Mya Ssault is in her second season with the Hell's Belles. Learn more about how she's handling the transition from rookie last year to leading her team's defense this year.

Mya Ssault: Being drafted onto the Hell's Belles last season was such an incredible honor. I'd been a fan for a few years and knowing their legacy as such a strong team was quite intimidating! Last season I didn't get a ton of playing time because we had so many strong, smart players on the Belles. After the retirement of basically the entire team, there was plenty of room for me in the lineups-- not to mention plenty of room for our newest Belles. We have been working hard  to make our team a cohesive unit and I really feel that we are ready to show the fans a good game and the rest of the league what we are made of!

LC: What was your sports background prior to joining WCR?

MS: Nothing! Absolutely nothing! I realize that I have to work that much harder then the girls that played sports their entire life-- this definitely does not come easy to me! I did grow up hitting the local roller rink, but I unlaced my skates the minute I turned sixteen and started to drive, ha!

LC: As a teammate, I've seen you develop tremendously in the past year, especially skating on the Second Wind this summer. What are your goals for the 2010 season?

MS: My biggest goal for this season is to be a good leader and teammate to all our newest Belles. We are going though such a transition as a new team, and without the voices of the amazing girls that trained me last season, I had to find my own voice on the track, both for myself and my teammates. And as always, hit harder! Skate lower! Fight harder! Play smarter! Stay positive!

LC: What's been your favorite WCR experience thus far?

MS: It's so hard to pick just one! But if I had to choose it would probably be during the Second Wind's game against [Indianapolis's] Naptown Roller Girls. I remember one of the NRG girls yelling to one of her teammates "Someone get on her!" and they were talking about me! At that moment I realized that I was a force to be reckoned with!

LC: So. Lady Gaga came into your our place of business and ate a delicious hamburger about a month ago. Tell me more!

MS: Being that Kuma's is a "metal bar," most of the staff either didn't know who she is or didn't care that she was there. But she was really nice, mingled among the other patrons while she waited for a seat, and tipped really well! The bigger deal for us metal fans was that Rob Halford, the lead singer of Judas Priest, said that Lady Gaga ate our Judas Priest burger at the Grammys!

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