2013: SAA Sportsmanship Team. Named to the SAA Fall 2013 Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll. Appeared in 19 matches and 43 sets...totaled 67 kills and 1.56 kills per set...finished with 64 digs and 1.49 digs per set...collected five service aces and nine assists...totaled eight kills, two assists and one service ace in a 3-0 win against Oglethorpe (10/17)...finished with a season-high 15 kills in a 3-2 win versus Cortland St. (11/2)...collected ten kills, one assist and two service aces in a 3-0 victory over Oglethorpe (11/8).
2012: Member of SAA regular season and tournament champion Vikings team. SAA Sportsmanship Team. Named to the SAA Fall 2012 Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll. Berry Team Leadership Award. Team co-captain. Appeared in 27 games and 89 matches...finished with 97 kills and 1.09 kills per set...tallied in a .151 attacking percentage...dished out five assists on the season..collected 134 digs...had six total blocks and 15 service aces...had ten kills, three digs, one service ace, and added on an assist against Rhodes (9/22)...finished with 11 kills and eight digs versus Maryville (Tenn.) (10/5)...had 11 digs against Birmingham Southern (10/19).
2011: Played in 98 sets...recorded an attack percentage of .136 and finished fourth on the team with 202 kills (2.06 kills per set)...contributed 10 assists and nine services aces (0.09 aces per set)...recorded 220 digs reaching double figures in 11 games...posted three solo blocks while contributing 22 block assists...achieved a match high of 15 kills while adding 17 digs in a 5-set win over Covenant (Oct. 25)...doubled previous numbers to set a career high of 26 digs in a match against Reinhardt (Oct. 6)...recorded 5 double-doubles for the season including two consecutive matches where she totaled 13 kills and 26 digs against Reinhardt (Oct. 6), then 13 kills and 10 digs against Centre (Oct. 15).
2010: As a freshman, led the Vikings with 350 kills and 2.94 kills per set…played in 119 sets…recorded a .193 (350-174-914) attack percentage…fourth on the team with 42 service aces…220 digs and 1.95 digs per set were fourth best figures on the team…four block solos, 18 block assists, 22 total blocks were all fourth highest total by a Viking in 2010…recorded 19 double figure kill matches, including a career high 23 kills in a four-set win over Shorter on Oct. 20…also racked up 12 digs in that Shorter match…recorded 21 kills in a four-set victory over Maryville on Oct. 1…seven double-doubles (kills/digs) in 2010…set career highs with 13 digs in back-to-back matches against Piedmont and Birmingham-Southern on the same day (Sept. 4) in Birmingham.
High School: Lettered in volleyball at Ponte Vedra High School...named one of the top 24 players in North Florida by Ultimate High School Sports Guide...helped lead her high school teams to a pair of state tournament semifinal appearances, and twice earned All-County and All-Area honors...two-time team captain who won her squad’s Highest Kills Award twice in her career, also led her Jacksonville Juniors Volleyball Academy club team in kills in the USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Big South Club National Qualifiers.
Personal: Sarah Steffan was born in Boca Grande Fla....the daughter of Michael and Angela Steffan...has one brother, Michael Jr....has two sisters, Emily and Katherine...cousin, Allison Walker ran track & field for Appalachian State and the University of Georgia-Athens...cousin, Margaret Anne Walker ran track & field at the University of Georgia-Athens...cousin, Johnnie Walker Jr., played football at the University of Kentucky...involved with Athletes Bettering the Community and SAAC...made dean's list spring 2012...majoring in art history and minoring in business at Berry College.
