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  Jade Michaelsen

Jade Michaelsen

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Tucson, Ariz.

High School:
Salpointe Catholic HS

Height:
6-0

Position:
S

Experience:
2L

JUNIOR (2009): 2009 Mountain West Conference Preseason Co-Player of the Year ... Team captain ... Is expected to reach 2,000 career assist mark early in the season.

SOPHOMORE (2008): All-Mountain West Conference ... MWC Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-MWC ... ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America nominee ... Named Mountain West Conference Co-Player of the Week on Sept. 29 ... Team captain ... Finished second in MWC and 28th in nation with 10.92 assists per set ... Led team with 20 service aces ... Named to Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team ... Named to the George Mason Patriot Invitational All-tournament Team ... Named to the MCM Elegante Lobo Classic All-Tournament Team ... Recorded a season-high 54 assists at Texas-Arlington on Sept. 20 ... Season-high 11 digs vs. New Mexico State for her third double-double of the season (47 assists) ... In same match had season-high seven blocks and six assists.

Jade Michaelsen


REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2007): Academic All-Mountain West Conference ... Became the Lobos lead setter halfway through the season ... MWC ranking of 6th in assists with a 8.77 per game average ... Dished out a career-high 57 assists vs. UNLV on Oct. 13 ... Recorded three double-doubles, including two in back-to-back matches at Utah (27A-12D) and at BYU (38A-11D) ... Had a career-high 7 kills vs. TCU on Sept. 28 and at BYU on Oct. 6 ... Dropped a career-high 3 aces vs. Utah on Nov. 3 ... Matched career-high 12 digs at TCU on Oct. 26 ... Had a career-high 9 blocks on Aug. 25 vs. San Jose State, leading to a career-high 10.5 points.

FRESHMAN (2006): 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 ... 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 Steve Nash ... Says her greatest thrill while participating in sports was going undefeated in her region to claim three regional titles ... Business major.

CAREER SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS

Kills: 7, 2x - last at BYU (10/6/07)
Attacks: 17, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/07)
Hitting Percentage: .857, at San Diego State (11/10/07)
Assists: 57, vs. UNLV (10/13/07)
Service Aces: 4, at Air Force (11/13/08)
Digs: 12, 2x - last at TCU (10/26/07)
Total Blocks: 9, vs. San Jose State (8/25/07)
Solo Blocks: 2, at San Diego State (11/10/07)
Block Assists: 9, vs. San Jose State (8/25/07)
Points: 10.5, vs. San Jose State (8/25/07)

Michaelsen's Career Stats
Year	SP-MP	K	E	TA	Pct.	A	SA	Dig	BS	BA	TB	Pts.
2007	104-29	106	25	279	.290	912	13	118	9	75	84	165.5
2008	93-20	65	25	216	.185	1016	20	154	7	70	77	127.0
Totals	197-49	171	50	495	.244	1928	33	272	16	145	161	292.5