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2009: Appeared in all 31 matches, starting in 30…Co-led the team with 41 service aces, averaging 0.36 per set…Notched career-best four service aces against UNC Asheville and Navy…Finished second on the team with 91 blocks and third on the team with 225 kills…Earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III second-team honors…Named to the SoCon Academic All-Conference team…Female recipient of Elon’s A.L. Hook Scholar-Athlete award, given annually to the junior or senior male and female student-athletes who possess the highest cumulative GPA.

2008: Named to the preseason all-conference team…Posted a team-leading .247 hitting percentage for the season…Posted double-digit kills in 10 matches…Tallied a career-best 16 kills against Western Carolina…Recorded 22 service aces on the year…Notched 15 kills against Robert Morris and Appalachian State…Recorded a total of 82 blocks, including a season-best six on three occasions…Averaged 2.11 kills per game and 0.78 blocks per game.

2007: Started 22 out of 33 matches played during her freshman campaign...Tallied 234 kills for a team-leading hitting percentage of .249...Was fifth on the team in kills...Finished the season second on the team in blocks with 101...Earned a season -high 15 kills against Charleston Southern...Recorded double-digit kills in eight matches during the season...Registered a solo block in eight matches...Her nine block assists against Georgia Southern were a career-high...Posted a season-best three service aces against N.C. Central and Chattanooga...Notched 26 service aces for the season.

High School: Led Southwest Guilford to the 3A North Carolina state championship in 2006, earning 3A State MVP honors...Named Piedmont Triad 3A Player of the Year...Tabbed First Team All-Area by the Greensboro News & Record... Earned a Wendy’s High School Heisman Award...Received the prepvolleyball.com 2006 Molten Improvement Award...Served as captain of the Molten Improvement First Team...Finished her senior season with 258 kills, 41 blocks and 134 digs...Club team was the Piedmont Volleyball Club.

Personal: Full name is Sarah Keeney Schermerhorn...Sarah is the daughter of Bill and Chris Schermerhorn...Born November 23, 1988...Majoring in economics... Her brother Mason was a member of Elon’s 2007 Southern Conference champion men’s tennis team.