Sasha Colombo

Photo by: Nick Monaghan

Photo by: Cris Tiller

Photo by: Tomas Redondo

Class:
Sophomore
Height:
6-2
Position:
Middle Blocker/Opposite
Hometown:
Milan, Italy
High School:
Liceo Scientifico Giordano Bruno
Major:
Health and Exercise Science

Awards & Honors

Mountain West All-Conference Honorable Mention (2020, 2021)
Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2018, 2019, 2020)

2021 (Senior) [Match-by-Match]: Appeared in 29 of 30 matches, making a start at middle blocker in each... Totaled 155 kills and a .361 hitting mark - leading the team and No. 5 in the Mountain West... Finished with 35 service aces - second on the team and No. 10 in the league... Led the team with 85 total blocks (11-74) and a 0.85 average... Had a team-high 10 kills at New Mexico on Oct. 30, while also finishing hitting .474... Put up a season-high nine blocks against UAB on Sept. 11... Dropped in a season-high five aces at Utah State on Nov. 18... Had five matches where she floor eight-or-more kills and posted a hitting mark higher than .400.

2020 (Junior) [Match-by-Match]: Fall 2020 season was moved to spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and a Mountain West Conference only schedule was played... Appeared in all 15 matches, making 12 starts as an outside to start the season before moving into a middle attacker position... Played in all 55 sets during the season recording 106 kills for a 1.93 average... Named All-Mountain West Honorable Mention after finishing the season hitting .348 (224-28-106)... Had four matches with double-figure kills, while all hitting over .300... Finished two matches with double-figure kills and a hitting mark over .500... Added 12 aces from the service line, including a season-high four at New Mexico on April 1... At the net she put up 37 total blocks (6-31), which included a pair of back-to-back matches with five blocks each.

2019 (Sophomore) [Match-by-Match]: Appeared in 30 matches making 15 starts ... Her majority of starts were all in Mountain West play, filling in as middle blocker ... Tallied two double-figure kill matches at Boise State on Oct. 17 and against Air Force on Oct. 31 ... Added a season- and team-best five aces at Air Force on Oct. 5 ... Finished the season with 92 kills and 36 total blocks, including 18 service aces.

2018 (Freshman) [Match-by-Match]: Appeared in 29 matches as an outside hitter ... Made her collegiate debut in the season opener against No. 12 Illinois on Aug. 24 ... Floored a career-high nine kills in a pair of matches, including her second match of the season against UNC Wilmington on Aug. 25 while also hitting .467 ... Finished the season with 26 blocks - season-high six at Utah State on Nov. 8 and 80 kills in 91 sets played ... Played in the summer of 2019 for the Mountain West All-Stars.

High School: Selected for the U14 Milan Provincial Team where she was the starting middle blocker and helped her team to a regional gold medal ... Selected for the U15 Lombardy Regional team in 2014 and again played middle guiding her squad to a national silver medal ... Selected in 2015 to participate at the EYOF (European Youth Olympic Festival) in Georgia, winning a bronze medal ... Helped win the Provincial Finals in 2017 before advancing to the national finals with her U18 team.

Personal: Born on March 21, 1999, in Milan, Italy ... Parents are Nicolle Ingram and Marco Colombo ... Has an older brother Jack and younger brother Oscar ... Majoring in health and exercise science.

Hilbert on Colombo: "Sasha brings a lot competence and maturity to both the middle and right-side position – both positions that we need to add depth to. She has played at a very high level in Italy, playing at the B1 level and I like the league she plays in. She also a great student and a really interesting person and I like that cultural diversity in our team.

Colombo on CSU: "I chose CSU because of the highly competitive volleyball team with an excellent coach who achieves consistently good results. It has great training facilities, interesting course opportunities and an attractive green campus. I felt friendly vibes and I think it is a nice-sized campus within a beautiful environment."