USA WOMEN'S PLAYER PROFILE

Angie Pressey

Position: Outside Hitter
Height: 5-8/173 cm
Weight: 161 lbs/73 kg
Hometown: Lake Mary, Florida
Birth Date: June 6, 1986
College: California
Joined Team: January 2008

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2008 – Tour of China

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 – Tallied 20 points in limited action during a three-week, eight-match tour of China.

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2007 – Selected as American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America First-Team after leading California to its first-ever NCAA Tournament semifinal round appearance…Selected All-Pac-10 first team…Provided 4.98 points per set including averages of 4.21 kills, 0.89 blocks and 0.23 aces per set…Added 2.82 digs per set…Despite a lack of height, finished collegiate career with 307 blocks (65 solo and 236 assisted)…Totaled 1,725 kills during four-year career for a 4.14 career kill average, along with 1,174 digs (2.82 average). 2006 – Named to the AVCA All-America Second Team and was a first-team All-Pac-10 selection…Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors...Led the Bears in kills (487), kills per game (4.39, third in the Pac-10) and points (551.0, 4.96 points per game, fifth in the Pac-10)...Finished second on the team with 300 digs. 2005 – Named first-team All-Pac-10, hitting .251 and leading the Bears in kills (446, 10th on Cal's single-season list) and kills per game (4.13)...was also honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic...averaged 4.79 points per game (517.5 total). 2004 - Named first-team All-Pac-10, the first Cal freshman in school history selected all-conference, and a member of the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team...Ranked second on the Bears' squad with 329 kills (3.74 kills per game, seventh in the Pac-10)...led Cal in kills in 13 of 29 matches.

OTHER USA VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE: Competed for the U.S. Women’s National A2 program in 2007.

CLUB/PREP CAREER: Earned Florida All-State in volleyball, basketball and track while competing for Lake Mary High School…Selected 2002 Florida 6A Volleyball Player of the Year…Member of PrepVolleyball.com’s Fab 50 team in 2003 and 2004…Won the 2003 Florida High School state championship in the 100-meter dash.

PERSONAL: Born Angela Pressey on June 6, 1986, in Tulsa, Okla…Parents are Paul and Elizabeth Pressey…Siblings are brothers Mathew (1988) and Phillip (1990) and sister Ashley (1984)…Father Paul Pressey played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors, and is now an assistant coach for the New Orleans Hornets…Majored in history at the University of California…Attended Lake Mary High School (Fla.), graduating in 200…Began playing club volleyball in 1998 with Orlando Volleyball Academy…Hobbies include shopping…Favorite types of music are gospel and R&B…Favorite professional team is the San Antonio Spurs…Favorite food is pasta…Happiest moment in life is helping her team reach the NCAA Division I Tournament semifinals.

Posted and Updated: May 26, 2008