She may have spent her final few months of college and advanced to the Final Four at Louisville, but make no mistake that Sofia Maldonado Diaz still has ties to Arizona volleyball after spending her first four years as a Wildcat. Her professional team lists both programs on her roster page. Now, the former Arizona star can call herself a champion and an MVP.
Maldonado Diaz used her ties to return to Tucson to train with head coach Rita Stubbs and the Arizona Wildcats prior to her first foray into Major League Volleyball. It paid off with a win in the “Match for a Million” by the Dallas Pulse.
It was a superb debut season both for Maldonado Diaz and the Pulse. The first-year franchise finished the year at 20-8. They were one of the four teams standing when play moved to Frisco, Tex. to battle for a one-million dollar payout…