Progress: Basketball Sharpshooter

Published 2:00 pm Wednesday, March 23, 2011

18 years old

3.8 Sager’s GPA

Photo by Danielle Boss/Cutout by Stacey Bahr

8 Sager’s age when she started playing basketball

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31 game-high points scored

873 career points

450 career rebounds

24-12-10 points, rebounds and steals that earned Sager a triple-double

12 varsity letters (6 in cross country, 4 in basketball and 2 in track)

2 times won All Conference Honorable Mention

2 times named prep athlete of the week on area TV stations

Hero: Alyssa Sager

Secret identity: Albert Lea High School student and Tiger basketball forward
Base of operations: Albert Lea High School mid-court
Superpowers: Anticipating the pass and driving to the basket
Kryptonite: She tore an anterior cruciate ligament the summer before junior year.
Affiliations: Parents are Derek and Julie Sager, sister, Jenna, and brother, Mathew
Origin: Alyssa started playing year-round basketball in the the fourth grade and has ever since. She was in Summer Hoops Academy until seventh grade. She played school ball in junior high. When she was a freshman she started playing junior varsity, but halfway into the year she moved up to varsity. She plays on AAU teams during the fall, spring and summer.
As a senior at Albert Lea High School, Sager is enrolled in five college classes: government, calculus, humanities English, writing college papers and biology. She is active in National Honor Society, a Link Crew Leader, a Service Club Representative, and in cross country and basketball. She is involved with the American Red Cross Blood drive within the school.

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