Angela Puente Class: Sophomore Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA High School: Bishop Montgomery Height: 5-6 Position: Libero/Defensive Specialist Birthdate: 09/27/1989

Has experience as an outside hitter and libero ... part of three student-athlete recruiting class ... gives team flexibility and needed depth ... talented passer and defensive player ... sports same #11 as Jessica Fiebelkorn (1989-92), the first Irish player to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Aided her high school team, Bishop Montgomery, to conference titles in 2003 and 2006 ... team captain as a senior for the nationally ranked Knights, who advanced to the quarterfinals of the California Interscholastic Foundation (CIF) playoffs ... earned MVP, all-conference and all-city honors in 2006 in her final season ... registered 210 kills and 313 digs en route to becoming the Del Ray League MVP in 2006 ... played club ball for the South Bay Volleyball Club ... she led Hot Shots to a silver medal at the 2002 Junior Olympics ... member of Habitat for Humanity Club, California Scholarship Federation and Concordia Service Club ... her grandfather, Donald Puente, played football Arizona State ... will be the 25th California product to play for the Irish volleyball team, the most of any state ... played pitcher and leftfield for high school softball team as a junior ... daughter of Suzanne and Ronald Puente ... last name is pronounced Pwen-Tay ... born September 27, 1989 ... also has a younger sister, Teresa ... plans to major in aerospace engineering ... enrolled in the First Year of Studies.