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Five times MVP, Seomara Sainz

prepares for the German Bundesliga playoffs

 

   

POTSDAM, Germany, March 10 , 2015 - Mexican player Seomara Sainz has become quickly one of the most popular players of the German League  after being named MVP for the fifth time since she was signed by the Potsdam SC of the Bundesliga.

 

Sainz has become a sensation with the European team that is one of the top contenders of the Bundesliga. She also finished the regular season as second best in reception.

 

“It is a very different rhythm of play here, much different than in Mexico, because it is faster and you face taller players,” She said about an experience that has served her to improve her thechnique. “I have also trained with the same intensity, because there is not a big difference in that between Germany and Mexico”.

 

The discipline and hard work in every drill has been a key after the years she spent under the direction of Argentinean coach Estanislao Vachino with the Baja California state teams.

 

“When I was in charge of youth and junior national teams, everybody asked me who was the top prospect, and who could become one of the best in Mexico, I said that Seomara had the talent and qualities, but nobody believed that,” said Vachino.

 

At a very short age, Sainz has played Pan American Cups, Continental Championships, one edition of the Central American Games and even World Championships in different categories.

 

She and the Mexican team finished in fourth place at the Central American and Caribbean Games after a long and tough battle against Cuba for the Bronze Medal.

 

However fans felt so fortunate to follow such an spectacular match at the Cordoba Arena. Not only Sainz was one of the popular youngsters on the court. Also Cuban Melissa Vargas captured the attention as a signal of the bright future of the game in the Norceca region.

 

Sainz returned to Mexico just for the Games and after that she continued with her work in Germany. However there have been more possibilities to see her once again in her native country once the Bundesliga finishes.

 

Family matters

“I feel so proud of her, everytime she goes out to play, it has been a very great feeling for us as family,” said her sister  Karla Giselle Sainz, who also played for the National Age Groups and Senior teams.

 

When Seomara was with the youth squads, Karla was the captain of the U20 unit that played the Norceca continental championship in 2010 and also played at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez, and one year later made the Senior roster at the XVI Pan Am Games in Guadalajara.

 

After that process, she began to study in college, but her love for volleyball goes on as it happens in her family. Her father, Guillermo, has served as physical education teacher, volleyball coach, and also has worked as scout.

 

One of his duties are to find prospects for the volleyball program of Baja California, that regionally has become the most successful in Mexico and has granted international recognition due to the participation in tournaments in the United States.

 

The mission is to find more players with potential like Seomara and to develop their dreams and qualities.