Sammi McCloud Class: Graduated Hometown: Columbia, Ill. High School: Columbia Height: 6-2 Position: OH Major: Communication

2009 • SENIOR
Achieved American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America honorable mention status ... picked up CVU.com Stellar Spikers honorable mention accolades ... named to the AVCA All-Region squad ... voted A-10 co-Player of the Year ... merited her third A-10 First Team honor ... only the fourth player in league history to earn A-10 All-Championship honors all four seasons ... named to the Active Ankle Challenge All-Tournament team ... earned Billiken Invitational MVP plaudits ... twice captured A-10 Offensive Player of the Week accolades (Sept. 28 and Nov. 2) ... helped guide SLU to its second straight, and third overall, NCAA Tournament appearance and a share of its third A-10 regular-season crown ... led SLU to its fourth consecutive 20-win campaign for only the second time in program history ... one of five players in program history who is a member of the 1,000-kill and 1,000-dig clubs ... joins Colleen Hunter and Julie Tretten as the only Billikens to be ranked among the career top 10 in kills, digs, aces, block assists and total blocks ... finished her career with 1,418 kills, which is good for fifth on the Bills' career chart ... came in sixth on the career digs chart with 1,143 ... her 3.33 kills per set and 119 service aces each rank eighth on the career lists ... put up 246 career block assists and 268 total blocks, which each rank ninth in the Billiken record book ... finished 11th on the career matches played list with 120 and 17th on the sets played chart with 426 ... tied for second in the A-10 with 4.31 points per set ... came in fourth with 3.52 kills per set, tied for fourth with 0.36 service aces per set and fifth with a .317 hitting percentage in A-10 contests ... ranked fifth among league players with 3.21 kills per set and 3.84 points per set in addition to finishing eighth with 0.30 service aces per set ... tied for the team lead with 55 blocks ... ranked second on the squad with 318 kills (3.21 per set) and 30 service aces ... one of four Bills with more than 2.50 digs per set ... paced the squad with 3.52 kills per set and 31 blocks in A-10 contests ... turned in a season-high 20 kills and a career-best 21 digs at Dayton during the regular season ... hit at a team season-best .625 clip at Rhode Island, amassing 16 kills with just one error ... served a season-high three aces vs. Miami (Ohio) in the Active Ankle Challenge and again vs. Charlotte ... notched a Billiken season-best six blocks vs. Temple ... recorded six double-doubles ... named to the Fall 2009 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2008 • JUNIOR
Named AVCA All-America third team and Under Armour Volleyball Magazine All-America honorable mention ... Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week on Sept. 8 ... tied for second among all 2008 NCAA Tournament players with seven service aces ... AVCA All-Region first team ... became the program's first A-10 Player of the Year ... captured her third A-10 All-Championship team honor ... member of the A-10 first team ... awarded CVU.com (College Volleyball Update) Stellar Spiker second team plaudits ... A-10 Player of the Week a league-high four times ... Best Western Miami Invitational MVP ... member of the Penn State Classic and Billiken Invitational All-Tournament squads ... ranks ninth on Saint Louis' career kills list with 1,100 ... closing in on 1,000 career digs with 894 to date ... her 200 career block assists rank 12th in school history ... led team with 3.96 kills per set and a .391 hitting percentage in A-10 matches, while ranking second with 2.98 digs per set and 0.76 blocks per set ... ranked second on the squad with 421 kills (three behind team leader Fonke), a .311 hitting percentage, 61 assists, 37 service aces, 336 digs, 71 block assists and 76 total blocks ... posted eight double-doubles ... tied for team season-high honors with five aces in the Michigan match, tying her career best ... put up seven blocks in the George Washington match, which tied for the squad's season high and her personal best ... ranked second in the A-10 with 3.96 kills and 4.62 points per set in league contests, while also ranking third with a .391 hitting percentage ... in all matches, ranked third among A-10 players with 3.54 kills and 4.19 points per set and came in fifth with a .311 hitting percentage ... boasted double-digit kills in 21 matches and double-digit digs in 14 ... established a career high with 25 kills at Fordham ... dished out a season-high eight assists vs. Alabama A&M ... registered a career-high 20 digs at Dayton ... hit at a career-high .600 clip with 13 kills and one error against Duquesne.

2007 • SOPHOMORE
Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Championship team for a second straight season ... earned A-10 first-team accolades ... selected A-10 co-Player of the Week on Oct. 29 ... finished the season ranked eighth in the A-10 with 3.70 kills per game ... in conference-only matches, ranked fourth with 4.11 kills per game ... missed five matches early in the season due to injury ... ranked second on the squad in kills per game and digs per game (2.49) ... posted 11 double-digit dig efforts ... compiled nine double-doubles ... registered a career-high 72 swings in the season finale against Xavier ... turned in a match-best 21 kills in the season-ending loss to Xavier ... led all players with 21 kills along with a season-best 18 digs in the regular-season finale at Duquesne ... accumulated a match-best and career-high tying 23 kills with eight digs in the win at Pitt ... led all players with 15 kills in the Charlotte match ... led all players with 16 kills in the Billikens' regular-season win over Xavier ... named to the spring 2008 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2006 • FRESHMAN
Chosen as the Northeast Region Freshman of the Year ... named A-10 Rookie of the Year, A-10 honorable mention and to the All-Rookie team ... A-10 Championship Most Outstanding Player ... tallied nine kills with a team-high 15 digs in the NCAA Tournament at Purdue ... had nine kills, including the match winner, and 11 digs against Dayton in the A-10 Championship title match ... notched 14 kills, 15 digs and seven blocks in the Temple match at the A-10 Championship ... hit .367 with 15 kills and 11 digs versus Fordham in the A-10 Championship ... notched 10 kills and a career-high 19 digs at Dayton ... had 14 kills and 17 digs against Rhode Island ... registered SLU's first triple-double since 2004, with 11 kills, 10 digs and 10 assists against SEMO ... registered 12 kills and 10 blocks against Dayton ... notched 13 kills and 14 digs at Fordham ... narrowly missed a triple-double with 23 kills, 16 digs and eight assists vs. Illinois State ... narrowly missed a triple-double against La Salle with 13 assists, nine kills and nine digs ... A-10 Rookie of the Week on Sept. 17 ... named to the Loyola Invitational All-Tournament team ... recorded 19 kills and 16 digs in the Jacksonville State match ... pounded 17 kills at Middle Tennessee State ... recorded a double-double against Creighton with 14 kills and 14 digs ... notched a double-double with 15 kills and 11 digs in the Illinois-Chicago match ... recorded a double-double with 13 kills and 15 digs against Texas A&M ... credited with 12 kills and nine digs versus #22 Minnesota.

AT COLUMBIA
Chosen as the 2005 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Player of the Year and the Suburban Journals Athlete of the Year in Illinois ... selected to the PrepVolleyball.com All-America team ... led the Eagles to a 37-4-1 record and the finals of the Illinois Class A State Championship ... finished her senior season with 503 kills and a .540 hitting percentage ... also registered 359 assists and 277 blocks ... was second in the metro area in kills per game and fourth in blocks per game in 2005 ... as a junior, was an honorable mention St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro selection and led her team to the Illinois Class A Supersectionals with a 34-3-1 record, including 22 straight wins.