made you decide to come to
UK? The coaches
Quote you like? Life isn’t about finding
yourself, it’s about creating yourself
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