DSTS Team 1

Kari Sakata
DSTS Team Jersey #: 1
Years with DSTS: 2004, 2005
Position: setter/outside
Vball Experience: gardena high school
How many volleyballs have you owned: 0 (hehe)
Favorite Foods: mint n chip ice cream, peanut m&m’s, fuji apples
Hobbies: dancing, snowboarding, vegas, shopping, traveling, pedicures
Favorite Movie: life is beautiful, napolean dynamite
Pet Peeves: can’t stand liars, dirty toes, loud chewing and when guys wear sunglasses indoors (whats the point?!?!?)
Favorite TV show: sex and the city
Favorite Drink: amaretto sours, mango sangria, apple martinis

Lorraine Wu
DSTS Team Jersey #: 25
Years with DSTS: 2004, 2005
Position: setter/outside hitter
Vball Experience: high school, westside volleyball
How many volleyballs have you owned: 1, but I’ve “borrowed” 3
Favorite Foods: potato chips, hamburger helper, nacho cheese, anyting with alot of preservatives
Hobbies: volleyball, watching tv, just hanging out
Favorite Movie: mulan

Yatin Yang
DSTS Team Jersey #: 0
Years with DSTS: 2005
Position: Outside Hitter
Vball Experience: Sonora High School
How many volleyballs have you owned: probably 8-10…
Favorite Foods: ice cream, non-american foods
Hobbies: learning
Favorite Movie: Fight Club, Lilo & Stitch
Pet Peeves: liars, flakes, bad drivers, people who talk about themselves too much
Favorite TV show: Friends
Favorite Drink: Goldschlager, Kamikaze

Yvonne Chu
DSTS Team Jersey #: 11
Years with DSTS: 2003, 2004, 2005 (I’m OG)
Position: Middle, RH
Vball Experience: Just league play - Westside, Java and Del Aire Women’s
How many volleyballs have you owned: I’ve lost count… maybe 15?
Favorite Foods: Freshly baked breads, Japanese (almost everything except nasty natto), Bruschetta, too many to name…
Hobbies: Poker, Vball, Poker, Vball, Theatre, Musicals, Travel, Cooking, Softball, Hiking, Just Chillin’, Working on websites, Downloads (hehe)
Favorite Movie: My Fair Lady (yes, I am such a girl). Most Pixar and Disney films, Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator, Kill Bill1 and 2, Amelie, Old school KungFu movies (ones with subtitles), etc, etc. Too many…
Pet Peeves: Slow drivers, People who argue just to argue, Egomaniacs, Losing
Favorite TV show: Good Eats with Alton Brown, WSOP, Six Feet Under, Entourage, The Sopranos, I’ll Do Anything, AVP Tour, Iron Chef, alot of cooking shows, Family Guy
Favorite Drink: Mojitos, Cosmos, Watermelon Martini, Tokyo Tea, Light Sangrias, Red Grapefruit Slushie, Jamba and Robeks =)

Lydia Chung
DSTS Team Jersey #: 13
Years with DSTS: 2003, 2004, 2005
Position: Middle
Vball Experience: San Gabriel High, Westside league
How many volleyballs have you owned: 3 (R.I.P.)
Favorite Foods: unagi, avocado, cafe sua da, mango
Hobbies: music, film, photography, eating, learning,
listening to weird stories
Favorite Movie: anything by miyazaki or wong kar wai
Pet Peeves: Drivers who leave their blinkers on
Favorite TV show: Freaks and Geeks
Favorite Drink: Lemon Drop

Coach - Matt “Elvis” Tom
Years with DSTS: 2004, 2005
Position: mulitple…i mean outside, middle, opposite…
Vball Experience: open gyms, college intramurals, westside vb
How many volleyballs have you owned: about 8…
Favorite Foods: dim sum, hawai’ian, pasta and sushi and almost any kind of dessert…
Hobbies: VB of course, surfing, snowboarding, gambling, golf, loungin’…
Favorite Movie: shaolin soccer, kung fu hustle…too many to list…
Pet Peeves: ???
Favorite TV show: vegas and espn(and 1 - hoops show)
Favorite Drink: alcoholic-capt/coke and absolut mandarin/7, non-alcoholic - green tea w/mixed fruit jelly (that’s the FOB in me)

Ellen Hsu
DSTS Team Jersey #: 24
Years with DSTS: 2005
Position: Outside hitter
Vball Experience: High school, college intramurals, Westside
How many volleyballs have you owned: 2
Favorite Foods: Italian and Chinese
Hobbies: Volleyball, basketball, anything but working…
Favorite Movie: Sound of Music (I know, cheesy)
Pet Peeves: People who don’t think first…at all… before asking a question.
Favorite TV show: Friends, Law & Order, (almost anything on Food Network)
Favorite Drink: Depends on my mood.. beer/wine will do most of the time.

Sibil Kwok
DSTS Team Jersey #: 7
Years with DSTS: 2003, 2004, 2005
Position: back row/outside
Vball Experience: just like to play for fun
How many volleyballs have you owned: now - just 1 indoor and 1 “old skool” beach beachball
Favorite Foods: dessert = )
Hobbies: travel, snowboarding and of course volleyball
Favorite Movie: (can’t think of one)
Pet Peeves: slow drivers in the fast lane
Favorite TV show: Sex & the City
Favorite Drink: half of whatever my friends are drinking ; )

DSTS Team 2

Bich Ta
DSTS Team Jersey #: 15
Years with DSTS: 2005
Position: outside hitter
Vball Experience: Been playing since 4th grade….
Monterey Vista Elementary Vball team
Garvey Intermediate School Vball team
San Gabriel High School Vball Team
Crush N Stuff Vball Club
Cypress Community College Vball
Cal State Los Angeles
How many volleyballs have you owned: just ONE, it was a beach ball tooo!!!
Favorite Foods: Chocolate
Hobbies: Getting FOOD COMA
Favorite Movie: Cant Buy Me Love
Pet Peeves: Bad Grammar
Favorite TV Show: laguna beach
Favorite Drink: Arizona green tea mmmmm…..

Coach - Curtis “Big Lefty” Lew
Years with DSTS: 2004, 2005
Position: COACH (on the court, setter and outside hitter)
Vball Experience: 18yrs
How many volleyballs have you owned: 2, but never use them.
Favorite Foods: Japanese and Peruvian
Hobbies: All Sports (Golf, VB, Softball, Billiards, some running and biking, etc)
Favorite Movie: Braveheart, Gladiator
Pet Peeves: Overpriced items. Things I want that are not on Sale. Bad Food. People who can’t take a joke or have no common sense.
Favorite TV Show: CSI, Cold Case, Without a Trace
Favorite Drink: Vitaminwater

Cyndi Hsiao
DSTS Team Jersey #: 2
Years with DSTS: 2005
Position: OH
Vball Experience: High School
How many volleyballs have you owned: 10
Favorite Foods: Ice Cream
Hobbies: Sleeping, Eating
Favorite Movie: Romantic comedies

Jenny Wong
DSTS Team Jersey #: 9
Years with DSTS: 2003, 2005
Position: Any position they’ll let me play
Vball Experience: 4 or 5 years league - do PE classes count?
How many volleyballs have you owned: 4
Favorite Foods: Pretty much everything that doesn’t have MSG
Hobbies: Volleyball of course, reading, most things arty/crafty (maybe that didn’t sound right), volunteer work, and most things that keep me out of trouble
Favorite Movie: D
Pet Peeves: People who are mean, lie, cheat, etc..(I’m sure I don’t have to elaborate)
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Daranee Pramest
DSTS Team Jersey #: 8
Years with DSTS: 2005
Position: middle
Vball Experience: ummm 4 years…
How many volleyballs have you owned: 4
Favorite Foods: thai and mexican
Hobbies: volleyball, of course, going out with friends and hiking…
Favorite Movie: 50 First Dates
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