2012 Junior
Played in 30 matches and 102 sets…Hit .238 with 236 kills, seven assists, 13 service aces, 83 digs, four solo blocks and 56 block assists…Named MVP of the SMU Doubletree Classic…Hit a season-best .522 against Auburn on Sept. 7…Had a season-high 17 kills twice…Had a season-high three service aces at Northern Illinois on Aug. 25…Had a season-high seven digs against Illinois State on Oct. 5…Had a season-high six blocks against Tennessee on Sept. 2…Named to the AD’s honor roll for Fall 2012.
2011 Sophomore
Played in 32 matches and 112 sets...Hit .164 with 215 kills, one assist, one service ace, 32 digs, 10 solo blocks and 53 block assists...Hit a season-best .524 against Drake on Oct. 7...Had a season-high 13 kills against Creighton on Oct. 8...Had a season-high one assist at Northern Iowa on Nov. 26...Had a season-high one ace against Indiana State on Sept. 16...Had a season-high three digs four times...Had a season-high four blocks two times...Named to the AD's honor roll for Fall 2011 and Spring 2012.
2010 Freshman
Played in 18 matches and 36 sets...Hit .127 with 35 kills, one assist, 13 digs, two solo blocks and 11 block assists...Hit a season-best .538 against Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 3...Had a season-high eight kills against Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 3...Had a season-high four digs twice...Had a season-high four blocks against Southern Illinois on Oct. 15...Named to the AD's honor roll for Spring 2011.
2009 Redshirt
Redshirted in 2009...Named to the AD's honor roll for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010.
High School
Graduated from Northwest High School in Justin, Texas...Lettered four years in volleyball and three years in track...In volleyball, named first team all-district in 2007 and 2008...Named Hitter of the Year in 2007...Named second team all-district in 2006...Named academic all-district in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008...Member of team that made the playoffs during freshman, junior and senior seasons.
Personal
Daughter of Dennis and Julie Sanders...Born Samantha Jane Sanders on Oct. 27, 1990, in Arlington, Texas...Has two sisters, Shelley and Jessica, and three brothers, DJ, Jeff and James...Is majoring in sociology at WSU.
