OVERVIEW
Officially added to roster as a walk-on player on Dec. 19, 2008 ...
talented perimeter scorer who has kept her game sharp while playing in
Notre Dame's renowned Bookstore Basketball tournament the past two years
... led team (named "Supreme Court") to semifinal round in 2007 and
finals in 2008, where they fell to eventual champion Anthony Travel,
whose lineup included current Irish assistant coach Angie (Potthoff)
Barber and Sara Liebscher, a former Notre Dame women's basketball player
from 1987-91 and currently the University's director of athletics
advancement ... Christiansen also earned the Sportsmanship Award
following the '08 tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year starter and two-year captain at Cardinal Gibbons High School
in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 2002-06 ... two-time all-state selection
(first team in 2005, second team in 2006) ... three-time all-Broward
County honoree (2004-06) ... named one of top 20
players in state by School Sports in 2005 ... averaged 15.0 points, 5.0
rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a senior in 2005-06, leading the
Redskins to the Florida Class 3A regional semifinal ... also took
Broward County Athletic Association (BCAA) three-point shooting title in
2006 ... BCAA and Big 8 All-Star Team selection ... averaged 16.0 points
and 3.0 steals per game as a junior, pacing CGHS to 3A regional final
... ranked among top 15 scorers in Broward County each of final two
seasons ... lead team in scoring each of final three seasons ... one of
handful of players in school history to score at least 1,000 career
points ... received Division I scholarship offer to play basketball at
Colgate University, but elected to accept admission to Notre Dame (which
has been her "dream school" since eighth grade) ... National Honor
Society.
PERSONAL DATA
Born Jan. 14, 1988, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ... youngest of three
children ... first name pronounced uh-LAY-nuh ... daughter of Lynne and
Mike Christiansen ... family has long lineage at Notre Dame and/or Saint
Mary's, with nine different relatives having graduated from one of the
two schools ... brother, Eric, is a 2006 ND graduate, while mother,
Lynne, matriculated from SMC in 1972 ... grandfather Frank Mastriana was
a 1939 ND graduate ... uncle Ron Mastriana (ND '70), aunts Ruth
Mastriana (SMC '81) and Denise DeBartolo York (SMC '72), great-uncle
Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. (ND '37), and cousins Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.
(ND '68 - also her godfather) and Jed York (ND '03) also graduated from
the universities ... the DeBartolo family and the DeBartolo Corporation
have been generous contributors to Notre Dame for many years, including
funding for several buildings on campus (DeBartolo Performing Arts
Center, DeBartolo Hall and DeBartolo Quad) ... the DeBartolo family also
owned the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins when they won Stanley Cup titles in
1991 and 1992, and have owned the NFL's San Francisco 49ers since 1977,
helping the franchise to a league-record five Super Bowl titles (Denise
DeBartolo York and her husband, John, a 1971 ND graduate, currently
serve as the franchise's co-chairs, while son, Jed, is team president)
... eighth Florida resident to join the Irish and the first since
Le'Tania Severe (Pembroke Pines/Fort Lauderdale HS) graduated in 2004
... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, where she is a
marketing major ... some other Notre Dame players who wore No. 44
include Heidi Bunek, Tootie Jones and Meaghan Leahy.
