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

2008 • JUNIOR
Named American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Third Team and Under Armour Volleyball Magazine All-America honorable mention ... chosen as the 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 - the only player with more was Roberta Holehouse, who compiled 10 aces in six tournament matches for reigning two-time NCAA champion Penn State ... selected as a member of the AVCA All-Region First Team ... captured her third A-10 All-Championship team honor ... became the program's first A-10 Player of the Year ... was also chosen as a member of the A-10 First Team ... awarded CVU.com (College Volleyball Update) Stellar Spiker second team plaudits ... selected as the A-10 Player of the Week a league-high four times ... Best Western Miami Invitational MVP ... was a member of the Penn State Classic and Billiken Invitational All-Tournament squads ... ranks ninth on Saint Louis' career kills list with 1,100 ... career average of 3.36 kills per set ranks eighth in SLU annals ... her 180 career assists rank 15th all time ... tied for 15th on SLU's career service aces chart with 89 ... closing in on 1,000 career digs with 894 to date, which puts her at 16th on SLU's career list ... her 200 career block assists rank 12th in school history while her 213 total blocks are 15th ... led the team with 3.96 kills per set and a .391 hitting percentage in A-10 matches, while also 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, also tying her career best ... put up seven blocks in the George Washington match, which ties 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 in addition to coming in fifth with a .311 hitting percentage and seventh with 0.31 service aces per set ... boasted double-digit kills in 21 matches and double-digit digs in 14 ... established a new 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 ... was named 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 to go with a career-high five aces 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 ... contributed 13 digs in the match at Rhode Island ... hit .444 with eight kills against George Washington ... narrowly missed a triple-double with a career high 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 ... selected 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 and added five blocks and five digs 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 ... registered a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs at Northern Illinois.

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.