Paije Pearson Season 2009

2010 SEASON (As A Junior)
Starting outside hitter in 24 of SDSU’s 32 matches … Began the season by being named to the all-tournament team at the annual Aztec Invitational after averaging 3.78 kills and 3.00 digs per set over three matches during that opening weekend event … Was also named the Mountain West Player of the Week for her performance … Set a career high with 15 kills vs. Cincinnati (Aug. 28) … Also had a career-best 18 digs in that same match … Followed that with 15 digs vs. Utah State (Sept. 3) … Honored as the Cal Bank & Trust Student-Athlete of the Wee on Sept. 10 … Tied her career high with seven block assists against Wyoming (Oct. 28) … during a five-match stretch in mid-October hit .419 while averaging 1.67 kills, 1.72 digs and 1.00 blocks per set … Season-high .533 hitting percentage at Air Force during that run … Named to the Mountain West All-Academic team … Also recognized as an SDSU Scholar-Athlete.
 
2009 SEASON (As A Junior)
Moved into the starting lineup (27 of 29 matches) after having started in just a pair of contests on 2008 … Appeared in every game but one during the season … Set a career high with a .502 hitting percentage (10k-1e-16ta) in the season opener against Seattle (8/28) … Reached double figures in kills in 10 matches with a high of 14 vs. New Mexico on 10/31) … Had a personal best 11 digs on two occasions: vs. TCU on 10/29 and in the season finale at UC Santa Barbara on 11/24 … Career-best three service aces at Air Force (11/13) … Her block average of 0.81 per set ranked third on the squad … Set career best of seven block assists at Air Force (11/13).
 
2008 SEASON (As A Freshman)
Averaged 1.24 kills per set in the 10 matches (17 sets) in which she played … Two starts came against University of San Diego (Aug. 30) and Weber State (Sept. 6) … Set season-best in kills in the opening two matches of the year with four against both UC Irvine and Albany … Personal best two blocks in contests vs. USD on Aug. 30 … Recorded season-high three digs in one set against Weber State … Received Aztec scholar-athlete academic recognition for the spring semester.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner at Chandler High School where she was a starter all four seasons … Coached there by Janna Corbett … Received Highest Honorable Mention All-America accolades from Prep Volleyball after her senior season … Was listed among the top 100 seniors (No.78) in the nation by PrepVolleyball and was selected the 5A-1 Fiesta Region player of the year … Was named to the 5A all-state team in Arizona after helping lead Chandler to the final four at the state championships … Southeast Valley player of the year … As a senior, led the 5A Fiesta Region with 4.7 kills per game and 0.6 service aces per game … Her 0.5 blocks per game was second in the league and she also averaged 1.9 digs per game and hit .341 …  In league play, kill average improved to 5.7 kpg and she recorded 20 or more kills in six of her final nine matches in 2007 … Second-team all-state as a junior, honorable mention all-state as a sophomore … First-team all-region selection her final three seasons … Second-team all-region as a freshman … Named to all-tournament teams at eight in-season tourneys during her career … Team’s offensive player of the year as a freshman and was voted team MVP each of her final three seasons … An Arizona Scholar-Athlete honoree … Honor roll student all four years and member of the National Honor Society … Graduated with highest honors.
 
CLUB
Played for the Club Red 18-1 team that won the open regional championship in 2008 and advanced to nationals … Also competed for AZ Force one season and the Arizona Juniors for two years … A member of the East Valley Juniors for six years … Both her Arizona Juniors 16-1 squad and three of her East Valley Junior teams won regional titles and attended nationals.
 
PERSONAL
Paije Alverta-Marie Pearson was born in Fort Sill, Okla. … Daughter of Anthony Pearson and Tanya Pearson-Adam … Father played football at Oklahoma State … Favorite athlete is NBA forward Kevin Garnett … Enjoys listening to music going to the beach, traveling, baking, sports and being with friends …Was also recruited by Tennessee, TCU, Arizona State, South Florida and Cal State Fullerton … Involved in volunteer work in local community … Majoring in public health at SDSU.