2024 Women's Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 7
Samarah Hill
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Trinity Prep School
- Hometown:
- Oviedo, Florida
Bio
ATHLETIC HONORS
AAC First Team All-Conference
AAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 11)
AAC Honorable Mention (Week 6)
2024 (Sixth Year): Wrapped up her collegiate career with one of her best seasons, posting a career-high 311 kills and 3.17 kills per set ... Hill also posted a new career-high in service aces with 22 ... On the defensive side, she edged out a new career-high in digs with 252, good for 2.57 digs per set ... She posted 30 total blocks, which all together earned her a career-high 351 points and 3.58 points per set ... Hill posted seven double-doubles, the most since her freshman season, when she posted four ... She had a career-best match on Nov. 8 against Wichita State, where she posted 29 kills in 70 attempts for a .329 hitting pct, along with 16 digs for the fourth double-double of her season, posting a career-best 31 points.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Spent five seasons at LSU, appearing in 67 matches and 206 total sets... tallied 459 kills on a .202 hitting percentage during her Tiger career, also registering 382 digs and 81 total blocks... started every match as a freshman in 2019, averaging 2.59 kills per set and eclipsing 10 kills in eight matches.. redshirted in 2021 due to injury and returned in 2022 to make seven starts and play in 62 sets where she averaged 2.16 points, 1.92 kills and 1.10 digs per set... played in 13 matches in 2023, registering 37 kills on a .202 hitting percentage, and posting a season-high nine kills and nine blocks against Mississippi State... named to the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2019 and was a five-time SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll recipient.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-time district champion at Trinity Prep School in Winter Park, Florida, and was a Second Team All-American... totaled 653 kills, averaging over five kills per set, and recorded a .372 hitting percentage during her high school career... named an Under Armour All-American Honorable Mention... finished third with her OTVA club team at AAU nationals in 2016 and second in 2017, while Hill was thrice named an AAU All-American... also competed in track & field at Trinity Prep, placing second in the triple jump at the 2018 state championships and third in 2019.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Sarah and Isaac Hill... has one brother and one sister... both parents competed in track & field at Arkansas State in the 1990s... brother played basketball at Cardinal Stritch from 2019-22... daughter is committed to play volleyball at Appalachian State.
AAC First Team All-Conference
AAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 11)
AAC Honorable Mention (Week 6)
2024 (Sixth Year): Wrapped up her collegiate career with one of her best seasons, posting a career-high 311 kills and 3.17 kills per set ... Hill also posted a new career-high in service aces with 22 ... On the defensive side, she edged out a new career-high in digs with 252, good for 2.57 digs per set ... She posted 30 total blocks, which all together earned her a career-high 351 points and 3.58 points per set ... Hill posted seven double-doubles, the most since her freshman season, when she posted four ... She had a career-best match on Nov. 8 against Wichita State, where she posted 29 kills in 70 attempts for a .329 hitting pct, along with 16 digs for the fourth double-double of her season, posting a career-best 31 points.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Spent five seasons at LSU, appearing in 67 matches and 206 total sets... tallied 459 kills on a .202 hitting percentage during her Tiger career, also registering 382 digs and 81 total blocks... started every match as a freshman in 2019, averaging 2.59 kills per set and eclipsing 10 kills in eight matches.. redshirted in 2021 due to injury and returned in 2022 to make seven starts and play in 62 sets where she averaged 2.16 points, 1.92 kills and 1.10 digs per set... played in 13 matches in 2023, registering 37 kills on a .202 hitting percentage, and posting a season-high nine kills and nine blocks against Mississippi State... named to the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2019 and was a five-time SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll recipient.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-time district champion at Trinity Prep School in Winter Park, Florida, and was a Second Team All-American... totaled 653 kills, averaging over five kills per set, and recorded a .372 hitting percentage during her high school career... named an Under Armour All-American Honorable Mention... finished third with her OTVA club team at AAU nationals in 2016 and second in 2017, while Hill was thrice named an AAU All-American... also competed in track & field at Trinity Prep, placing second in the triple jump at the 2018 state championships and third in 2019.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Sarah and Isaac Hill... has one brother and one sister... both parents competed in track & field at Arkansas State in the 1990s... brother played basketball at Cardinal Stritch from 2019-22... daughter is committed to play volleyball at Appalachian State.
Rice vs. Central Arkansas Highlights
Sunday, August 31
Volleyball Exhibition vs. Houston Post-Match Press Conference
Sunday, August 24
VB Thea Carter Kick Save vs. Wichita State
Monday, August 18
2024 Night of the Owl End of Year Recap
Thursday, April 25
