August 14, 2010 | Volleyball
Aug. 14, 2010
ROB PATRICK ON SAHAGIAN: "Carly is one of those quiet assassins. She plays very even keel. It doesn't matter if she just got five kills in a row or was blocked five times in a row, she is going to come right back at you with the same intensity and the same quiet confidence. She is another six-rotation player that has touched the ball a lot for her high school and club teams. She controls the ball at a high level in terms of passing and digging and can be a force at the net, where I think she plays higher than most people realize. Once she gains a little bit of strength, I see her being a pretty big surprise to other teams around our league. She has the ability to play a big role for us immediately this year because she can help to solidify our defense and ball control."
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Rated as the 32nd-best senior in the country by PrepVolleyball.com...Was a three-time all-area selection and four-year starter for Bartlett H.S...Led the Fox Valley region in kills as a senior with 422 in 848 attempts, while hitting at a blistering .357 clip...Also topped her squad with 144 digs and 58 aces and contributed 24 solo blocks..Guided the Hawks to a 21-12 record as a junior...Posted totals of 371 kills, 146 digs, 86 aces and 42 blocks before being named second team all-state by the Champaign News-Gazette and unanimously voted an All-Upstate Eight Conference choice...Was selected to train and compete with the USA Volleyball High Performance Select A1 program in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2007...Played alongside fellow Lady Vol Kelsey Robinson on the Sports Performance Volleyball Club's 16 and 18-Elite squads...Helped lead the club team to the 2010 18-Open AAU national championship...The team also won tournaments at the President's Day Challenge in Chicago and The Showcase in Wisconsin en route to a final record of 65-7 that year...Was named to the all-tournament team for the 16-Open Junior Volleyball Director's Association Championships in 2008.
PERSONAL: Plans to major in either psychology or sports nutrition...Lists fishing, cooking and baking as her favorite hobbies outside of volleyball...Former teammates playing college volleyball include Emily McGee (North Carolina), Jess Jendryk (Illinois) and Amanda Peterson (Ohio State)...Chose to attend Tennessee over offers from Ohio State, Cincinnati and Colorado State...Names her brother Billy, 22, as her biggest sports influence...He played middle blocker for Lewis University from 2006-09...Carly Joanne Sahagian, the daughter of Bill and Sue Sahagian, was born on April 7, 1992, in Elk Grove, Ill.
