2019 Beach Volleyball Roster
Biography
Career: NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team (2019) ... Two-time ASUN Pair of the Year (2018, 2019) ... ASUN Pair of the Tournament (2019) ... Two-time ASUN First Team All-Conference ... Four-time ASUN Pair of the Week ... Two-time AVCA Top Flight Award ... Finished career ranking seventh in school history with 62 wins ... Part of the second-winningest pair in Stetson history (62-13 with Darby Dunn) ... Did not lose a match against ASUN opponents in two seasons (24-0) ... Named to the ASUN All-Decade team in 2020.
2019: NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team ... ASUN Pair of the Year ... ASUN Pair of the Tournament ... ASUN First Team All-Conference ... Two-time ASUN Pair of the Week ... AVCA Top Flight Award (2 seed) ... ASUN Honor Roll ... Went 32-7 with Darby Dunn at Pair 2 ... Tied for the most wins by a Stetson pair in school history ... Had the most wins for any Pair 2 in the NCAA, and the third-most wins for all pairs in the NCAA ... Went 2-0 in the NCAA Championship, posting a straight set wins over No. 1 Southern Cal and No. 5 LSU ... Went 3-0 in the ASUN Championship, scoring the championship clinching point in the title match vs. FGCU ... Went a perfect 8-0 in the ASUN regular season, going 16-1 in sets played ... Went 25-2 over their final 27 matches, winning 10 in a row at one point ... Posted 14 wins against ranked opponents, including top 10 wins over #3 FSU, #8 FIU (twice), #4 LSU, #1 Southern Cal, and #5 LSU.
2018: ASUN Pair of the Year ... ASUN All-Conference Team ... Two-time ASUN Pair of the Week ... AVCA Top Flight Award (1 seed) ... ASUN Honor Roll ... Stetson Female Athlete of the Year ... Went 30-6 overall, including 18-3 at the 1 seed and 12-3 at the 2 seed ... Paired with Darby Dunn all season ... Went a perfect 10-0 in ASUN play, winning 20 of 21 sets ... Was the third Stetson pair to win 30 matches in a single-season ... Posted five non-conference wins against ranked opponents … Defeated the 1 seed from #15 Arizona … Defeated the 2 seeds from #8 South Carolina, #10 LSU, #12 Georgia State and #20 FAU … Won 17 of her last 18 duals.
Previous: Played beach for two seasons at Long Beach State ... Was a Big West first team all-conference selection in 2016 ... Posted a record of 15-6 while playing at the 3 seed ... Silver bracket champion at the USAV Beach Volleyball Collegiate Challenge ... Undefeated in the Big West Championship ... Named Big West Pair of the Week ... Played at the 5 seed as a freshman, going 17-9 overall ... Helped LBSU place second at the AVCA national championships Won the 2016 Collegiate Queen of the Beach ... Won the 2016 National Collegiate Sand Volleyball Association tournament ... Won the Manhattan 6-man.
High School: Twice warned All-State honorable mention honors (for indoor volleyball) at Park City High School ... Named team MVP her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons ... Ranked as the the No. 1 junior in the California Beach Volleyball Association.
Personal: Samantha Suzanne Thomas was born in 1996 in Newport Beach, Calif. ... Is the daughter of Syndee and Geoff Thomas ... Has two sisters, Kaycee and Tara ... Majoring in Business Marketing.
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