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UW This Season: One of three seniors on this year's squad...brings leadership and depth to the libero position. Junior (2007): Saw action in 20 matches during the season with one start against Weber State (8/25/07), while playing in 56 games...averaged 1.80 digs and recorded ten assists...had a season high 24 digs against Portland (8/31/07)...finished with 19 digs and four assists against Weber State (8/25/07)...recorded three double-figure matches in digs on the season...currently has 696 digs for her career. Sophomore (2006): Played in 27 matches along with two starts and 98 games during her second year with the program...averaged 3.85 digs, which led the team and was seventh in the MWC, and .24 service aces per game, which was third on the team...also added 43 assists during the season...her 377 digs also ranks second on the all-time single season list in school history...in conference matches, she finished with 271 digs (4.67 dpg), which led the team and was third in the league...had 24 digs in the match against San Diego State (11/4/06) and Utah (11/9/06)...recorded a career high 28 digs against Utah (10/14/06), which eclipsed her previous high of 26 which she set against Denver (9/19/06) earlier in the season...finished with a career high five assists against TCU (11/16/06)...had 26 digs against Denver (9/19/06)...finished with 13 digs against Akron (9/9/06)...recorded nine digs against New Orleans (9/2/06)...finished with seven digs and one assist against UTPA (8/26/06)...recorded double-figures in digs 17 times during the season, including a stretch of eight in a row...with 24 digs against San Diego State, she reached 500 digs for her career. Freshman (2005): Played in all 28 matches and 98 games in her first season along with 14 starts...started in the first match of career against Gardner-Webb (8/27/05)...recorded 47 (.48 sapg) service aces, which was first on the team, third in the MWC and third all-time on the single season list in school history...had 218 digs (2.22 dpg) on the year, which was fifth on the team...in conference matches, she finished with 23 service aces, which was third in league games, and 114 digs (2.07 dpg)...recorded a season high 17 digs against Northern Colorado (9/3/05), which eclipsed her previous mark of ten...had ten digs against Montana State (8/26/05) and Boise State (9/1/05)...finished with a career high six service aces against Centenary (9/10/05)...reached double-figures in digs in nine matches...earned Academic All-Conference honors for the first time in her career. High School: A Second Team All-Class A selection by the Omaha World Herald as a junior...that same year, she helped her team to a district championship, and finished the season with 56 service aces...in 2004, her team won the Heartland Conference Championship...a three-time letterwinner at Lincoln Southwest High School, she was a team captain throughout her career...as a sophomore, she led the team in kills, digs and service aces, which helped her earn Honorable Mention Class A All-State honors...was coached in high school by Mary Schropfer...played club for the Nebraska Juniors...a three-time Co-Captain on her club team, they won the Great Plains Regional Tournament four years in a row...an excellent student, she was on the honor roll throughout high school. Personal: Full name is Samantha Jo Eley...born Oct. 23, 1986 in Lincoln, Neb...one of three children of Craig and Linda Eley...has two brothers, Kyle and Brian, and a sister Paige...majoring in communications. |
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