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Orange Volleyball Signs Four
11/22/2012 12:08:00 AM | Volleyball
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – First-year head coach, Leonid Yelin annouced the signing of four student-athletes to a National Letter of Intent (NLI) for the 2013 season this afternoon. Defensive specialist Candace Timberlake, middle blocker Michelle VanDyke and setters Erica Handley and Bailey Hume have all committed to join the Orange beginning in the spring 2013 semester.
"We are very excited to have these four athletes coming to us in the spring because it will give everyone a whole extra semester to become one, united team," said head coach Leonid Yelin.
Handley and Humes will both join the Orange as setters. Handley, a 6'1'' native of McIntosh, Minn., will arrive to SU following an early graduation from Lakeville North High School, while Humes will join the team as a transfer from American River Community College in Sacramento, Calif.
Timberlake, native of New Albany, Ind., joins the SU squad as a transfer, following a year at the University of Southern Indiana at libero in 2011. VanDyke will join the team as a middle blocker, following an early graduation from Eastern Christian High School in North Haledon, N.J. , where she was a two-sport athlete, competing in volleyball and basketball.
Click on the names of the signees below to view a full profile of all their accomplishments and see what coach Yelin has to say about each new SU volleyball student-athlete.
Erica Handley | 6'1" | Setter | Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North High School
Bailey Humes | 5' 8" | Setter | Lincoln, Calif./American River Community College
Candace Timberlake | 5'3" | Defensive Specialist | New Albany, Ind./ University of Southern Indiana
Michelle VanDyke | 6'6" | Middle Blocker | North Haledon, N.J./Eastern Christian High School
"We are very excited to have these four athletes coming to us in the spring because it will give everyone a whole extra semester to become one, united team," said head coach Leonid Yelin.
Handley and Humes will both join the Orange as setters. Handley, a 6'1'' native of McIntosh, Minn., will arrive to SU following an early graduation from Lakeville North High School, while Humes will join the team as a transfer from American River Community College in Sacramento, Calif.
Timberlake, native of New Albany, Ind., joins the SU squad as a transfer, following a year at the University of Southern Indiana at libero in 2011. VanDyke will join the team as a middle blocker, following an early graduation from Eastern Christian High School in North Haledon, N.J. , where she was a two-sport athlete, competing in volleyball and basketball.
Click on the names of the signees below to view a full profile of all their accomplishments and see what coach Yelin has to say about each new SU volleyball student-athlete.
Erica Handley | 6'1" | Setter | Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North High School
Bailey Humes | 5' 8" | Setter | Lincoln, Calif./American River Community College
Candace Timberlake | 5'3" | Defensive Specialist | New Albany, Ind./ University of Southern Indiana
Michelle VanDyke | 6'6" | Middle Blocker | North Haledon, N.J./Eastern Christian High School
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