Player Bio: Sara Sears :: Women's Volleyball

Sara Sears

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Fairhope, Ala.

High School:
Bayside Academy

Height:
5-9

Position:
OH

Birthdate:
02/14/1987

Experience:
3VL

Major:
Undeclared

2005 OVC All-Newcomer Team

The Bulldogs' most athletic and dynamic outside hitter . . . will be asked to take some big swings in the fall..had a great spring and is flourishing under the new staff.

Sara Sears

Junior (2007): Saw action in all 29 matches, playing in 106 games . . . posted 14 double-doubles in the 2007 campaign . . . turned in her best performance in the Samford Bulldog Classic against Coastal Carolina (Sept. 2) posted a season-high 21 kills and 16 digs . . . grabbed a season-high hitting percentage against Kennesaw State (Sept. 8) with .370 and posted career highs in digs with 21 at Tennessee Tech (Oct. 26) and blocks with 5.0 (0-5) versus Austin Peay (Sept. 21) . . . named to the all-tournament team for the DePaul Tournament (Sept. 7-8) posting 3.17 kills and digs per game while averaging .225 in hitting and 0.33 blocks per game . . . made her way into Samford's 1,000 kills club as she brought her career total to 1,031 this season, putting her at sixth on the all-time kills list . . . ranks third on the Bulldog squad in hitting (.113), kills (2.88 kpg) and aces (0.27 sapg) . . . holds three spots on the single-season attacks list; number one for 1,199 attacks in 2005, number five for 1,082 in 2006 and number seven for 1,044 attempts in 2007 . . . second on the all-time attacks list with 3,325 . . . earned her third varsity letter.

Sophomore (2006): Saw action in all of the Bulldogs' 30 matches and played in 106 games . . . led the team in kills (300) and point (263.5) and ranked second in aces (22) and digs (309) . . . recorded six double-doubles on the year, her last coming in the final game of the year against Eastern Illinois (Nov. 11) in which she tallied career highs in kills (25) and attempts (58) . . . posted a career high total blocks (4.0) against Lipscomb (Aug. 26) and later matched that total in front of a hometown crowd at South Alabama (Sept. 9) . . . selected to the Samford Barber's Classic All-Tournament team . . . ranked seventh on the single-season kills list and first on the single-season attempts list . . . recorded the school's sixth highest single-season total in attempts with 1,082 . . . earned her second varsity letter.

Freshman (2005): Saw action in a total of 117 games and played in all 30 matches . . . named to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer team . . . led the Bulldogs in the following four statistical categories: kills (426), kills per game (3.64), service aces (37) and points (483) . . . set Samford's all-time single-season record with 1,199 attempts . . . recorded the school's seventh-highest single-season total with 426 kills . . . ended the season ranked seventh in the OVC in both kills (426) and points per game (4.13) . . . concluded the year ranked ninth in the conference in service aces per game (0.32) . . . led Samford with 17 double-doubles and posted streaks of four straight double-double contests twice throughout the season . . . registered a double-double in more than half of the team's matches (17 of 30) . . . finished second on the team in digs (323) . . . turned in the Bulldogs' top single-season performances in both kills (25 vs. South Alabama, Sept. 20) and total attempts (46 at Eastern Kentucky, Oct. 15) . . . tallied a career-high 20 digs at home against Murray State (Nov. 4) . . . earned her first varsity letter.

High School: Named the Super 12 Mobile Press Register co-Player of the Year in 2002 and was named the Player of the Year in 2004 . . . named the Class 2A state tournament Most Valuable Player in both 2002 and 2004 . . . named to the Class 2A Super 12 first team in 2003 . . . selected as the Super 12 Mobile Press Register Player of the Year in 2004 . . . named the 2004 Alabama Player of the Year by The Birmingham News . . . selected by the Mobile Press Register as an honorable mention Super 12 basketball player in 2004 . . . was the regional winner of the Bryant-Jordan Achievement Award . . . also competed for the Eastern Shore Volleyball Club.

Personal: Full name is Sara Bridget Sears . . . born Feb. 14, 1987 . . . daughter of Terry and Georgia Sears . . . fitness/health promotion.

ONE-ON-ONE WITH SEARS
Favorite holiday: Valentine's Day (my birthday)
Favorite cartoon character: FogHorn LegHorn
The strangest nickname I ever had was: Sars
I have to admit, I am really good at: packing a trunk
My worst fear is: tornados