CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Led Big Sky with 1.28 Blocks per Set in 2013
• 2013 All-Big Sky Second Team
• Three-Time Big Sky Fall All-Academic
 
2013 (AS A JUNIOR)
Leigh-Ann Haataja (Hot-E-uh) earned All-Big Sky Second Team honors … Named to the Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team … Played in all 113 sets tallying 218 kills (1.93 kps), fourth on the team … Led the Big Sky with 1.28 blocks per set … Second in the Big Sky with 0.33 aces per set … Eighth in the Big Sky with a .279 hitting percentage … Led Portland State with 15 solo blocks … tallied 335 points on the season, third on the team … Posted first career double-double … Tallied 11 kills, five blocks (0-5), and six digs in the Vikings’ Big Sky Tournament opener against Montana (11/29) … Posted nine kills along with six blocks and a career-high six aces at Idaho State (11/21) … Tallied seven kills and eight blocks including a season-high three solo blocks at Weber State (11/21) ... Posted seven kills, five digs, and nine blocks (2-7) against North Dakota (11/14) ... Posted nine kills along with five blocks (1-4) against Northern Arizona (11/9) while hitting .471 (9-1-17) ... Posted nine kills while hitting .529 (9-0-17) with five blocking assists at Montana (11/2) ... Posted a career-high five aces while adding nine kills and a team-high seven blocks at Eastern Washington (10/28) ... Added eight kills and a pair of blocks against Weber State (10/19) ... Posted second double-digit kill performance of the season with 11 against Idaho State (10/17) while adding three aces, six digs, and five blocking assists ... Put together a career day at North Dakota (10/12) with a season-high 13 kills while adding a career-high 11 total blocks (0-11) for a career-high 20.5 points and first career double-double ... Tallied eight kills and seven blocking assists at Northern Colorado ... Posted seven kills and four blocks (1-3) at NAU (10/5) ... Tallied seven kills, three digs, and six blocking attacks against Montana State (9/28) ... Posted six kills and three blocking assists against Eastern Washington (9/23) ... Tallied three kills, two aces, three digs, and four blocking assists against Sacramento State (9/21) ... Tallied seven kills, two aces, two digs, and a season-high eight blocks (0-8) against Arizona (9/13) ... Posted season highs in kills (9) and blocks (8) while adding four digs against Pacific (9/7) for a season-high 13.5 points ... Tallied seven kills against Boise State (8/31) ... Added five kills and a season-high six blocks (1-5) performance against No. 5 Washington ... Opened the season with five blocks and four kills against Gonzaga (8/30).
 
2012 (AS A SOPHOMORE)
Earned Big Sky Fall All-Academic honors … Played started every match and played in every set for the Vikings in 2012 … Tallied 240 kills (2.03 kps), 14 service aces, 42 digs, and 115 (8-107) blocks while recording 315.5 points (2.67 pps) … Her 107 blocking assists is seventh on PSU’s single-season Division I Era list … Recorded another nine kills at Northern Colorado (11/10) while matching her season high in blocks with seven (0-7) …Recorded nine kills and four blocks (1-4) at North Dakota (11/8) ... Added four kills, six blocking assists, and a season-high five digs at Northern Arizona (11/3) ... Recorded 10 kills while adding three blocking assists at Southern Utah (11/1) ... Added nine kills, three digs, and three blocks (2-1) against Montana (10/27) ... Recorded five kills and four blocking assists against Montana State (10/25) ... Hit a career-best .526 (13-3-19) with 13 kills and a season-high seven blocks (0-7) against Sacramento State (10/20) while recording 16.5 points ... Tallied nine kills and four blocking assists against Eastern Washington (10/18) ... Hit .500 (5-1-8) with two service aces and three blocks at Weber State (10/13) ... Recorded seven kills and tied her season best with six blocks against North Dakota (10/6) ... Tallied seven kills, a service ace, and four blocking assists against Southern Utah (9/29) ... Posted seven kills, four digs, three aces, and four blocking assists against Northern Arizona (9/27) ... Added another eight kills and four blocks (0-4) at Montana State (9/22) ... Tallied nine kills, three digs, and six blocks (1-5) at Montana (9/21) ... Posted seven kills and four blocks (1-3) at Eastern Washington (9/17) ... Posted eight kills on 26 attempts and a season best four digs at Sacramento State (9/15) while adding five blocks (0-5) ... Added seven kills at BYU (9/8) ... Recorded a career-best 15 kills against Utah while tying her then-career high in points with 15.5 ... Posted eight kills and five blocks (0-5) against Bowling Green (9/7) ... Recorded a then-career-high in attacks with 25 while posting seven kills against UC Santa Barbara (9/4) ... Hit .318 (10-3-22) for second double-digit kill performance of the season later that day against Nevada ... Posted eight kills and four total blocks (0-4) against Northern Illinois (9/1) ... Recorded her first career double-digit kill performance with 10 kills against Boise State (8/25) ... recorded seven kills and two blocking assists at Pacific (8/31).
 
2011 (AS A FRESHMAN)
Earned Big Sky Fall All-Academic team honors in 2011 … Played in 99 of the Vikings’ 116 sets appearing in 30 matches and starting 29 … Tallied 153 kills (1.55 kps) in 358 total attacks for a hitting percentage of .249 … Recorded seven solo blocks and 104 blocking assists for 111 total blocks (1.12 blocks per set) which was second best on the team … Recorded 217 points (2.19 points per set) … Tallied six kills and two blocking assists in the Big Sky Championship match against Northern Colorado (11/26) … Recorded eight kills and eight blocking assists against Sacramento State in the Big Sky Tournament semifinal (11/25) … Recorded eight kills and a hitting percentage of .467 (8-1-15) while adding six total blocks at Eastern Washington (11/12) … Tallied nine kills on a then-career-high 23 total attempts while adding two digs and three blocks for 10.5 points against Northern Colorado (10/1) … Nearly had first career double-double after posting 10 kills and nine total blocks at Montana State (9/24) while scoring 15.5 points … Posted three aces, two solo blocks, and a career-high seven digs at Montana (9/23) … Posted eight kills against Idaho State (9/16) to open Big Sky Conference play … Tallied nine kills while adding four digs and six blocking assists for 12 points at Gonzaga (9/3) as part of the Northwest Challenge … Tallied then-career-high 10 total blocks (1 solo, nine assists) while adding nine kills against Seattle (8/31) while posting 14.5 points … Made Portland State debut and first career start against Nicholls St. (8/26).
 
AT HENRY M. JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL
Named to the PrepVolleyball.com All-America list as a senior ... Named MVP of the Washington 4A state tournament after leading Jackson High to the state title ... Had nine kills and 15 digs in the championship match as the fourth-ranked Timberwolves swept third-ranked Issaquah ... Had 18 kills in the semis against defending champ, Mead, and 20 kills in a first round sweep of Bellarmine Prep ... Hit .320 and averaged 3.46 kills per set on the season, but raised those marks to .465 and 4.54 kps, respectively, in the postseason ... Tallied 329 kills and 34 aces as a senior ... Was a finalist for The Herald’s Woman of the Year in Sports for 2010 ... Earned The Herald’s Volleyball Player of the Year Award as a senior ... Played in the All-State Volleyball Series in March 2011, competing for the 3A/4A team ... Two-time first team All-Wesco League honoree in 2009 and 2010 ... Earned honorable mention all-league as a sophomore ... Helped Jackson to league titles in 2009 and 2010, and to eighth place at the state tourney in ‘09 ... Played club for the Island Thunder Volleyball Club from 2008-10 and for the Edmonds 16 Elite in 2007-08 ... Helped Island Thunder to a 27th place showing in the Open Division at the 2009 Junior National Championships and a 29th place finish in 2010 ... Lettered in basketball at Jackson, earning the team’s most improved award in 2009 and 2010 ... Helped Jackson to Wesco South titles in basketball three straight years (2008-10).
 
PERSONAL
Born Oct. 6, 1993, in Modesto, Calif. ... Daughter of Richard and Petra Haataja ... Has one older brother, Michael, who served as a Marine in Afghanistan ... Also has an older sister, Kristine ... Enjoys playing the guitar, singing, juggling, hiking, yoga, reading, and the Viking Christian Fellowship ... Aspires to be an emergency room nurse … Majoring in Community Health with a Pre-Nursing focus and is minoring in Biology.