Ammerman, Sarah bio

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SARAH JULIE AMMERMAN

OUTSIDE HITTER

6-2 • SR-3L • PARKER, COLO.

HIGH SCHOOL: Chaparral

CLUB TEAM: Front Range Volleyball Club

BIRTHDATE: Oct. 7, 1987

PARENTS: Brett and Maria Ammerman

SARAH AMMERMAN 12A n all-around complete player and confi dent team

leader who is criti cal to A&M’s success both off ensively

and defensively … A two-year starter, is passionate about

the sport and always comes ready to compete … Has a great

understanding of the game … Has a textbook arm swing and

hits with power high above the net … Uti lizes a commanding

array of shots to deceive the defense and is determined to put

the ball away … Defensively, has made great strides in becoming more eff ecti ve with her

block … Has great range in the back row … Is a primary passer and one of the team’s best

servers with her powerful and consistent jump serve … Honed her skills in the off -season as

a member of USA Volleyball’s A2 Team and captured a bronze medal at the USA Volleyball

Adult Open Championships.

“Laurie Quote ?”

– Head Coach Laurie Corbelli

AT TEXAS A&M

2008 – JUNIORAn All-Big 12 honorable menti on selecti on, also was voted A&M’s Most Valuable Player in addi-ti on to earning the team’s Best Off ensive Player award for the second consecuti ve season … Started in every match and played in 110 of 113 sets … Ranked second on the team and 10th in the Big 12 with 3.35 kills per set for the full season … Also ranked second on the team with 3.75 points per set and led the Aggies with 24 aces and a 0.22 ace average … Led the

CAREER HIGHSKills: 27 vs. Iowa State (11/12/06); at Colorado

(11/21/07)

Att empts: 75 vs. Iowa State (11/12/06)

Hitti ng Percentage (min 10 k): .567 [17-0-30] vs. Prairie View A&M (8/25/2007)

Aces: 5 vs. Colorado (10/13/07)

Digs: 21 vs. Oklahoma (9/12/07)

Block Solos: 2 four ti mes

Block Assists: 7 at Missouri (9/16/06)

Total Blocks: 7 at Missouri (9/16/06)

Points: 30.0 vs. Missouri (11/17/07); at Colorado (11/21/07);

CAREER STATISTICS Kill Att ack Assist Ace Dig Block Points

Year MP - MS GP Kill Avg. E Att . Pct. Assist Avg. Ace Avg. Dig Avg. BS BA TB Avg. Points Avg.

2006-Fr. 26 - 22 83 272 3.28 146 809 .156 8 0.10 25 0.30 194 2.34 5 24 29 0.35 314.0 3.78

2007-So. 31 -31 101 447 4.43 148 1179 .254 21 0.21 36 0.36 263 2.60 11 37 48 0.48 512.5 5.07

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Aggies and ranked seventh in the Big 12 in both kills (3.49) and points (3.90) per set in league matches only … Was the catalyst in A&M’s season-ending six-match winning streak, hitti ng .326 while averag-ing 4.55 kills and 5.07 points per set during the stretch … Received the Big 12 Off ensive Player of the Week award on Nov. 24 and was named to the Collegiate Volleyball Update Top Performers List aft er leading the Big 12 with 5.50 points and 5.00 kills per set while hitti ng at a .356 clip in crucial victories against Oklahoma and Colorado … Recorded the most kills by an A&M player in a three-set match (16 vs. Texas Tech), four-set match (18 vs. American) and fi ve-set match (26 vs. Oklahoma) in 2008 … Became the 15th player in A&M history to surpass 1,000 career kills aft er posti ng 16 in the Aggies’ 3-1 victory over Iowa State on Nov. 12 … Ended the season ranked 12th in the A&M records with 1,087 career kills … Became the fi ft h A&M play-er to surpass the 1,000 career points milestone

AMMERMAN’S HONORS

2009• USA Volleyball A2 Team,

Bronze Medalist, USA Open Championships

2008• USA Volleyball A2 Team,

Bronze Medalist, USA Open Championships

• All-Big 12 Honorable Menti on

• Texas A&M Most Valuable Player

• Texas A&M Best Off ensive Player

• Big 12 Off ensive Player of the Week (11/24)

• Preseason All-Big 12 Team

• Texas A&M Invitati onal All-Tournament Team

• University of San Diego All-Tournament Team

• Collegiate Volleyball Update Top Performers List (11/25)

2007• Texas A&M Best Off ensive Player

• MSU Holiday Inn Classic, MVP

• Texas A&M Invitati onal All-Tournament Team

2006• CSU Hilton Classic

All-Tournament Team

aft er a 15.5 point performance against Missouri on Oct. 4 and ended the season ranked fourth in the record books with 1,238.5 points for her career … Tallied 11 double-doubles to ti e for the team

lead … Led the team in points in 12 matches and in kills in 11 matches overall, including each of the last seven matches of the season … Had two 20-kill performances … Record-ed the second 20-20 performance of her career with 20 kills and 21 digs against No. 3 Nebraska on Nov. 5 … Garnered all-tournament honors at both the Texas A&M Invitati onal and the USD Tournament.

2007 – SOPHOMORENamed A&M’s Best Off ensive Player … Started every match and led A&M and ranked in the top fi ve in the Big 12 with 4.43 kills, 0.36 aces and 5.07 points per game for the full season … Also ranked in the top four in the league with 4.66 kills, 0.40 aces and 5.36 points per game in Big 12 matches only … Reached double fi gures in kills in a team-leading 25 matches … Led or ti ed for team high in kills in 19 matches and in points in 21 matches … Posted 20 or more

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kills in seven matches, including fi ve of the fi nal eight matches of the season … Recorded the fi rst 20-20 performance of her career with 22 kills and 21 digs against Oklahoma on Sept. 12 … Both career-high 27 kills and career-high 30 points at Colorado were the most in a single match by an A&M player in 2007 … Had fi ve aces in a home victory against the Buff s, setti ng an A&M record for a 4-game Big 12 match … Ranked second on the team with 11 double-doubles … Collected MVP honors at the Montana State Holiday Inn Classic aft er leading the Aggies to the tournament ti tle … Ended the season with 512.5 points, ranking fi ft h in the A&M all-ti me season records and moving her into seventh in the career records with 847.0.

2006 - FRESHMANMade an immediate and successful transiti on to the college level and was named to the season-opening CSU Hilton Classic all-tourna-ment team aft er helping the Aggies capture the tournament ti tle with a 3-0 record … In the sea-son opener and in her collegiate debut, started on the left side and hit .286 and led A&M with 18 kills, 17 digs and 20.5 points in a 3-1 victory against host and NCAA tournament-bound Colorado State in front of her home-state fam-ily and friends … Played in 26 of 28 matches throughout the season, starti ng 22 … Ranked third on the team with 3.28 kills and 2.34 digs per game for the full season … Led A&M with a 3.40 kill average in Big 12 games only … Reached double fi gures in kills in 14 matches, including each of the fi rst four matches of the season … Her career-high 27 kills and 29 points against Iowa State on Nov. 12 were the most

by an A&M player in 2006 … Reached double fi gures in digs in seven matches – including a career-high 18 at Kansas – and posted seven double-doubles overall … Led or ti ed for the team lead in kills in nine matches, in points in nine matches, and in digs in four matches … Was the team leader and ranked 10th in the conference in aces per game, posti ng a 0.30 average for the full season and a 0.31 average in Big 12 games only.

PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCEA Nati onal Player of the Year fi nalist by PrepVolleyball.com as a senior at Chaparral High School aft er leading the state of Colorado

with 6.39 kills per game … Was named to both the Mizuno/Volleyball and PrepVolleyball.com high school All-American teams and was select-ed the Colorado Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year as a senior … Also was named to Vol-leyball’s “Fab 50,” a list of the nati on’s top 50 high school recruits, as well as PrepVolleyball.com’s Senior Aces list of top recruits … In addi-ti on, was named the Rocky Mountain News All-Colorado Player of the Year and selected to the state all-tournament team by both the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post aft er leading Chaparral to the state fi nals … Was a three-year lett erwinner for the Wolverines and coach T.R. Ellis … As a junior, was named to the all-Colorado team by both the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post aft er leading the state with 4.8 kills per game … Also received all-state and all-conference honors and in 2005 was invited to the USA Junior Nati onal A2 Camp … Played middle blocker as a sophomore and was named to the all-conference fi rst team and received all-state honorable menti on … Competed for Front Range Volleyball Club from 2002-06 and qualifi ed for nati onals every year … Current Aggie teammate Kristen Schevik-hoven also was on her 18s team, which was coached by Jim Miret and placed 11th in 18 Open Nati onals in 2005 … Tied for fi ft h in the Open Division at the 2006 Junior Olympic Vol-leyball Championships and took fi rst place at the 2006 AAU Nati onal Championships, which rates as the most memorable moment of her prep volleyball career.


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PERSONALSarah Julie Ammerman is the daughter of Brett and Maria Ammerman … Is the sec-ond of eight children … From a volleyball family, her mother played volleyball at the University of Alaska-Anchorage, and her fa-ther, who played club volleyball at Purdue, was a member of the Men’s 45 and Over Gold Flight championship team at the 2005 USA Open Championships … In additi on, her older brother, Ryan, is a sett er at Uni-versity of California-Irvine, which won the NCAA championship in 2007, and younger brothers Dalton and Luke, both 17, have parti cipated in USA Volleyball Select camps … Sarah began playing volleyball in the fourth grade for a recreati on team that was coached by her mother … Made recruiti ng visits to Nebraska, Washington,

Illinois, Texas, Michigan and Colorado State, in additi on to Texas A&M … Signed with the Aggies because, “I knew as soon as I stepped on the campus that it was the place for me. The traditi ons and atmo-sphere in College Stati on are unbelievable. Also, the coaching staff ’s knowledge and experience is so impressive. As well as be-ing able to compete in the Big 12” … Most exciti ng moment of A&M career is playing in front of her friends and family while making her collegiate debut in A&M’s 2006 season opener at Colorado State … Hob-bies include hanging out with friends, be-ing on the computer and going to the pool … Is a Texas A&M/Verizon Scholar Athlete, currently majoring in general studies … Ca-reer ambiti on is to be a journalist … Born Oct. 7, 1987, in Anchorage, Alaska.

AMMERMAN UP CLOSE

If I could tell my incoming • teammates one thing, it would be: Be prepared to play in a very tough conference; every win has to be earned through hard work

Teammate who would be the best • candidate for American Idol: Me, I defi nitely dominate at the iPod singing game

Teammate who would be the best • candidate for Last Comic Standing: Schevi, she is probably the best storyteller EVER

Teammate who would be the • best candidate for So You Think You Can Dance: Minnow (Stephanie Minnerly); she’s a dancing fanati c

The person who I would want to • play me in a movie about my life: Audrina from The Hills, everybody tells me I look like her

The song that best describes me • when I fi rst wake up in the morning: Pocketf ul of Sunshine, Natasha Bedingfi eld

If I could live anywhere in the • world for a year and money is no object, I would live: California, I am convinced I am meant to be a beach bum

Few people know that I: • am from a family of 10

Favorite TV show: • The Hills! And American Idol

Aft er I graduate, I plan to: • play overseas

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