Julie J. VOLLERTSEN

Julie Vollertsen grew up in a small town in Nebraska played for the University of Nebraska. She was an alternate to the US team for the 1980 Olympics, but played on the US team that won silver at the 1982 World Championships. After the 1984 Vollertsen played professionally in Italy, with Reggio Emilia. While there, she was interviewed by television journalist Leopoldo Melli. They later starting dating and married in 1989 and Vollertsen lived in Italy with her family since that time. Her son, Nicolò Melli, was a 6-9 (2.05) basketball player for Olimpia Milano.