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

Solid defensive player who gives team flexibility and depth ... talented passer ... also has great leaping and hitting skills ... gained invaluable experienced throughout her first year with the Irish, and looks to develop into a consistent contributor

As a Freshman (2007): Started 20 matches while seeing action at the libero spot in 98 games ... second on the team with 276 digs (2.82/game) ... also notched 18 assists, four service aces and two kills ... set a career high with 18 digs in just her second match with the Irish, a four-gamer with No. 7 Florida (Nov. 26) ... later matched that total against South Florida (Nov. 4) ... recorded double-digit digs in 16 contests ... totaled 10 matches with a perfect serving percentage ... her first collegiate kill came against Florida International (Sept. 1) during the Tiger Invitational hosted by Missouri ... had two aces and eight digs against the Golden Panthers ... one of four Irish players with 15+ digs against Alabama (Sept. 8) ... she anchored a Notre Dame defense that posted 80 digs against the Crimson Tide ... put together a streak of six consecutive matches with 12+ digs (Sept. 7- Sept. 16) ... had 17 digs against Villanova (Sept. 30) and 15 at Marquette (Oct. 12) ... finished the season with 11 digs, two assists and one kill at Tennessee (Nov. 23).

The Puente File: Aided her high school team, Bishop Montgomery (Calif.), 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 in 2006 ... earned MVP, all-conference and all-city honors in 2006 ... registered 210 kills and 313 digs en route to becoming the Del Ray League MVP in 2006 ... played club ball for South Bay ... led the 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 forArizona State ... played pitcher and leftfield for high school softball team as a junior ... daughter of Suzanne and Ronald Puente ... has a younger sister,Teresa ... last name is pronounced Pwen-TAY ... born Sept. 27, 1989 ... sports the same #11 as Jessica Fiebelkorn (1989-92), the first Irish player to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career ... enrolled in the College of Engineering ... studying aerospace engineering.

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