Quotes On The Addition Of Hanah Rasmussen
Aug 13, 2009 | Women's Volleyball
Aug. 13, 2009
HEAD COACH Sinisa Momic
On the addition of Hanah Rasmussen
"It's a good thing that she's here. We had 11 people so she gives us that 12th player to scrimmage in practice. It would be great to have even more, but we'll have the coaches playing with us so we'll be competitive in our scrimmages. The good thing about Hanah is she already has experience playing at the college level. She's a bit rusty now but she's going to be able to train with us for a year before she plays. She has experience. She will be polished here and she will be ready for next year and we expect her to be our starting libero. She has the tools now, but we're going to work on changing some technical things that she could do better. Overall, she's going to help us this year and develop."
On how the team learned of Rasmussen
"She sent us a video and we liked what we saw. We liked the fact that she has experience, and that's better than going out and getting a freshman libero. I like the fact that she can be here for a year before she starts playing. I guarantee that she will be ready and she'll have two more years to play for us."
On the fact that she played for a good junior college program
"She's already played at a high level. She played with good players, she had some international players on her team and she played for a very good coach. Basically, this beats having a freshman libero that you have to put on the spot as a freshman. She has to hold down our passing unit. I think this will work out for us and for her."
SOPHOMORE LIBERO Hanah Rasmussen
On what attracted her to Tulane
"It was a really good balance of academics, a really valuable degree and a very good volleyball program. There were a couple of other schools that I looked at, mostly in Texas, and I even considered not even playing volleyball anymore, but that would have been too hard for me."
On if she considers her route to being on the Green Wave team a unique one
"It really has been. It's kind of been like someone out there has a bigger plan for me. There have been times when I felt like I have no idea what is going on. I feel a lot more stable now and someone has a plan for me. I've very excited to be here."
