Finished her Gannon career as the all-time leader (rally-scoring era) in points (2,000.5) ... ranks second all-time at Gannon in service aces (254), third in digs (1,421) and fourth in kills (1,667).
2012: Enjoyed one of the greatest individual seasons of any player in Gannon volleyball history, becoming just the third Gannon player to earn all-american honors ... earned Daktronics All-America first-team accolades ... named PSAC Player of the Year, Daktronics NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player at the PSAC tournament ... earned All-PSAC first-team honors for the third straight year ... named to one of the All-PSAC teams for the fourth straight year ... started all but one of Gannon’s 35 matches ... reached double figures in kills during all but two matches and in digs during 27 of those occasions ... recorded 23 double-doubles, bringing her career total to 71 ... led the PSAC and finished third among all NCAA Division II players in kills per set (4.64) ... recorded 548 kills, representing the third-highest single-season total in school history ... scored a school-record 641 points while averaging a conference-best 5.43 points per set ... ranked fourth nationally in points per set ... named PSAC Player of the Week five times, including three in a row during the month of September ... collected 20 or more kills 10 times, including a career-best 28 at Findlay ... had back-to-back 20-kill matches while leading Gannon to key mid-season victories at Cal and against Mercyhurst ... recorded a career-best 26 digs against Shippensburg, before matching that total at Indiana (Pa.) ... had 21 kills and 22 digs during a key win at Lock Haven ... produced 22 kills, seven aces and 29.5 points while hitting a career-best .543 during a win against West Virginia State ... hit over .300 in 14 different matches en route to a career-high .272 hitting percentage ... collected 50 kills, 45 digs and six aces during PSAC tournament wins against Mercyhurst, Shippensburg and Lock Haven.
2011: Started 24 matches, playing in 110 of 115 sets … was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Atlantic Region first team for the second straight season … garnered All-Atlantic Region second-team honors from Daktronics … earned the third All-PSAC honor of her career after being named to the first team for the second straight year… averaged 3.73 kills, 3.40 digs, 0.45 aces and 4.41 points per set … ranked 37th nationally in points per set, 54th in kills per set and 63rd in aces per set … finished third among all PSAC players in kills per set and points per set while ranking sixth in aces per set … finished with the third-highest single-season total in points with 485.5 … recorded double-digit totals in kills 25 times and digs 21 times … finished 18 matches with a double-double, including a stretch of nine straight matches from September 17-October 7 … accounted for 20 or more points six times, helping Gannon win five of those contests … earned back-to-back PSAC Player of the Week honors after averaging 5.11 kills, 5.87 points and 0.58 aces per set while hitting .335 during a stretch of six straight Gannon wins … posted 18 kills and a .457 hitting percentage during a 3-0 win over Lock Haven … recorded a kill on 17 of her 26 touches against Millersville, hitting a career-best .500 for the match … turned in five aces during a 3-1 win against rival Mercyhurst … set a new career mark in digs with 22 during a five-set win over Point Park … recorded 18 kills and matched her career-high of 24.5 points during the match … put away seven kills on just nine touches during two sets of action against Notre Dame (Ohio) … recorded at least nine kills during every match in the final month of the season.
2010: Emerged as one of the PSAC’s best all-around players with a breakout season … earned All-PSAC and All-Atlantic Region first-team honors ... averaged 3.69 kills, 2.89 digs, .58 aces and 4.43 points per set … led the PSAC in points per set ... ranked second in kills and aces … finished among thenation's the top 30 in aces (14th) and points (27th) … led the team with 61 aces, representing the 10th-highest single-season mark in Gannon history … started all 30 matches, reaching double-digit kills in 25 ... ended the season with a remarkable run of 20 straight matches with at least 10 kills … reached double figures in digs during 15 of those matches, earning a double-double (kills-digs) each time … reached the 20-kill plateau three times, including a career-high 23 during losses against IUP and California … established a career-high in digs (20) during a road contest at Cal and during an NCAA Tournament first-round match against Wheeling Jesuit … earned PSAC Player of the Week while helping Gannon to a 4-0 record versus PSAC East foes … collected 53 kills (4.41/set), 11 aces (.91/set), 35 digs (2.92/set) and a .328 hitting percentage in those matches … helped lead Gannon to a 10-1 record at home by averaging 4.15 kills and hitting .272 during matches played at the Hammermill Center.
2009: Performed extremely well in her rookie campaign, earning All-PSAC second-team honors … led the PSAC in services aces (77), averaging 0.73 aces per set ... ranked sixth nationally in aces per set … produced the fifth-best single-season aces mark in school history … finished among the league leaders in attacking with 3.07 kills per set … earned PSAC Player of the Week honors during her very first weekend of play after collecting 42 kills, 40 digs and nine aces during three matches at the UMass-Lowell tournament … led Gannon in aces and finished second in kills (307), kills per set, attempts (917), digs (286), and digs per set (2.72) … led the team in double-doubles (15) … had career-highs in kills (18), digs (17), and assists (5) during Gannon’s upset victory at Clarion in the regular-season finale … narrowly missing a rare triple-double during a five-set loss at rival Mercyhurst ... collected a career-high nine aces to accompany 12 kills and nine digs against the Lakerrs ... had 16 kills while hitting .308 and blocking a career-high three balls during a home sweep of Indiana (Pa.).
High School: Played for head coach Morgan Lucas at Oakville (Mo.) High School … was a four-year letterwinner … named to the all-conference and all-district first team as a junior and senior … served as a team captain … played for the Rockwood Thunder Volleyball Club, which finished fifth at the national tournament … was a two-time team MVP … received the team hitting award … named Licking Volleyball Camp MVP … selected as the team’s most improved player … led Oakville to its first district championship in 28 years … was a two-sport athlete, lettering three times in swimming.
Personal: Education major … has three sisters and one brother … daughter of Cheryl and Pete Sazama.
Career-Highs
Kills: 28 vs. Findlay, 11/6/12
Hitting Percentage: .543 vs. West Virginia State, 9/6/12
Assists: 5 at Clarion, 11/7/09; vs. Slippery Rock, 11/8/12
Aces: 9 at Mercyhurst, 10/27/09
Digs: 26 vs. Shippensburg, 9/22/12; at Indiana (Pa.), 10/26/12
Block Solos: 1, seven times, last vs. Kutztown, 10/5/12
Block Assists: 4 vs. Millersville, 9/21/12
Points: 32 vs. Findlay, 11/6/12
Year |
SP-MP |
Kills |
k/s |
Errors |
Attacks |
Pct. |
Assists |
a/s |
Aces |
sa/s |
Digs |
d/s |
Solo
Blocks |
Block
Assists |
Total
Blocks |
b/s |
Points |
Pts/s |
2009 |
105-28 |
322 |
3.07 |
191 |
917 |
.143 |
15 |
0.14 |
77 |
0.73 |
286 |
2.72 |
0 |
19 |
19 |
0.18 |
408.5 |
3.89 |
2010 |
105-30 |
387 |
3.69 |
171 |
998 |
.216 |
27 |
0.26 |
61 |
0.58 |
303 |
2.89 |
3 |
29 |
32 |
0.30 |
465.5 |
4.43 |
2011 |
110-30 |
410 |
3.73 |
175 |
1079 |
.218 |
16 |
0.15 |
50 |
0.45 |
374 |
3.40 |
4 |
43 |
47 |
0.43 |
485.5 |
4.41 |
2012 |
118-34 |
548 |
4.64 |
195 |
1299 |
.272 |
42 |
0.36 |
66 |
0.56 |
458 |
3.88 |
4 |
46 |
50 |
0.42 |
641.0 |
5.43 |
Career |
438-123 |
1667 |
3.81 |
732 |
4293 |
.218 |
100 |
0.23 |
254 |
0.58 |
1421 |
3.24 |
11 |
137 |
148 |
0.34 |
2000.5 |
4.57 |