Dayna Jensen is a 5’8” outside hitter from Fergus High School in Lewistown, Montana has signed a letter of intent to play next season for the Skylights.

 A fine all-around athlete, Jensen was a three year varsity player for Coach Tara Taylor’s Eagles, winning State Class “A” titles in 2008 and 2010.

During the 2010 season, she was named 1^st All-Conference and 1^st Team All-State, received the CO-MVP award at the State All-Class Volleyball Tournament in Bozeman and was named to the Great Falls Tribune Super-State Volleyball Team.

 Dayna chose Northern because of “the friendly environment that the campus and its instructors provide, the chemistry of the volleyball team and having the opportunity to play at the next level.”

 Dayna is the daughter of John and Linda Jensen and will pursuing a degree in Elementary Education.

Hillary Isleifson is a 6’0” outside hitter born and raised in Carlyle, Saskatchewan, Canada. She is the daughter of Brian and Bertha Isleifson.  

 Hillary played two years of high school volleyball with the Carlyle Cougars, earning two silver medals at the 4A Provincial level.  In her senior year, Hillary helped to win the 5A Provincial Championship, and was named most valuable player, as a member of the Weyburn Eagles.  Hillary played club volleyball with the South East Stingers attending several provincial championships and travelling across Canada to take part in various national championships. She played her final year of club volleyball with the Weyburn Eagles and won another provincial title.  Hillary was also a member of Team Saskatchewan in 2007.

 Hillary is currently a sophomore at Oklahoma Panhandle State University where she has played her last two years as an outside hitter and setter for the Aggies.  Hillary was elected team captain as well as Female Student Athlete of the Year in her freshman year at OPSU.

 Next year, Hillary plans to study pre physical therapy at MSU-Northern.  MSU-N appealed to her because of the small campus and class sizes and because of the positive attitude of the coaching staff.  Hillary is looking forward to being a part of the Skylights and hopes to better herself and the team both on and off the court.

Victoria Polo, a 6'2" middle hitter, currently lives in Huntington Beach, CA. Her parents are Luis and Nola Polo and she has one older brother, Tyler, who is also an athlete and he plays basketball in college.

Victoria graduated in 2009 from St. Paul High School where she was a three year Varsity player. She was a two year First Team All Camino Del Rey League selection. Her high school playing highlight was when her team won conference and went onto quarter finals.

Victoria brings a wealth of experience to MSUN as she has played at the Southern California Volleyball Club level for more than 7 years and competed at the Reno Festival. She adds that she loves the competition, the excitement, and the cheering the crowd brings to volleyball!

Currently, Victoria is attending Golden West Community College in Huntington Beach where she played 2 years of Women’s Volleyball. Victoria leads her team with .94 blocks per game. Golden West is a member of the Orange Empire Conference. OEC is one of the most competitive conferences in the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA), with six out of the eight teams going to play-offs. Golden West has consistently ranked in the top 25 community colleges in the state.

Victoria enjoys the beach, playing sand volleyball, and photography. She is looking forward to attending MSUN and bringing her game to the next level, where she plans to major in Graphic Arts.

Northern has signed Kelsey Williams, a 5'10" outside hitter. Williams, who is originally from Helena and Helena High, will transfer to MSU-N from Frontier Conference power Lewis-Clark State. Williams is currently a sophomore at LC State and she had a brilliant high school career in Helena. While playing for the Bengals, she was a three-sport standout, earning 12 letters overall-four apiece in volleyball, basketball and track. She was the first female athlete at her school to earn 12 letters. As well as being an outside hitter in volleyball, she was a shooting guard in basketball and was captain of both teams her final two seasons. She started all four seasons for both teams, was a three-time first-team all-conference selection in volleyball and also earned first-team all-state honors twice.

Williams is the all-time kills leader at Helena High in volleyball. She was also a phenomenal athlete in track where she competed in the javelin, hurdles and discus. She placed at state in the javelin three times. She was the Montana Gatorade Player of the Year for Montana for the 2009-2010 volleyball season and earned her Wendy’s Heisman Award and pat Donovan Award from her school for her academic and athletic achievements.

Williams, who is the daughter of Marvin and Sheila Williams, is also an excellent student, was a member of National Honor Society and graduated with a 3.5 GPA.

Lynnsie Togiai is the eldest daughter of Jodi and Tala Togiai. Lynnsie loves her family, friends, outdoors, just having fun, but a big part of her life is her sports. Lynnsie has been playing volleyball and basketball for over ten years now. She went to Century High School, where she started for all four years as an outside hitter in volleyball and as a guard in basketball. She was named best all around player in all of her four years. She was also on the first all area team for those years for both sports. Lynnsie was named captain for the 2010-2011 season and helped lead her team to win the state title.

 During her years at Century, Lynnsie has kept a GPA of 3.9, she lead the team in passing and tied for first in kills. She has received Idaho state Journal player of the week, Channel News 8 player of the week, National Scholar Athlete award, M.V.P, and won two third place state titles, one second and a state championship title her senior year. Century's team that year was ranked 17th in the nation.

On Lynnsie's club team, she has been captain for several years now and they have been to several qualifiers, where they have ended in the top 3-5 teams.

 Lynnsie is going to continue playing at Montana State-Northern, where she will be getting her degree in civil engineering.