Jade Michaelsen
Jade Michaelsen
Player Profile
Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Tucson, Ariz.

High School:
Salpointe Catholic HS

Height:
5-11

Position:
S

Experience:
RS

FRESHMAN: Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner in volleyball at Salpointe Catholic in Tucson, Ariz....guided her team to three regional championships...named the 5A Southern Arizona Player of the Year as a junior...first team all-state selection as a senior and second team honoree as a junior...named to the All-Southern Arizona second team as a sophomore...put down a career-high 198 kills as sophomore, 110 as a junior and 74 as a senior...blocked a career-high 52 attempts in 2005, 42 in 2004 and 35 in 2003...dished out a career-high 842 assists as a junior, 753 as a senior and 425 as a sophomore...averaged over 109 digs and 21 aces per season...received the Gary Gillette Memorial, Fine Arts Ceramics and Club Cactus Junior Volleyball Captain's awards...made the Honor Roll three consecutive years.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Jerry and Joanne Michaelsen...has one brother, Justin, played middle blocker for the University of Arizona...her uncle, John Butcher, played professional baseball for the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians...lists her hobbies as reading, playing video games and water sports and off-roading...likes ice cream and pasta...favorite athlete is Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash...says her greatest thrill while participating in sports each season going undefeated in her region to claim three regional titles...Business major.