Sarah Cline Class: Junior Hometown: Rock Hill, S.C. High School: Northwestern Height: 5-7 Position: DS/OH Experience: 2L

Cline's 2008 Match-by-Match Statistics

• 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III Third Team
  
• 2007 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2007 SEC Volleyball Community Service Team
  
• 2006-07 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
  

2007 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 29 matches, starting one in the rotation and 15 more as the libero...Served as the starting libero in 60 of the 106 games played and saw time in 98 games...Led the team in digs a team-best 13 times...Her 13 aces tied for fifth on the squad...Topped the squad with a 3.76 digs-per-game average, which ranked ninth in the Southeastern Conference...That average also stands seventh in program history for a single year...She improved that to 3.87 digs per game in league action, which stood 10th in conference games only...Compiled a 94-percent serve-reception percentage for the second-consecutive year...Tied the program record for digs in a match with 36 in the 3-2 victory over Arkansas (11/2)...That outing tied for the fourth best in league play for the season...Had five other contests with over 20 digs, with three coming in a row at Mississippi State (9/30) and at home against Tennessee (10/5) and Kentucky (10/7)...Compiled six matches where she was perfect on serve reception while getting to 10 or more...Three of those came in a four-match stretch in SEC play: at Mississippi (9/23) and Alabama (9/28) and at home versus Tennessee (10/5)...Duplicated that run at the end of the season, as she was perfect at Kentucky (11/9) and Tennessee (11/11) and at home against Alabama (11/18)...Credited with a season-high five assists at Mississippi State (9/30)...Recorded two aces on three occasions in a five-match stretch at the beginning of the year...Named to the SEC Volleyball Community Service Team...Also named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2006 (FRESHMAN): A walk-on who played in all 32 of the Gamecocks' matches and made 11 starts...Started at libero in four contests...Started the final five matches of the season...Finished fourth on the team in total digs with 214...Her 1.86 digs per game ranked fifth for the Gamecocks...Upped her digs per game average to 2.16 in conference matches...Reach double digits in the digs category eight times...Was South Carolina's second-most accurate server with a 95.2 percent figure...One of the Gamecocks' top receivers on serves as well, with a 94-percent success rate that ranked third...Had the first 10-plus-dig effort of her career in a win at Clemson (8/31) with 10 saves...Did not miss a serve on her 10 tries versus the Tigers as well...Made her first career start the following day against Tennessee State and connected on 17-of-18 service reception attempts...Played an important role in South Carolina's 3-2 win against Auburn (9/15) by recording 11 digs and going 11-for-11 and 15-for-15 on service returns and attempts...Had just one miss on the 21 balls served her way when the Gamecocks stunned then-No. 6 Florida (9/17), 3-1, to snap a 25-match losing streak to the Gators...Posted her third double-figure dig outing of the season with 10 against Alabama (10/1)...Did not miss a serve or return versus the Crimson Tide either...Had a stretch from Sept. 24 to Oct. 15 where she returned 70 serves without an error...Collected 14 digs against Mississippi State (10/15)...It also was the first of three straight matches with at least a dozen defensive saves...Tallied 12 at Florida (10/20) in the second match and followed with 13 at Auburn (10/22)...Posted a career-high with 17 digs in a 3-1 home loss to LSU (10/29)...The Tigers served 48 balls her way and Cline missed on just one...Ended her season with 13 digs versus College of Charleston (11/22)...Member of the SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Named the South Carolina High School Volleyball State 4A Region 3 Player of the Year in 2005...Also earned a place on the all-state team as a senior...Nabbed a spot on the South Carolina 4A All-Region 3 Team following her junior season...Her club team, Carolina Juniors 18 Slam coached by Jen Adeva, won the 2006 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics 18-Under Tournament...Named to the USA Volleyball Junior Olympics 18-Under National All-Tournament Team...Served as the captain for Northwestern High School's volleyball team as a junior and senior...Won the 2006 Tommy Miller Award...Garnered recognition from USA Volleyball when she was chosen for its All-Region Team in 2006...Selected for an Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award...A Palmetto Fellows Scholarship recipient...Also chosen as a University Scholar...Graduated with highest honors from Northwestern High...A member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: An exercise science major at South Carolina...Full name is Sarah Kathryn Cline...Born June 16, 1988, in Lancaster, S.C....Her parents are David and Laura Cline...Has an older brother, Andrew, who is a senior at South Carolina.

CLINE'S CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 2, Binghamton (8/24/07)
Attacks: 5, Binghamton (8/24/07)
Hitting Percentage (Min. 12 Attacks): N/A
Assists: 5, Mississippi State (9/30/07)
Service Aces: 2, four times, last Alabama (11/18/07)
Digs: 36, Arkansas (11/2/07)
Block Solos: N/A
Block Assists: N/A
Total Blocks: N/A