8 Samantha Dabbs Setter • 6-0 • Sr.-1L • San Antonio, Texas (Louisville)
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Career Highs
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HONORS AND AWARDS
.750 vs. Arkansas (10/05/08) 10 vs. Texas A&M (08/29/08) 19 vs. Texas A&M (08/29/08) 53 vs. Tennessee (09/26/08) 14 two times, last at McNeese State (09/06/08) 2 five times, last vs. Mississippi State (11/09/08) 6 vs. Florida (10/24/08)
History RECORDS LSU MEDIA
HIGH SCHOOL
2008 Louisiana Newcomer of the Year 2008 All-Louisiana Second Team
JUNIOR SEASON (2008)
One of five Tigers to play all 28 matches ... Started 26 matches and played in 100 of the team’s 104 sets ... Dished out 9.22 assists per set, which ranked fifth in the SEC ... Selected All-LSWA Second Team and LSWA Newcomer of the Year ... Slapped 19 aces, including multiple aces on five occasions ... Compiled a triple-double with 48 assists, 10 kills and 14 digs in season opener against Texas A&M (Aug. 29) ... First LSU triple-double since Regan Hood against Mississippi State (Oct. 31, 2003) ... Distributed 40 assists with 14 digs and eight kills against McNeese State (Sept. 6) ... Four of her six additional double-doubles came against SEC opponents highlighted by a season-best 53-assist and 12-dig performance against Tennessee (Sept. 26) ... Her 53 assists were tied for second by a SEC player ... Put together a 43-assist, nine-kill, nine-dig and season-best six-block effort against No. 8 Florida (Oct. 24) ... Posted 50 assists, 10 digs and five blocks against South Carolina (Oct. 26) ... Dispersed 44 assists to go along with 10 digs against Auburn (Nov. 14) ... Led squad to its highest hitting clip since 2000 with a .434 team performance at Arkansas (Nov. 21) ... 27 of her 54 sets resulted in kills against the Razorbacks ... Circulated 44 assists and added 13 digs in NCAA Tournament match at No. 14 UCLA (Dec. 5).
Ranked the No. 22 recruit in the nation in Prep Volleyball.com’s Senior Aces Four-year letterwinner and co-captain for Winston Churchill High School ... Churchill to the regional final ... Earned the Texas Outstanding Setter Award, All-Texas Team, High School AllAmerican, Texas Girls Coaches Association first-team 5-A all-state honors as a junior ... Was an honorable mention all-district and second-team All-Texas selection while being named in the Top 79 sophomores by PrepVolleyball.com ... Played club volleyball for Alamo Volleyball Association ... Earned three bronze medals and helped win a National Title in the Open Division in the USAV Junior Olympics ... Earned the MVP award for 15-Open Division and All-Tournament in 16-Open Division.
PERSONAL
Full name is Samantha Lynne Dabbs ... Daughter of Dale and Darlene Dabbs... Has one brother - Chris (24), and one sister - Jaclyn (28) ... Brother, Chris, played baseball at New Mexico (2004-06) and currently plays for the Big Bend Cowboys in the Continental League ... Born on April 8, 1988 ... Majoring in kinesiology.
PRIOR TO LSU
Two-year letterwinner at Louisville ... Led Louisville to a high of No. 17 in the AVCA poll in 2007 ... Led the Cardinals in assists in both of her first two seasons ... Was second on the team in service aces as a freshman and third as a sophomore ... Posted the second highest hitting percentage on the team in 2007 with a .318 mark while average 1.63 kills per game ... Recorded 128 blocks in two seasons ... In 2007 spent the summer as a member of the USA Volleyball A2 Junior National team and played in Croatia where they defeated Italy to become the first American team to win the Global Challenge in its three years of existence.
2009 LSU VOLLEYBALL Media Guide
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