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Emma Sanders
13 Emma Sanders
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Mount Pleasant, S.C.
  • High School:
    Wando
  • Position:
    OPP
  • Major:
    Architecture
  • Club Team:
    Mount Pleasant Volleyball Club
  • m
    26
  • k/s
    3.04
  • h %
    .234
  • a/s
    0.15
  • b/s
    0.50
  • sa/s
    0.23
  • d/s
    2.53
Bio
Before Wentworth:
  • Captain of HS volleyball and basketball teams
  • Volleyball 5A State Champion (2020)
  • All-Region team (2022-23)
  • All-Region Player of the Year (2022-23)
  • All-State team (2022-23)
  • All-State South team (2022-23)
  • AVCA All-American second team
  • AVCA Team Academic Award
  • Wando All Sports Booster Club Scholarship
  • SCHSL Scholar-Athlete award recipient
  • AP Art Judges Choice award recipient
  • All-Lowcountry Player of the Year (2022-23)
  • Prepvolleyball All-American Honorable Mention
  • Rookie of the Year in basketball (2021)
  • Most Defensive Player in basketball (2022)
  • Porter Gaud Invitational All-Tournament (2022)
  • Dorman Tournament of Champions All-Tournament (2022)
 
Why WIT?
  • I chose Wentworth because they made me an offer I could not refuse. A chance to be able to play volleyball and study my passion was an opportunity I could not miss.
 
Future Goals?
  • My future goals outside of school are to find a job as a architect and succeed. In order to do that, my first goal is to do well my first year of school and train hard for volleyball in order to find court time.
 
Favorite Food?
  • Potatoes
 
Personal:
  • Daughter of Anthony and Nicole Sanders ... has a sibling, Beck
Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Oct 30 Suffolk W, 3-1
Nov 2 at Nichols L, 3-1
Nov 6 Univ. of New England W, 3-0
Nov 9 at Hartford W, 3-1
Nov 14 Roger Williams W, 3-0
Nov 16 at Endicott L, 3-0
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 26 8
Sets 98 32
Kills 298 101
Kills per set 3.04 3.16
Errors 94 30
Total Attacks 873 305
Total Attacks per set 8.91 9.53
Hitting Percentage .234 .233
Assists 15 3
Assists per set 0.15 0.09
Service Aces 23 1
Service Errors 16 5
Service Aces per set 0.23 0.03
Receptions 69 30
Reception Errors 9 3
Digs 248 90
Digs per set 2.53 2.81
Block Solo 5 0
Block Assist 44 16
Block Total 49 16
Blocks per set 0.50 0.50
Block Errors 2 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 348.0 110.0
Points per set 3.6 3.4
Matches started 26 8
Game Log - Offense
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Aug 30 Emmanuel W, 3-1 1 4 9 8 33 .030 0 9.5
Aug 31 Worcester State W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 Johnson & Wales W, 3-0 1 3 12 2 25 .400 0 16.5
Sep 5 Elms W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 7 .429 0 6.0
Sep 7 at Rivier W, 3-0 1 3 10 1 18 .500 1 11.0
Sep 7 vs. Vermont State Castleton W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 14 .429 0 7.5
Sep 11 at UMass Boston L, 3-2 1 5 10 9 48 .021 1 12.0
Sep 14 Simmons W, 3-0 1 3 10 0 15 .667 0 12.5
Sep 14 Western Connecticut W, 3-0 1 3 12 6 30 .200 0 12.5
Sep 17 at Emerson L, 3-0 1 3 6 4 29 .069 0 6.0
Sep 20 at Stevens L, 3-1 1 4 14 4 49 .204 0 14.0
Sep 21 vs. William Smith L, 3-0 1 3 13 2 36 .306 2 15.5
Sep 21 vs. Montclair St. L, 3-2 1 5 18 0 45 .400 1 23.0
Sep 25 at Western New England W, 3-1 1 4 23 3 59 .339 1 24.0
Sep 27 Salem State W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Endicott L, 3-1 1 4 5 5 32 .000 1 5.5
Oct 5 William Paterson L, 3-1 1 4 13 3 37 .270 0 16.0
Oct 5 Lasell L, 3-2 1 5 8 3 33 .152 3 12.0
Oct 9 Roger Williams W, 3-2 1 5 11 4 37 .189 1 12.5
Oct 11 Maine Maritime W, 3-1 1 4 16 5 33 .333 3 18.5
Oct 16 Eastern Nazarene   - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Curry W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 Gordon W, 3-1 1 4 14 5 36 .250 0 15.0
Oct 25 at Brandeis L, 3-2 1 5 10 8 43 .047 0 14.0
Oct 30 Suffolk W, 3-1 1 4 18 4 40 .350 0 20.0
Nov 2 at Nichols L, 3-1 1 4 13 0 37 .351 0 13.0
Nov 6 Univ. of New England W, 3-0 1 3 11 1 21 .476 0 12.0
Nov 9 at Hartford W, 3-1 1 4 6 8 43 -.047 0 8.0
Nov 14 Roger Williams W, 3-0 1 3 19 5 38 .368 0 21.0
Nov 16 at Endicott L, 3-0 1 3 6 2 35 .114 1 10.5
Game Log - Defense
Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Aug 30 Emmanuel W, 3-1 1 4 8 0 1 0 1 0
Aug 31 Worcester State W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 Johnson & Wales W, 3-0 1 3 7 0 3 0 3 0
Sep 5 Elms W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 7 at Rivier W, 3-0 1 3 10 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 7 vs. Vermont State Castleton W, 3-0 1 3 7 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 11 at UMass Boston L, 3-2 1 5 16 1 0 0 1 0
Sep 14 Simmons W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 5 0 5 0
Sep 14 Western Connecticut W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 17 at Emerson L, 3-0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 20 at Stevens L, 3-1 1 4 7 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 21 vs. William Smith L, 3-0 1 3 13 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 21 vs. Montclair St. L, 3-2 1 5 9 1 4 0 5 0
Sep 25 at Western New England W, 3-1 1 4 16 0 2 1 2 0
Sep 27 Salem State W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Endicott L, 3-1 1 4 9 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 5 William Paterson L, 3-1 1 4 15 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 5 Lasell L, 3-2 1 5 6 0 4 0 4 0
Oct 9 Roger Williams W, 3-2 1 5 10 0 3 0 3 0
Oct 11 Maine Maritime W, 3-1 1 4 9 0 3 0 3 0
Oct 16 Eastern Nazarene   - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Curry W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 Gordon W, 3-1 1 4 14 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 25 at Brandeis L, 3-2 1 5 17 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 30 Suffolk W, 3-1 1 4 9 0 2 0 2 0
Nov 2 at Nichols L, 3-1 1 4 8 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 6 Univ. of New England W, 3-0 1 3 8 0 2 0 2 0
Nov 9 at Hartford W, 3-1 1 4 16 0 4 0 4 0
Nov 14 Roger Williams W, 3-0 1 3 14 1 0 1 1 1
Nov 16 at Endicott L, 3-0 1 3 6 2 3 0 5 0
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s ta sa se r re
Aug 30 Emmanuel W, 3-1 1 4 6 0 0 1 0
Aug 31 Worcester State W, 3-1 - - - - - - -
Aug 31 Johnson & Wales W, 3-0 1 3 8 3 0 1 0
Sep 5 Elms W, 3-0 1 3 6 2 0 0 0
Sep 7 at Rivier W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 0 0 0
Sep 7 vs. Vermont State Castleton W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
Sep 11 at UMass Boston L, 3-2 1 5 12 1 3 2 0
Sep 14 Simmons W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 14 Western Connecticut W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
Sep 17 at Emerson L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 20 at Stevens L, 3-1 1 4 14 0 0 0 0
Sep 21 vs. William Smith L, 3-0 1 3 11 2 1 5 2
Sep 21 vs. Montclair St. L, 3-2 1 5 7 2 0 0 0
Sep 25 at Western New England W, 3-1 1 4 15 0 1 0 0
Sep 27 Salem State W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Endicott L, 3-1 1 4 7 0 0 0 0
Oct 5 William Paterson L, 3-1 1 4 8 2 0 1 0
Oct 5 Lasell L, 3-2 1 5 12 2 0 8 1
Oct 9 Roger Williams W, 3-2 1 5 16 0 1 0 0
Oct 11 Maine Maritime W, 3-1 1 4 10 1 2 0 0
Oct 16 Eastern Nazarene   - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Curry W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 23 Gordon W, 3-1 1 4 7 0 1 1 0
Oct 25 at Brandeis L, 3-2 1 5 24 4 1 6 1
Oct 30 Suffolk W, 3-1 1 4 12 1 0 0 0
Nov 2 at Nichols L, 3-1 1 4 13 0 0 12 1
Nov 6 Univ. of New England W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 1 3 0
Nov 9 at Hartford W, 3-1 1 4 10 0 1 14 2
Nov 14 Roger Williams W, 3-0 1 3 11 1 0 6 1
Nov 16 at Endicott L, 3-0 1 3 12 1 4 9 1
  m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
2023-24 22 77 294 3.82 88 746 9.69 .276 10 0.13 364.5 4.7
2024-25 26 98 298 3.04 94 873 8.91 .234 15 0.15 348.0 3.6
Total 48 175 592 3.38 182 1619 9.25 .253 25 0.14 712.5 4.1

Career Stats: Offense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2023-24 22 77 221 2.87 6 43 49 0.64
2024-25 26 98 248 2.53 5 44 49 0.50
Total 48 175 469 2.68 11 87 98 0.56

Career Stats: Defense

  m s ta sa sa/s se r re
2023-24 22 77 284 43 0.56 26 199 17
2024-25 26 98 235 23 0.23 16 69 9
Total 48 175 519 66 0.38 42 268 26

Career Stats: Serve/Receive

  m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event                        
Total 26 98 298 3.04 94 873 8.91 .234 15 0.15 348.0 3.6
Conference 8 32 101 3.16 30 305 9.53 .233 3 0.09 110.0 3.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location                        
Home 13 48 157 3.27 47 385 8.02 .286 7 0.15 184.0 3.8
Away 10 39 103 2.64 44 393 10.08 .150 5 0.13 118.0 3.0
Neutral 3 11 38 3.45 3 95 8.64 .368 3 0.27 46.0 4.2
Result                        
Wins 15 53 182 3.43 54 449 8.47 .285 6 0.11 206.5 3.9
Losses 11 45 116 2.58 40 424 9.42 .179 9 0.20 141.5 3.1
Month                        
August 2 7 21 3.00 10 58 8.29 .190 0 0.00 26.0 3.7
September 11 39 127 3.26 31 350 8.97 .274 6 0.15 144.0 3.7
October 8 35 95 2.71 37 291 8.31 .199 8 0.23 113.5 3.2
November 5 17 55 3.24 16 174 10.24 .224 1 0.06 64.5 3.8

Splits Stats: Offense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event                
Total 26 98 248 2.53 5 44 49 0.50
Conference 8 32 90 2.81 0 16 16 0.50
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 48 109 2.27 1 28 29 0.60
Away 10 39 110 2.82 3 10 13 0.33
Neutral 3 11 29 2.64 1 6 7 0.64
Result                
Wins 15 53 137 2.58 1 29 30 0.57
Losses 11 45 111 2.47 4 15 19 0.42
Month                
August 2 7 15 2.14 0 4 4 0.57
September 11 39 92 2.36 2 14 16 0.41
October 8 35 89 2.54 0 17 17 0.49
November 5 17 52 3.06 3 9 12 0.71

Splits Stats: Defense

  m s ta sa sa/s se r re
Event                
Total 26 98 235 23 0.23 16 69 9
Conference 8 32 86 1 0.03 5 30 3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 48 103 12 0.25 5 21 2
Away 10 39 112 7 0.18 10 43 5
Neutral 3 11 20 4 0.36 1 5 2
Result                
Wins 15 53 115 9 0.17 7 26 3
Losses 11 45 120 14 0.31 9 43 6
Month                
August 2 7 14 3 0.43 0 2 0
September 11 39 73 8 0.21 5 7 2
October 8 35 96 10 0.29 5 16 2
November 5 17 52 2 0.12 6 44 5

Splits Stats: Serve/Receive

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