This type of turnaround is typical for Dye. The 6’5” sophomore ranks second on the team with 169 kills and also has the second-most blocks.
Q: What was your “welcome to college” moment?
A: Definitely State Night, freshman fall. If you’ve ever been, you know why.
Q: What is the greatest highlight of your sports career?
A: Playing for the Men’s Youth National Team and taking home the gold in 2009.
Q: Who is your quirkiest teammate, and why?
A: Probably [freshman middle blocker] Brad Howard. Among his many gifts, one used to be this great hair flip he had prior to cutting his hair — ladies, if you ask nicely, he’ll probably show you how to pull it off. He is also a surprisingly good singer. Just ask him to sing some of his favorite songs (any Bieber song or Thunderstruck).
Q: What is the best part about playing volleyball on campus?
A: Just getting to play. I love the sport and having the opportunity to continue playing with the fun group of guys we have on the team.
Q: What is the worst part about playing volleyball on campus?
A: Probably having to explain the fact that we do not wear spandex like the girls do.
Q: Which one of your teammates would make the best husband?
A: Definitely [senior setter] John Morris. Girls melt at the sight of him smiling. And if he winks, well, game over. Plus, he’s probably the most responsible person on the team.
Q: If you were your coach for a day, what would you do?
A: Bring the Manhattan Beach Six Man Tournament to our gymnasium so that everyone at Princeton could see how rowdy volleyball can actually get.
Q: Do you or your team have any odd rituals?
A: The Oreo cookie race ... That’s about all I can say about that.
Q: What’s your favorite thing to do outside of volleyball?
A: Snowboard. Unfortunately, I don’t get to do it much out here, though.
Q: What was your most embarrassing moment at Princeton?
A: A performance for some upperclassmen girls that involved gold spandex, bleached hair tips and a fireman hat.
Q: If you didn’t do volleyball, what sport would you do?
A: I used to play water polo in high school, so I’d probably go back to that.
Q: What is the most embarrassing song on your iPod?
A: It’s a tie between “Toxic” by Britney Spears and “Everybody” by the Backstreet Boys.
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