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