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Jersey Number 7
Sarah Schank
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Naperville Central HS
- Hometown:
- Naperville, IIl
Bio
2021 (Senior)
2021 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2021 Wright State Invitational All-Tournament Team
Appeared and started all 25 matches … Played in all 103 sets … One of only three players to start every match and play in every set along with Ciara DeBell and Sydney Lostumo … Floor leader for the Herd who made many diving efforts on digs to keep points and rallies alive … Became the 14th member of the Marshall 1,000 Digs Club at No. 22 WKU on Sept. 25, reaching the milestone in the third set … Finished career 11th all-time with 1,175 digs … Ranks sixth in program history in career digs per set (3.40) … Led team with career-high 473 digs, good for 10th-most in a single season in team history … Led C-USA and ranked 42nd in the NCAA in total digs … Recorded 4.59 digs per set, tied for fourth-best in a single season in Herd history … Third in C-USA and 65th in the country in digs per set … Double-digit digs in 23-of-25 matches … 20 or more digs 14 times including the first six contests of the season … Finished career with 53 matches of double-digit digs and 23 with 20 or more … Third on the team with 86 assists and 22 aces … Tallied a .966 reception percentage with only 22 errors, had 11 matches with a 1.000 percentage … Opened season with 25 digs and seven assists against Alabama (Aug. 27) … Continued streak of 20+ digs matches against Austin Peay (20), Miami (OH) (27), DePaul (21), Wright State (22) and Ball State (26) … Also had two aces, four assists, one kill and 25-for-25 on receptions versus Miami (OH) … Named to the Wright State Invitational All-Tournament Team after ringing up 69 digs, 10 assists and a .971 reception percentage (66-of-68) … Totaled season-high two kills at Southeast Missouri State … Recorded 24 digs, six assists and 38-for-38 on receptions in win over Memphis (Sept. 11) … Tallied lone double-double of the season, and first since Nov. 14, 2019 versus UAB, with 22 digs and a career-high 12 assists at Morehead State (Sept. 16), sixth career double-double … Put up season-high 34 digs (average of 8.5 per set), tied for fifth-most in a single match in team history, against Toledo (Sept. 18), was also 23-for-23 on receptions … Recorded 24 digs and a perfect 39-for-39 on receptions in game two against Middle Tennessee (Oct. 2) … Totaled four aces and 25 digs in two sweeps at Florida Atlantic (Oct. 8-9) … Tallied career-high six aces, tied for fourth-most in a single match in team history, in game one versus Old Dominion (Oct. 15) … Finished both matches against Old Dominion (Oct. 15-16) with 38 total digs (20 in game two) and went 48-for-48 on receptions … In final game recorded 23 digs, five assists, two aces and was 36-of-37 on receptions versus FIU (Nov. 6).
2020-21 (Junior)
2020-21 Conference USA Libero of the Year
2020-21 Second Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2020-21 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week: March 16
2021 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Appeared and started all 15 matches at libero in shortened 2021 spring season … Played in all 57 sets … Stepped into role of libero for first time in collegiate career after playing first two seasons at outside hitter and responded with great year culminating in being named C-USA Libero of the Year … First Herd player to be named Libero of the Year since Allie Kellerman in 2016 … Led the team and the league in digs per set with 4.81 … Finished season with career-highs of 274 digs and 32 assists … Had 17 service aces with a career-best average of 0.30 aces per set and had just seven service errors … Tallied at least 10 digs in every match and 20 or more six times … Opened the season with a record-breaking performance of 40 digs in the five-set comeback win at Xavier (Jan. 31), tallying 11 digs in the second set and 10 in both the third and fourth sets, mark broke the record of 37 set by Wendy Williams in 1999 … Had 16 digs and three aces in four-set win over Charlotte (Feb. 7) … Recorded 500th career dig in the fourth set of the second meeting with Charlotte (Feb. 8) and finished match with 20 … Tallied 27 digs and three aces in home victory over Xavier (Feb. 14) … Had career-high four aces in sweep of FIU (Feb. 22) … Moved back to outside hitter in third set against No. 20 WKU (March 1) finished with four kills, one block, one assist and still led team with 23 digs … Recorded 21 digs and was a perfect 30-for-30 on receptions in first match at Middle Tennessee (March 7) … Finished both matches at MTSU (March 7-8) without a reception error going 57-for-57, part of four-straight matches without an error (FAU matches) … Named C-USA Defensive Player of the Week after combining for 34 digs and going 18-for-18 on service receptions in two sweeps over Florida Atlantic (March 14-15) … Had 22 digs in five-set win at Old Dominion (March 21) as well as one kill … Tied career-high with four assists in regular season finale at Old Dominion (March 22) … Tallied 11 digs against UTEP in first round of the C-USA Tournament … In Herd career has played in 68 matches and 241 sets.
2019 (Sophomore)
2019 Conference USA Fall Spirit of Service Award
2020 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Appeared in all 28 matches, starting 20 … Played in 92 sets … Stepped up on the outside and had a career year … Finished second on the team with career-high 235 kills, averaged 2.55 kills per set … Second with career-high 23 service aces … Had three aces in four matches … Third on the team in digs with 212 … 12 matches with 10 or more kills … Five matches with 10 or more digs … Five contests with a hitting percentage of .300 or better … Recorded three double-doubles in kills and digs … Finished with career-best 18 block assists … Dominated during Herd’s five-set, comeback win at FIU (Nov. 8) with 22 kills, a .364 hitting percentage, and 19 digs … Tallied 16 kills, 21 digs, and one ace in win at Charlotte (Oct. 4) … Recorded 16 kills, two blocks and one ace in five-set win at Georgetown (Sept. 6) … Began the season with 11 kills, three aces and seven digs vs. UT-Martin (Aug. 30) … Had career-high .429 hitting percentage with seven kills, just one error in 14 total attacks in win at Northern Kentucky (Sept. 7) … Recorded four assists vs. Santa Clara (Aug. 31) … Tallied 10 kills, a .375 hitting percentage, three blocks and nine digs in sweep at UTSA (Oct. 27) … Had 10 kills, three aces and five digs in five-set win at Florida Atlantic (Nov. 10) … Ended regular season vs. UAB (Nov. 14) with 14 kills, 17 digs, three blocks and two aces in Herd’s win.
2018 (Freshman)
2018-19 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Appeared in 25 matches with 15 starts … Played in 92 sets … Added statistics across the board with 81 kills, 26 sets, 14 service aces, 216 digs and six total blocks … 216 digs was good for third on the team and 81 kills was sixth … Made collegiate debut in the season-opener at Dayton (Aug. 24) and recorded three digs … First kills of the season came against South Alabama (Aug. 25) with three … Had 10 or more digs in 10 matches including a stretch of six-straight matches (Sept. 30 – Oct. 21) … Season-high 22 digs versus UTSA (Oct. 21), added eight kills and two service aces … Had two double-doubles with 10 kills and 12 digs at Louisiana Tech (Sept. 30) then 11 kills and 11 digs at home versus WKU (Oct. 5) … Recorded two service aces in three matches during season at Bowling Green (Sept. 13), versus UTSA (Oct. 21) and at Southern Miss (Oct. 26) … Had season-high of three assists against UTEP (Oct. 7) and at North Texas (Oct. 28).
Prior to Marshall: Started for four years at Naperville Central High School ... Was a team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior, earning first-team all-conference, all-area and second-team all-state honors in 2017 ... As a senior, she racked up 405 kills, 201 digs and 62 service aces.
Personal: Majoring in finance.
2021 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2021 Wright State Invitational All-Tournament Team
Appeared and started all 25 matches … Played in all 103 sets … One of only three players to start every match and play in every set along with Ciara DeBell and Sydney Lostumo … Floor leader for the Herd who made many diving efforts on digs to keep points and rallies alive … Became the 14th member of the Marshall 1,000 Digs Club at No. 22 WKU on Sept. 25, reaching the milestone in the third set … Finished career 11th all-time with 1,175 digs … Ranks sixth in program history in career digs per set (3.40) … Led team with career-high 473 digs, good for 10th-most in a single season in team history … Led C-USA and ranked 42nd in the NCAA in total digs … Recorded 4.59 digs per set, tied for fourth-best in a single season in Herd history … Third in C-USA and 65th in the country in digs per set … Double-digit digs in 23-of-25 matches … 20 or more digs 14 times including the first six contests of the season … Finished career with 53 matches of double-digit digs and 23 with 20 or more … Third on the team with 86 assists and 22 aces … Tallied a .966 reception percentage with only 22 errors, had 11 matches with a 1.000 percentage … Opened season with 25 digs and seven assists against Alabama (Aug. 27) … Continued streak of 20+ digs matches against Austin Peay (20), Miami (OH) (27), DePaul (21), Wright State (22) and Ball State (26) … Also had two aces, four assists, one kill and 25-for-25 on receptions versus Miami (OH) … Named to the Wright State Invitational All-Tournament Team after ringing up 69 digs, 10 assists and a .971 reception percentage (66-of-68) … Totaled season-high two kills at Southeast Missouri State … Recorded 24 digs, six assists and 38-for-38 on receptions in win over Memphis (Sept. 11) … Tallied lone double-double of the season, and first since Nov. 14, 2019 versus UAB, with 22 digs and a career-high 12 assists at Morehead State (Sept. 16), sixth career double-double … Put up season-high 34 digs (average of 8.5 per set), tied for fifth-most in a single match in team history, against Toledo (Sept. 18), was also 23-for-23 on receptions … Recorded 24 digs and a perfect 39-for-39 on receptions in game two against Middle Tennessee (Oct. 2) … Totaled four aces and 25 digs in two sweeps at Florida Atlantic (Oct. 8-9) … Tallied career-high six aces, tied for fourth-most in a single match in team history, in game one versus Old Dominion (Oct. 15) … Finished both matches against Old Dominion (Oct. 15-16) with 38 total digs (20 in game two) and went 48-for-48 on receptions … In final game recorded 23 digs, five assists, two aces and was 36-of-37 on receptions versus FIU (Nov. 6).
2020-21 (Junior)
2020-21 Conference USA Libero of the Year
2020-21 Second Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 Conference USA All-Academic Team
2020-21 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week: March 16
2021 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Appeared and started all 15 matches at libero in shortened 2021 spring season … Played in all 57 sets … Stepped into role of libero for first time in collegiate career after playing first two seasons at outside hitter and responded with great year culminating in being named C-USA Libero of the Year … First Herd player to be named Libero of the Year since Allie Kellerman in 2016 … Led the team and the league in digs per set with 4.81 … Finished season with career-highs of 274 digs and 32 assists … Had 17 service aces with a career-best average of 0.30 aces per set and had just seven service errors … Tallied at least 10 digs in every match and 20 or more six times … Opened the season with a record-breaking performance of 40 digs in the five-set comeback win at Xavier (Jan. 31), tallying 11 digs in the second set and 10 in both the third and fourth sets, mark broke the record of 37 set by Wendy Williams in 1999 … Had 16 digs and three aces in four-set win over Charlotte (Feb. 7) … Recorded 500th career dig in the fourth set of the second meeting with Charlotte (Feb. 8) and finished match with 20 … Tallied 27 digs and three aces in home victory over Xavier (Feb. 14) … Had career-high four aces in sweep of FIU (Feb. 22) … Moved back to outside hitter in third set against No. 20 WKU (March 1) finished with four kills, one block, one assist and still led team with 23 digs … Recorded 21 digs and was a perfect 30-for-30 on receptions in first match at Middle Tennessee (March 7) … Finished both matches at MTSU (March 7-8) without a reception error going 57-for-57, part of four-straight matches without an error (FAU matches) … Named C-USA Defensive Player of the Week after combining for 34 digs and going 18-for-18 on service receptions in two sweeps over Florida Atlantic (March 14-15) … Had 22 digs in five-set win at Old Dominion (March 21) as well as one kill … Tied career-high with four assists in regular season finale at Old Dominion (March 22) … Tallied 11 digs against UTEP in first round of the C-USA Tournament … In Herd career has played in 68 matches and 241 sets.
2019 (Sophomore)
2019 Conference USA Fall Spirit of Service Award
2020 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Appeared in all 28 matches, starting 20 … Played in 92 sets … Stepped up on the outside and had a career year … Finished second on the team with career-high 235 kills, averaged 2.55 kills per set … Second with career-high 23 service aces … Had three aces in four matches … Third on the team in digs with 212 … 12 matches with 10 or more kills … Five matches with 10 or more digs … Five contests with a hitting percentage of .300 or better … Recorded three double-doubles in kills and digs … Finished with career-best 18 block assists … Dominated during Herd’s five-set, comeback win at FIU (Nov. 8) with 22 kills, a .364 hitting percentage, and 19 digs … Tallied 16 kills, 21 digs, and one ace in win at Charlotte (Oct. 4) … Recorded 16 kills, two blocks and one ace in five-set win at Georgetown (Sept. 6) … Began the season with 11 kills, three aces and seven digs vs. UT-Martin (Aug. 30) … Had career-high .429 hitting percentage with seven kills, just one error in 14 total attacks in win at Northern Kentucky (Sept. 7) … Recorded four assists vs. Santa Clara (Aug. 31) … Tallied 10 kills, a .375 hitting percentage, three blocks and nine digs in sweep at UTSA (Oct. 27) … Had 10 kills, three aces and five digs in five-set win at Florida Atlantic (Nov. 10) … Ended regular season vs. UAB (Nov. 14) with 14 kills, 17 digs, three blocks and two aces in Herd’s win.
2018 (Freshman)
2018-19 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Appeared in 25 matches with 15 starts … Played in 92 sets … Added statistics across the board with 81 kills, 26 sets, 14 service aces, 216 digs and six total blocks … 216 digs was good for third on the team and 81 kills was sixth … Made collegiate debut in the season-opener at Dayton (Aug. 24) and recorded three digs … First kills of the season came against South Alabama (Aug. 25) with three … Had 10 or more digs in 10 matches including a stretch of six-straight matches (Sept. 30 – Oct. 21) … Season-high 22 digs versus UTSA (Oct. 21), added eight kills and two service aces … Had two double-doubles with 10 kills and 12 digs at Louisiana Tech (Sept. 30) then 11 kills and 11 digs at home versus WKU (Oct. 5) … Recorded two service aces in three matches during season at Bowling Green (Sept. 13), versus UTSA (Oct. 21) and at Southern Miss (Oct. 26) … Had season-high of three assists against UTEP (Oct. 7) and at North Texas (Oct. 28).
Prior to Marshall: Started for four years at Naperville Central High School ... Was a team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior, earning first-team all-conference, all-area and second-team all-state honors in 2017 ... As a senior, she racked up 405 kills, 201 digs and 62 service aces.
Personal: Majoring in finance.
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