2020 Women's Volleyball Roster
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Sanders, Samantha
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Jersey Number 22
Samantha Sanders
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Midway HS
- Hometown:
- Waco, Texas
Bio
- 2020 All-Big 12 Second Team
- 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (4.00 GPA)
- 2019 Texas A&M AD Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2017 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Made an immediate impact during her first season as a Red Raider as the team leader in multiple categories … appeared in all 22 matches with 21 starts as the primary outside hitter … posted double-digit kills in 17 matches with five performances of 20 or more kills … tallied nine double-doubles, the most on the team … finished fifth in the Big 12 in kills (305) and kills per set (3.59) leading all Red Raiders and top-40 in the nation … third in the Big 12 in total attacks (937) which ranked 17th in the NCAA … recorded double-digit kills in seven straight matches … posted a double-double with 12 kills and a career-high 17 digs in a five set win over No. 13 Iowa State (10/3) … finished with a career-high four blocks while adding 20 kills against TCU (10/8) … set a career-best 24 kills and four assists with 12 digs in a win over TCU (10/9) … racked up 18 kills and 10 digs, while tying her career-best of four blocks against Kansas State (11/6) … hit .375 with 23 kills in Tech’s win over Oklahoma (11/12) … posted a double-double of 17 kills and 11 digs in a five-set win over Houston (2/26/21) … recorded a career-high three aces while adding 15 kills and 12 digs against Tarleton State (3/11/21) … tallied a career-best 26 kills on 66 attacks with 13 digs in a win over SMU (3/19/20) … finished the season with a career performance, breaking her career-high from the day before with 28 kills (29 points) and 12 digs in a win over SMU (3/20/21) … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team with a perfect 4.00 GPA … earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in her first season in Lubbock.
*2020 season extended into Spring 2021 due to COVID 19 postponing fall championships, 2020 fall season was Big 12 only, with non-conference played in the spring
JUNIOR SEASON (2019 - Texas A&M)
Appeared in 15 matches and 34 sets...Made her first appearance of the season in the Aggies’ season opener vs. Dayton, registering three kills (Aug. 30)…Recorded a season-best eight kills at No. 25 Louisville (Aug. 31)…Put down three kills vs. Fairfield to hit a .286 mark…Came off the bench in the SEC opener vs. Alabama and tallied a kill and three blocks (Sept. 24)…Played in one set at No. 22 Mizzou and went 2-2 in kills...Had four kills against No. 14 Florida (Oct. 13)...Compiled three kills and a dig at Mississippi State (Oct. 18)...Registered four kills and a block vs. Arkansas (Nov. 8)...Logged five kills and a block at LSU (Nov. 10).
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018 - Texas A&M)
After having appeared in only one match over the first nine contests, saw action in 18 consecutive matches, seeing action on both the left and right sides…Made her first appearance and her first start of the season in the eighth match of the season against Nicholls (Sept. 7)…Recorded a career-high 14 kills as well as a season-high 14 points at No. 25 Tennessee…Posted double-figure kills five times throughout the season and recorded 10 or more points eight times…Led A&M with three blocks at LSU (Sept. 30)…Was unavailable to play in the final three matches of the season.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2017 - Texas A&M)
Appeared in 20 of 25 matches and 58 of 88 sets…Made her career debut and her first career start against VCU on Aug. 26…Made 11 starts overall, 10 at opposite hitter and one at outside hitter…Averaged 1.50 kills and 1.80 points per set while hitting .147 for the full season…In SEC matches only, hit .144 and averaged 1.67 kills and 1.97 points per set…Led A&M and tied for match-high honors with a career-high 13 kills in the 3-1 win against Auburn on Oct. 15…Posted double-figure kills twice overall, including 10 kills while hitting .526 against Lipscomb on Sept. 8 in the first double-digit kill performance of her career.
MIDWAY HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year starter and two-year team co-captain for coach Ryan Porter at Midway High School…Saw action at both outside hitter and middle blocker and was a four-time all-district first-team selection as well as a four-time member of the academic all-district team…As a senior, was named Under Armour All-American Honorable Mention…Also earned district Offensive Player of the Year honors for the second consecutive year…Named to the Waco Tribune-Herald Super Centex first team as a senior, junior and sophomore, and earned honorable mention as a freshman…Played club volleyball for Texas Advantage Volleyball, where she was coached by John Sample…Named to the 18s Open Division all-tournament team at the 2017 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship after leading TAV to a silver medal…Played 15s for Waco Juniors…Won the American Division at the 2014 USAV GJNC and was named to the all-tournament team…Most memorable moment of prep athletic career is when her TAV team traveled to Europe and played against the Iranian volleyball team.
PERSONAL
Began playing volleyball when she was 9 years old…Only official recruiting visit was to Texas A&M…Hobbies include singing, hanging with friends, playing cards, watching movies, volleyball and star gazing…Is a member of FCA…Volunteered at The Big Event, the largest one-day, student-run service project in the nation in which Aggies assist residents within the community…Majoring in sports conditioning with minors in leadership and coaching...Career ambition is to be a coach.
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