Dec. 1, 2008

Penguins' Volleyball Signs Three Players to 2009 Squad

    Youngstown -- A setter, an outside hitter and a middle blocker have signed a National Letter of Intent to continue their academic and volleyball careers at Youngstown State University, YSU head volleyball coach Joe Bonner announced.
    Angie Roidt (McFarland, Wis.), Suzanne Lasseigne (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Martina Davis (Penn Hills, Pa.) will all join the Penguins’ for the 2009 season.
    Roidt was named to the PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces list, which recognizes the top 250 seniors in the nation. She was a unanimous Rock Valley first-team all-conference selection at McFarland High School as a senior, and she was a two-time first-team All-Badger South honoree as a sophomore and junior. Roidt was the Spartans’ co-Offensive Player of the Year as a senior, and the Offensive Player of the Year as a junior when she led the team in assists, kills and aces. She started all four years at McFarland – her first two as an outside hitter and her second two at setter. Roidt was also named to the Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association All-Academic Team as a freshman.
    “Angie is a catalyst for energy on the court,” Bonner said. “She has spent the last several years training with some of the best setting coaches in the country.”
    Lasseigne is a 5-foot-10 outside hitter who was named the district player of the year at Princess Anne High in Virginia Beach, Va. She was a first-team all-district and all-region honoree her final three seasons, and she was a second-team all-state selection as a junior. She helped lead the Cavaliers to its first-ever state tournament appearance as a junior, when she set the Beach District single season kill record. Lasseigne was the team co-MVP as freshman and sophomore.
    “Suzanne has a very calm presence about her, and she was the leader on both her high school and club teams,” Bonner said. “She is a very talented outside hitter that does well both in the front row attacking and in the back row defending.”
    Davis is a 6-foot middle blocker who was a team captain for the Penn Hills Indians as the lone senior on the squad.
    “Martina comes from a very athletic family and will be looked upon to compete in the middle,” Bonner said. “She is very quick laterally to close blocks, and she has a quick arm.”