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Name: Ella Casalandra High School: Union Grade: 12 Position: Setter Background Info: Casalandra is a four-year starter and has been a captain for 2 years. She was a first-team section all star in 2020 and 2021. She was a member of the 2021 WPIAL A softball championship team and the 2020 WPIAL A softball runner-up. She was a 2021 Silver Academic award winner (3.75 GPA or high for two years). Also a member of the AP Club and Student Council. Her future plans are to attend Westminster College where she will further her academic and athletic career. She wants to study early childhood and special education and will play softball for the Titans. Quotes from Union coach Nicolle Benincase: "Ella is the leader every coach dreams about. A true passion for the game, a unwavering desire to win, to better herself and her team, and improve on her skill set. Ella can make quick decisions when running an offense and really knows how to control the game. She reads defenses well and knows her hitters strengths. She's good for a trick play every now and then and had a serve that can stagger even the best passers. Ella has been a leader and an asset to the program since day 1." |