Meet The Aggies :: Volleyball

Name: Kelli Goodan
Hometown: Des Moines, N.M.
Major: Agriculture and Extension Education
Positon: Right Side/Outside Hitter

How often do people think you're from Iowa when you tell them you're from Des Moines?
Not very often because I don't give them a chance! I always have to say New Mexico afterwards just to clarify

What's your favorite part about playing volleyball?
Volleyball is such a team game. It's a mental game. My favorite part is my team members and being able to pound the ball down into other people.

What's your favorite movie?
I like Westerns.

What's your favorite western?
It's gotta be with John Wayne. Probably... Cowboys.

What's your favorite food?
Cheesecake.

What kind of cheesecake?
ALL cheesecake. It doesn't matter. Anything with berries!

Name: Jennifer Visser
Hometown: Bayfield, CO.
Major: Business, Marketing and Sales Marketing
Positon: Defensive Specialist (Ed. Note: Jennifer is redshirting this season)

What's your favorite part about playing volleyball?
I just like the team part of it. It's a really mental sport and I like that part about it.

If you couldn't play volleyball, what sport would you play?
I would run track.

What events?
Either the 400, 800, or mile.

What's your favorite movie?
Finding Nemo

What's your favorite food?
Enchiladas. I came to the right place for that!

Red or Green?
It depends. Green usually but red is good too.

Name: Bethany Self
Hometown: Portales, N.M.
Major: Undecided
Positon: Outside Hitter (Ed. Note: Bethany is redshirting this season)

What's your favorite part about playing volleyball?
Hitting. Hitting it really hard. I like hitting people in the face.

What's your favorite movie?
Anchorman

What's your favorite food?
Mexican.

Any particular dish?
Enchiladas

Red or Green?
Red from Juanito's in Portales but green here.

Name: Erin Lynn
Hometown: Carlsbad, N.M.
Major: Wildlife Biology
Positon: Middle Blocker and Right-Side Hitter

What's your favorite part about playing volleyball?
Hitting someone in the face with the ball

What's your favorite movie?
Braveheart

What's your favorite food?
Anything Mexican or Sushi

Name: Angel Tirado
Hometown: Las Cruces, N.M.
Major: Biochemistry and I'm trying to do pre-Med.
Positon: Middle Blocker

What's your favorite part about playing volleyball?
Getting to interact with a whole bunch of different people and being competitive. It's a lot of fun!

What's your favorite movie?
I love Madagascar

What's your favorite food?
Enchiladas

Red or Green?
It depends on where you get them from.

What's your favorite restaurant to get enchiladas from?
Probably Las Compas. It's authentic!

Name: Alex Steinmetz
Hometown: Las Cruces, N.M.
Major: Criminal Justice
Positon:Outside/Right-Side Hitter

What's your favorite part about playing volleyball?
My favorite part is coming to an organization where you have 18 best friends as soon as you join the team. You're all sisters for life!.

What's your favorite movie?
Boondock Saints

What's your favorite food?
Enchiladas

Red or Green?
Green. All the way!

Name: Krystal Torres
Hometown: Las Cruces, N.M.
Major: Kinesiology.
Positon: Libero

What's your favorite part about playing volleyball?
How fast everything goes. You've got to make decisions really quick. I like that aspect of it.

What's your favorite movie?
50 First Dates

What's your favorite food?
I like pasta but I really like a lot of things, like Hawaiian stuff.

What's currently playing on your iPod? I hear you're the team DJ
I like to listen to a lot of reggae, rap and R&B. I try to stay up to date with the recent stuff.

Name: Bryanna Brown
Hometown: Albuquerque, N.M.
Major: Secondary Social Studies.
Positon: Defensive Specialist

What's your favorite part about playing volleyball?
It's a team sports, I really like to push myself.

What's your favorite movie?
The Punisher or Boondock Saints

What's your favorite food?
Steak

Name: Kelsi Phillips
Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ
Major: Journalism and Mass Communications.
Positon: Libero/Defensive Specialist (Ed. Note: Kelsi transferred from UNM where she played last season and is redshirting this season)

What's your favorite part about playing volleyball?
The team camaradarie. I just like the team aspect of the sport. I think it's lots of fun.

What's your favorite movie?
Love and Basketball

What's your favorite food?
Sushi

Name: Whitney Phillips
Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ
Major: It's general business right now, but it's bound to change.
Positon: Outside Hitter

What's your favorite part about playing volleyball?
I love just playing with everyone and playing with the team, it's a lot of energy and it's just a lot of fun. I love being around people.

What's your favorite movie?
I really like Catch and Release

What's your favorite food?
Cereal

Any kind of cereal in particular?
No, I like switching it up. Just cereal in general.