Sarah Smevog Season 2020

Fifth season at San José State…granted an extra year due to COVID-19…three-time Mountain West Scholar-Athlete…three-time Academic All-Mountain West honoree…ninth player in school history to record 1,000 career digs…2022 Arthur Ashe Jr., Sports Scholar – first team for volleyball…San José State Dean’s List.
 
2021: All-Mountain West honoree…Spartans’ libero for the third consecutive season...averaged 4.40 digs and 0.84 assists and 0.24 aces per set...ninth player in school history to record 1,000 career digs...accomplished the feat at Utah State on October 2...recorded double-digit digs in 27 of 29 matches...season-best 28 digs in a win over Fresno State...added 24 digs in the win at Boise State and against Wyoming...22 digs at Saint Mary’s, and versus Boise State 21 digs against Santa Clara and Utah State, 19 at Wyoming, 18 in a win over UNLV and at Nevada and 17 versus Sacramento State...18 matches in her career with 20+digs...eight assists against Texas Tech, six assists at Wyoming and against Boise State and five assists in six matches...five aces in the win over San Diego State and four aces in a win over Utah state...two aces in four other matches...three-time Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week honoree...Nov. 15 honored in wins over Utah State and Boise State when she averaged 5.38 digs, 1.38 assists and 0.50 aces ps...Sept.27 honored for her play in wins over UNLV and San Diego State when she averaged 5.00 digs, 1.17 assist and 1.17 service aces...Sept. 6 in the wins over Sacramento State and Saint Mary’s when she averaged 5.57 digs and 1.00 assists in seven sets played.
 
2020: Spartans’ starting libero…played in all 16 matches and 64 sets…averaged 3.56 digs, 1.05 assists and 0.30 service aces per set…double-digit digs in 13 digs including 20+ digs in three matches…season-best 22 digs in a win over Colorado State…added 21 digs against Boise State and 20 digs at Fresno State…19 digs in the first match of the season versus Boise State…18 digs at Utah State…nine assists against Boise State and eight assists in a win over New Mexico…three service aces against Colorado State and at Utah State…two aces in four matches.
 
2019: Spartans’ libero…averaged 4.38 digs, 0.29 service aces and 1.03 assists per set…recorded double-digit digs in 25 of the 29 matches...six-highest dig total in San José State single season history with 469...career-best 35 digs at Utah State, the seventh-highest total in school history...fifth Spartan to record 35 digs in a match...added 34 digs in a win over North Texas, eighth-best total in school history...third Spartan to record 34 digs in a match...10th player in SJSU history to record 34 or more digs in a match...added 24 digs in the win over Wichita State, 21 digs against UNLV, 20 digs at Boise State, Nevada (twice) and versus #11 Colorado State…19 digs at Columbia and at San Diego State...18 digs at New Mexico and UNLV and 16 digs against Fresno State and at Air Force...seven assists at Columbia, six at LIU and San Diego State and five assists against Montana, Marist, Utah State (twice), at Boise State and New Mexico...three aces against North Texas, Marist, at Boise State and Utah State...Aggie Invitational all-tournament team selection...twice named MW Defensive Player of the Week for Oct. 1-6 and Oct. 14-19.
 
MOUNTAIN WEST ALL-STAR TEAM:  Member of the 2019 Mountain West All-Star team…played with teammate Haylee Nelson.
 
2018: Played in 52 sets and 19 matches...averaged 1.62 digs per set...made her Spartan debut against South Florida...defensive specialist for the Spartans...only kill of the season against Boise State on an overpass that dropped for a kill...two assists against Boise State and one in three other matches...12 digs in a win at Nevada...11 digs in a win at Fresno State and nine digs in a home match with UNLV...eight digs against Boise State and Air Force and seven digs against Stony Brook and in a home win against New Mexico...five digs at South Florida and against Utah State...service aces at South Florida, versus Boise State and UNLV, at Nevada and at Fresno State.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Santiago High School in 2018…second team All-CIF State selection…second team MaxPreps California All-State Volleyball honoree…first team All-CIF Southern Section Division 2 selection…co-Most Valuable Player of the Big VIII League and first team all-conference selection her senior year…team won the 2017 Big VIII League championship with a 10-0 record…set the Inland Area single-season digs record with 667 digs in 2017, 6.4 per set…is the school’s career digs leader with 1,624 digs, the second-most in the area…played for Mavericks Volleyball Club.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in environmental studies…three-time Mountain West Scholar-Athlete…Academic All-MW honors three times…Sarah Dominique Smevog would like to travel the world after graduation.
 
Smevog’s Career Highs
Kills                1   Three opponents
Attempts        4   Two opponents
Assists            9   Boise State, 2-5-21
Aces                5   San Diego State, 9-25-21
Digs               35   at Utah State, 10-3-19
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