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  Sarah McKinney

Sarah McKinney

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Oak Lawn, Ill.

High School:
Oak Lawn

Height:
6-0

Position:
S/RS

Career Highs: Kills: 24-Lake Superior State (9/10/04) Assists: 26-twice; most recent: Armstrong Atlantic (9/3/05) Attempts: 46-two times; most recent: Northern Michigan (9/11/04). Digs: 22-Southern Indiana (9/17/04) Aces: 3-five times; most recent: Texas Woman's (8/26/05) Blocks: 5-three times; most recent: Michigan Tech (9/1/05). Solo Blocks: 1-six times; most recent: Indianapolis (10/21/05). Block Assists: 5-three times; most recent: Michigan Tech (9/1/05).

2005: Academic All-GLVC, recipient of Lewis' Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes and a Deans' List student both semesters ... starting outside hitter ... played in 23 matches with 21 starts, missing the final seven matches due to injury ... ranked third on the team in digs (236) and fourth in kills (185) and kills per game (2.18) ... had 12 matches with double digits in digs and six matches with 10 or more kills ... posted four kill-dig double-doubles ... had a double-double effort with a season-high 20 kills along with 16 digs, five blocks and two aces against Michigan Tech (Sept. 1) ... set a season high with 19 digs and totaled eight kills at Missouri-St. Louis (Oct. 15) ... set a season high by hitting .483 with 14 kills and no errors on 29 attempts, and added 10 digs against Wisconsin-Parkside (Sept. 27) ... had double-double effort of 12 kills and 13 digs at Indianapolis (Oct. 11) ... had 16 digs with 10 kills against Indianapolis (Oct. 21) ... had 18 kills at Quincy (Oct. 14).

2004: Academic All-GLVC, Delahanty Award recipient and a Deans' List student both semesters ... starting outside hitter ... played in 25 matches with 17 starts ... ranked third on the team in kills (206), kills per game (2.51), aces (20) and hitting percentage (.252), and fourth in digs (211) ... had nine matches with at least 10 kills ... had 10 matches with at least 10 digs ... tallied seven kill-dig double-doubles ... registered career-high 24 kills with 10 digs while hitting .467 vs. Lake Superior State (Sept. 10) ... tallied 23 kills with one error on 46 attempts for a .478 hitting percentage and had 14 digs against Montevallo (Aug. 28) ... had 10 kills and a career-high 22 digs against Southern Indiana (Sept. 17) ... had 15 kills, 13 digs, seven assists and three aces vs. SIU Edwardsville (Oct. 8) ... notched 16 kills and 12 digs against Southern Indiana (Oct. 9) ... posted 16 digs in three games against St. Xavier (Oct. 13) ... had nine kills, six digs and six blocks in three games vs. Bellarmine (Oct. 15) ... tallied eight kills on 13 attempts without a hitting error for a .615 hitting performance vs. Quincy (Oct. 29).

2003: Academic All-GLVC, Delahanty Award recipient and a Deans' List student both semesters ... starting opposite ... in overall matches, ranked 15th in the GLVC in hitting percentage, 30th in kills per game and 29th in blocks per game ... in conference games only, ranked 20th in hitting percentage, 24th in kills per game and 31st in digs per game ... finished third on the team in kills per game and assists, sixth in digs and fourth in blocks ... posted season bests of 21 kills and 16 digs in a five-game match vs. Southern Indiana (Oct. 10) ... had 12 kills and hit .458 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan (Oct. 11) ... tallied season-best five blocks vs. Florida Tech (Aug. 30) ... had 13 kills and season-best three aces vs. Indianapolis (Oct. 4) ... had 15 kills and hit .406 against Saint Xavier (Oct. 1) ... had at least 10 kills in nine matches.

High School/Other: Earned three varsity letters ... was a two-time All-SICA North honoree ... helped lead Oak Lawn to conference championships each year she played varsity ... as a senior, was the starting setter for a team that went 25-8 (10-0 SICA North), won an IHSA regional title and finished as the runner-up in the Class AA Reavis Sectional ... posted 328 assists, 128 kills, 185 digs and 35 blocks her senior year ... named a team captain in 2002 and earned Daily Southtown and Star all-area recognition.

Personal: Daughter of Brian and Debbie McKinney ... ranked fifth in a graduating class of 404 ... a member of the National Honor Society, an Illinois State Scholar and a recipient of the IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award ... political science major.

 

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