Sarah Sanders

Photo by: Ty Russell

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-4
Class:
Junior
High School:
Plano West High School
Hometown:
Plano, Texas

2021 (Senior)
Played in four match, starting three ... Logged 24 kills (1.71 per set) and 12 blocks (0.86 per set) ... Tallied season highs in kills (nine) and blocks (five) against Kansas State (10/01) ... Scored eight kills in a match against West Virginia (09/24).

2020 (Senior)
Appeared in 52 sets over 14 matches...Recorded 79 kills for 1.52 per set...Added 45 blocks on the year...Recorded 11 digs on the season...Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team.

2019 (Junior)
All-Southwest Region Honorable Mention…All-Big 12 First Team…Hoosier Classic All-Tournament Team…Nike Invitational All-Tournament Team…Played in 104 sets over 27 matches…Ranked second on the team with 2.58 kills per set and 268 total kills…Set a career-high with 20 kills against Oregon State (Sept. 5)…Totaled a career-high 10 blocks against Texas Tech (Nov. 13)…Finished with 11 performances with double-digit kills…Ranked third in the Big 12 with 110 total blocks…Tallied 10 performances with at least 5.0 blocks…Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2018 (Sophomore)

Played in all 108 of OU’s sets, starting 25 of 28 matches … Ranked second on the team with 2.13 kills per set and a .253 hitting percentage … Totaled 89 blocks for 0.82 blocks/set, third most on the team … Named to the Seton Hall Classic All-Tournament Team … Set a career high with 12 kills against Seton Hall (9/1) before breaking it the next match with 13 against North Carolina (9/7) … Matched her career best with 13 kills at Texas Tech (11/7) and at Kansas (11/24) … Totaled a career-high nine blocks versus Baylor (11/3) … Finished with eight performances with double-digit kills … Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2017 (Freshman)

Appeared in 13 matches off the bench, playing in 26 sets ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ... Totaled a season-high five kills against Colorado (8/26) ... Reached a season-high three blocks on three occasions: vs. Seton Hall (8/25) ... vs. Northwestern State (8/26) and vs. Nicholls (9/8).

High School

Played at Plano West High School... earned All-District Second Team in 2016... named the Outstanding Hitter of the 2016 Pearland Volleyball Tournament... helped team to second and third place finishes at the Pearland Tournament in 2016 and 2015... member of the National Honor Society and an AP Scholar with Distinction Award winner.

Club

Spent one season with Texas Advantage Volleyball and won an Open Division National Championship in 2017... attended Junior Nationals in 2015 and 2016 with Lonestar VBC.

Personal

Sarah Sanders. Parents: Donna and Terry Sanders. Sibling: Robert. Major: biomedical engineering.