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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: LaGrange, Ill.
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 | High School: Lyons Township (LaGrange)
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 | Height: 5-8
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 | Position: Outside Hitter
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2003: Collected 12 kills and 12 digs in the season-opener against William & Mary ... recorded 13 more kills at St. Louis Aug. 30 ... had 11 kills versus Purdue Aug. 30 ... tallied a double-double with 14 kills and 11 digs at Toledo Sept. 6 ... collected 17 kills and 13 digs at DePaul Sept. 9 ... had 17 more kills and 15 digs vs. Illinois State Sept. 12 ... totaled 14 kills vs. Eastern Illinois Sept. 13 ... later that day, tallied 21 kills and 24 digs vs. Sacramento State ... named to the all-tournament team at the Powerade Panther Invitational ... tied her season high with 21 kills vs. Charlotte Sept. 19 ... hit a career-high .543 in that match ... also had 10 digs ... tallied 19 kills and 14 digs the next day vs. Colorado State ... collected a career-high 24 kills to go with 16 digs in a win over Marquette Sept. 24 ... also had 12 kills and 17 digs vs. Cleveland State Sept. 26 ... added 22 kills and 12 digs the next day vs. Youngstown State ... missed seven matches due to a back injury ... returned Oct. 31 at UWGB, collecting 16 digs while playing mainly as a back-row specialist ... tallied 11 kills and 19 digs Nov. 14 at Butler ... added 17 digs the next day at Wright State ... tallied 10 kills and 19 digs in the Horizon League Tournament semifinal win over Butler Nov. 22 ... had 23 digs the next day in the title match with UW-Green Bay.
2002: Started every match for the Panthers in her junior campaign...named honorable mention all-region by the American Volleyball Coaches Association...was named to the All-Horizon League team and to the Horizon League All-Tournament team...also named to the All-Tournament team at the Radisson Invitational at Western Michigan...had 11 kills and 13 digs against Cal Poly Aug. 31...recorded 17 kills and 13 digs against UConn Sept. 7...collected 16 kills and 15 digs in a five-game loss to Western Michigan Sept. 20...had 18 kills and 15 digs against Syracuse the next day...broke the 20-kill mark for the first time in her career with a 20-kill, 13-dig effort against DePaul Oct. 1...had 18 kills in a five-game win over UW-Green Bay Oct. 9...tallied 17 kills and 15 digs in a win over Butler Oct. 25...one week later had 16 kills and 17 digs as the Panthers beat Cleveland State...totaled 18 kills and 14 digs against Loyola in the regular-season finale Nov. 16...collected 18 kills and 24 digs against Wright State Nov. 23 in the Horizon League semifinals...tallied a career-high 23 kills and added 13 digs in UWM’s win over Loyola in the Horizon League Championship...collected 15 kills and had seven digs in the first-round NCAA Tournament contest with Northern Iowa.
2001: Was a valuable reserve, appearing in 69 games of 27 matches as a sophomore…tallied a season-high 15 kills against Illinois State on Sept. 1…also collected 17 digs in the match with the Redbirds…had 12 kills against Drake Sept. 8…hit .467 with eight kills and nine digs in a five-game win at Illinois-Chicago Sept. 21…tallied 18 digs in a win over Marquette Sept. 25…had eight kills and 10 digs at Cleveland State Oct. 6…tallied 10 kills and five digs in a three-game win at Valparaiso Oct. 30…was dressed 'to the nines' three nights later against Cleveland State, collecting nine and nine digs in the victory…tallied eight kills against UW-Green Bay Nov. 9…collected two crucial kills in the third game of UWM’s win over Loyola in the Horizon League Championship Nov. 18.
2000: Appeared in 78 games and 26 matches as a freshman...recorded 22 digs and three service aces Sept. 9 against Portland...had 13 kills and 10 digs against Ball State at the Illinois Tournament Sept. 15...recorded 10 kills, no errors and a .417 hitting percentage Oct. 1 at Illinois-Chicago...had 12 kills Oct. 13 at Cleveland State...set a season high with 18 kills and added 19 digs at DePaul Oct. 18...recorded 12 digs Oct. 20 against UW-Green Bay...had 10 kills on successive days against Illinois-Chicago on Oct. 27 and Loyola on Oct. 28, adding 15 digs against the Ramblers...appeared in all five games, had 11 kills, and tied her season high with 22 digs at Butler Nov. 4.
Lyons Township: Started and lettered four years, setting school records in kills and aces...earned all-conference honors as a junior and senior...named
Surburban Life and
Doings’ Player of the Year in 1999...earned
Chicago Tribune First Team All-State honors as a senior and Second Team All-State mention as a junior...named to the Glenbrook North All-Tournament team and Rich East All-Tournament team as both a junior and senior.
Personal: Daughter of David and Mary... brother Chris plays football for the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn...majoring in Nursing...performed in
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Donny Osmond at the Chicago Theatre in sixth grade...does volunteer work to collect clothes for the homeless and work at soup kitchens when at home.
Career Highs
Sarah Potts
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| Category | Three Games | Four Games | Five Games |
| Kills
| 21 -- vs. Charlotte, 9/19/2003#
| 22 -- Youngstown State, 9/27/2003
| 24 -- Marquette, 9/24/2003
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| Digs
| 14 -- Twice, both in 2002
| 22 -- Portland, 9/9/2000*
| 24 -- Twice, once in 2003
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| Total Blocks
| 3 -- Nine times, none in 2003
| 4 -- Three times, none in 2003
| 3 -- vs. Wright State, 11/23/2002**
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| Service Aces
| 3 -- Twice, both in 2003
| 3 -- Twice, neither in 2003
| 3 -- at UW-Green Bay, 10/31/2003
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| Assists
| 4 -- Twice, both in 2002
| 3 -- at Wright State, 11/15/2003
| 3 -- vs. Loyola, 11/24/2002**
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* - 2000 Powerade Panther Invitational; Klotsche Center
** - 2002 Horizon League Volleyball Championship; Green Bay, Wis.
Career Statistics
Sarah Potts
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| Season | GP/MP
| Attack
| Set
| Serve
| Defense
| Blocks
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| K
| KPG
| E
| TA
| Pct.
| A
| APG
| Aces
| Digs
| DPG
| BS
| BA
| Tot
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| 2003
| 91/23
| 287
| 3.15
| 107
| 821
| .219
| 25
| 0.27
| 14
| 294
| 3.23
| 2
| 10
| 12
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| 2002
| 121/34
| 450
| 3.72
| 177
| 1,221
| .224
| 36
| 0.30
| 12
| 398
| 3.29
| 3
| 39
| 42
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| 2001
| 69/27
| 116
| 1.68
| 54
| 358
| .173
| 8
| 0.12
| 7
| 124
| 1.80
| 3
| 14
| 17
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| 2000
| 78/26
| 165
| 2.12
| 96
| 543
| .127
| 14
| 0.18
| 14
| 182
| 2.33
| 4
| 19
| 23
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| Totals
| 359/110
| 1,018
| 2.84
| 434
| 2,943
| .198
| 83
| 0.23
| 47
| 998
| 2.78
| 12
| 82
| 94
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