9   Chantal Paschetta
Chantal Paschetta

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Fresno, Calif.

High School:
Buchanan HS '05

Height:
5-11

Position:
OH

Major:
Communication


2006: Started all 26 matches played, totalling 93 games... Played on both left and right sides... Led team in kills (300) and attempts (1,085) for second straight year... Finished 9th among Div. I Independent leaders with 3.23 kills per game... Also had 18 aces (0.19 apg), 249 digs (2.68 dpg) and 44 total blocks (0.47 bpg)... Posted 10-plus kills in 14 matches, 10-plus digs on 13 occasions... Had 9 double-doubles... Had season-best 20 kills in sweep vs. Montana (8/26)... Hit 15 kills with season-high 20 digs vs. UNLV (9/2)... Tallied 19 kills, 4 aces, 15 digs and career-high 7 blocks at home vs. Pacific (1/5)... Also served up 4 aces vs. UC Irvine (9/24) and UC Riverside (9/30).

2005: Played in all 31 matches, starting 23... Logged 90 games... Led Aggies in kills (301, 3.34 kpg) and attempts (1,054), becoming first freshman to do so in either category... Finished 2nd on team in aces (30, 0.33 apg)... Also compiled 237 digs (2.63 dpg)... Kills total is a school record for a freshman, surpassing Candy Lench's 1989 total of 267... Had 14 matches of 10-plus kills, 9 with 10 or more digs and 8 double-double matches... Hammered Washington State for season bests of 31 kills and 23 digs (9/3)... Tallied 23 kills and 14 digs vs. Cal State Fullerton (9/30)... Posted season-best 5 aces vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/16)... Hit 18-3-40 (.375) at Utah Valley State (9/17).

BUCHANAN HS '05: Equally decorated in volleyball and basketball.. Won first-team all-city, All-Metro and All-Tri-Valley Athletic Conference accolades in each of her junior and senior volleyball seasons... Added Player of the Year honors in 2004... Won MVP for Clovis Tournament of Champions in both 2003 and 2004... Selected as one of top 75 sophomores in the country by studentsports.com in 2002... Three-time co-captain... Team posted overall record of 101-15 in her last three seasons, winning three TRAC titles and two Central Section banners... Twice named to All-TRAC and all-city first teams in basketball... Selected as Most Defensive Player and made Buchanan TOC all-tourney team as a junior... Made High Honor Roll and Block B (for academic accomplishment as a student-athlete) all four years... Played for Fresno VB and Central Cal Volleyball, helping club to five Junior Olympic tournaments.

PERSONAL: Born in Monterey, Calif.... Majoring in managerial economics... Parents are Ivo and Bernadette Paschetta... Name is pronounced "shawn-TELL pah-SHEH-tah"... Proudest personal accomplishment was being named as the top student-athlete of her graduating class... Career highlight was her team's playoff match against Orange County VBC at the 2004 Volleyball Festival.