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2024 Volleyball Roster

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4 Sammie Engel

  • Position Middle Blocker/Right Side
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • High School Anderson HS
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio

Biography

2024 | SENIOR SEASON
Appeared in eights sets over six matches... recorded a kill against Le Moyne (9/20)... registered an ace on senior night against Yale (11/16).

2023 | JUNIOR SEASON
Made an appearance in seven sets over five matches for the Big Red in 2023 … registered two kills and a service ace in four-set match against Syracuse (9/6) … led the team in service aces per set with 0.43. Was named to 2023 Academic All-Ivy team.

2022 l SOPHOMORE SEASON
Made an appearance in 18 matches, playing in 52 sets total ... notched 111 points in her first year seeing time in multiple games ... took home four double-digit point finishes, highlighted by a 15.5 point performance at Southern Indiana ... second in the Ivy League in aces per set (0.5) and ninth in total service aces (26). Named to Kent State all-tournament team after tying Cornell single-match record with eight aces against Golden Flashers (09/03)

2021 l FRESHMAN SEASON
Made her collegiate debut in a 3-0 sweep of Penn.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Three-time All-Eastern Cincinnati Conference honoree at Anderson HS, earning first team distinction as a senior in 2020 ... tabbed second team all-district and second team all-city in 2020, in addition to being named a Cincinnati Senior All-Star ... named Anderson’s 2019 offensive MVP and 2020 team MVP ... elected captain of her Anderson team as a senior...competed on the club circuit for Tri State Elite ... selected as an AAU Academic All-American ... helped her Tri State Elite team to a third place finish in the 16 Open division at the Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) World Challenge ... guided her Tri State Elite team to a top-10 finish in the 16 Open division at AAU nationals, finishing ninth ... helped her club team place first in the 17 Mid East Power League.

Personal
Samantha Lauren Engel is the daughter of John and Robin Engel and has one younger brother ... her grandmother, Pam Engel, was once named Canada’s Junior Tennis Champion ... her cousin, Karen Dewis, played Division I tennis at UCLA from 1982-86 and went on to play professionally ... she is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2021Freshman

    Middle Blocker/Right Side
    6'2"
    4
  • 4

    2022Sophomore

    Middle Blocker/Right Side
    6'2"
    4
  • 4

    2023Junior

    Middle Blocker/Right Side
    6'2"
    4
  • 4

    2024Senior

    Middle Blocker/Right Side
    6'2"
    4