Senior (2010):
Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic accolades...Started 12 contests at setter, totaling 18 total matches and 52 sets...Tallied 10 double-digit assist outings, including a career-high 34 against Mercer, adding 16 digs, two kills and two blocks in the win...Collected 28 assists in a win over East Carolina in the Wake Forest Black & Gold Invitational...Registered 25 assists with six digs against American in the William & Mary Colonial Challenge...Tallied 17 assists and eight digs in a win over Hampton in the Colonial Challenge finale...Added three blocks to go along with 18 assists in a win over Florida Gulf Coast...
Junior (2009):
Transferred from Maine after school cancelled its volleyball program...Saw action in 23 matches and 55 sets, collecting 13 starts...Notched 341 assists on the year for a 6.20 per set rate...Posted 69 total digs and 1.25 per set...Added 14 blocks and 11 aces on the year...Finished the season with 35.0 points...Posted 20 or more assists eight times on the year...Punched in multiple aces in four matches...Recorded a season-best 33 assists vs. North Carolina Central in the Virginia Jefferson Cup Tournament, adding three digs, two aces and a block...Reached 29 assists twice during A-Sun play, both in wins at USC Upstate and vs. North Florida, respectively...Added a season-high eight digs with two blocks and a pair of kills at home against UNF...Posted 26 assists with three aces, three digs and a kill at Winston-Salem State...
Sophomore (2008-at Maine):
Named to the America East Academic Honor Roll for second-straight year...Helped team to a fourth place finish at the American East Tournament...Voted team captain for Spring season...Totaled 38 assists, seven aces, five digs, four kills and one block in five matches...
Freshman (2007-at Maine):
Appeared in 87 games...Named America East Setter of the Week for the week of October 29...Totaled 24 kills, 645 assists, 142 digs, 21 service aces and 11 blocks...Led team in assists... reached double-digit assists in 24 matches...Set a career high with 62 assists, 13 digs and three kills in a win against UMBC (10/27)...Had 21 assists and 16 digs in first career game at Ball State (8/24)...Had 42 assists, five kills and three blocks at Stony Brook (11/2)...Had 44 assists, eight digs and three blocks at New Hampshire (10/8)...Named a Maine 2007 Rising Star...Named to the America East Academic Honor Roll...
Prep:
Played volleyball at Mundelein HS...Also played club volleyball for Sports Performance...Named to the First-Team as a setter for the Suburban Conference three years...Also earned All-Area honors three times from the News Sun Press...Was named to the Daily Herald All-Conference team three years...Served as a team captain multiple seasons...Also earned her team's MVP honor twice...Also played club volleyball for the Milwaukee Sting and Sky High clubs...
Personal:
Full name is Paige Mitchell Tortorello...Born Jan. 4, 1989...Daughter of Bob and Carol Tortorello...Has five siblings, Ashley, Whitney, Taylor, Colton and Parker...Sister, Whitney, was a setter at Connecticut...Cousins Sam, Liz and Katie Tortorello were setters at Penn State, Wisconsin and Boston College, respectively...Sam was a three-time all-American and US Olympic team member, while Liz also served as head women's volleyball coach at Loyola University-Chicago...Grandfather, Tony Tortorello was an NBA and Big 10 head official...Majoring in business administration...
