Nike Hot Seat: Penn State star, Olympic gold-medalist Haleigh Washington

This is the Nike Hot Seat, a continuing series of interviews with Nike-sponsored volleyball players. Previously in the Nike Hot Seat series: Molly McCage, Dani Drews, Justine Wong-Orantes, Jordan Larson, Zoe Fleck, Chiaka Ogbogu, Morgan Hentz, Kara Bajema,  Claire Chaussee and Jordyn Poulter.

There are few more fun personalities in volleyball than Haleigh Washington, the former Penn State star, Olympic gold-medalist and current Scandicci player. She’s so outgoing that calls herself obnoxious. We call her delightful:

VolleyballMag.com contributor and former Northwestern defensive-specialist Emily Ehman is a volleyball analyst for the Big Ten Network, ESPN and Volleyball World.