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Jersey Number 15
Samantha Rubal
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lewis Center, Ohio
Career Awards
- All-South Region Team (2021)
- All-ASUN First Team (2021)
- ASUN All-Academic Team (2021)
2021 (SENIOR)
- Started 18 of the 20 matches she played in her senior campaign
- Put down team second 196 kills for the Bisons (2.84/set)
- Second on the team in points at 227.5
- First in the ASUN and on the team in overall hitting percentage at .404 for the season
- Broke .300 fourteen times, her best (.682) coming in with 16 kills, 1 error on 22 swings
- Posted career-high 18 kills against Georgia Tech (4/14)
- Second on the team in blocks with 52, including team match best 8 against FGCU (4/03)
2019 (JUNIOR)
- Started 16 of her 28 matches played
- Tallied 224 kills (2.24/set)
- Ranked 8th in the ASUN in solo blocks (14) and 9th in hitting percentage (.294). In league play, those numbers were even better; 3rd in solo blocks (10) and 7th in hitting (.338).
- Totaled a career best 75 total blocks with 61 assisted and a 0.75 per set average
- Closed the season on a tear with 5-straight matches of double-digit kills, including a career high 17 at North Florida (11/15). She hit .469 over that stretch.
- Finished with eight matches of 10 or more kills
- Seven times she recorded 5+ blocks. Her career high came at No. 1 FGCU in the ASUN Tournament with nine.
2018 (SOPHOMORE)
- Played in 19 total matches, making 14 starts in the middle
- Finished fourth on the team with 113 kills and 39.0 blocks
- Her 136.0 total points were fifth most
- Hit .344 with just 35 errors on 227 swings
- Totaled 32 block assists and seven solo swipes for an average of 0.66 blocks per set; the 2nd-best mark on the Bisons
- Recorded double-digit kills in four matches, including a season high 16 in the finale against Kennesaw State in the ASUN Tournament. She earned those kills on just 19 attacks with zero errors for a season best .842 hitting percentage
- Blocked a season high 6.0 balls earlier in the season against the Owls (10/17)
- Swatted 3+ blocks in eight different matches
2017 (FRESHMAN)
- Saw action in 33 sets across 14 matches while making eight starts in the middle
- Registered 30 kills, 24.0 blocks and five digs in her first season as a Bison
- Totaled a season high six kills in a win over Jacksonville (11/3)
- Picked up a season high 5.0 blocks on the road at Jacksonville (10/7)
- Notched at least three kills in six of her eight starts
HIGH SCHOOL
- Prepped at Olentangy Orange High School under head coach Katie Duy
- Finished her prep career with 683 kills and 236 blocks while earning three letters
- Named OCC Player of the Year and Under Armour All-American Watch List in 2016
- As a senior she was named Team Captain, First Team All-District, and became the first player ever from her school to earn All-State honors (2nd Team)
- Helped her squad to the State Sweet 16 as a regional semifinalist in 2016
- OOHS Volleyball Offensive Award (2016), PrepVolleyball Senior Aces “The 150” (2016), Leading Candidate for PrepVolleyball.com’s Top 50 Juniors in 2015
- OOHS Scholar Athlete Award (2014-16)
- AVCA Phenom List (2015)
- First Team All OCC (2015-16)
- Second Team Central District (2015)
CLUB
- Helped Mintonette Sports to a National Championship in 2012 and a national runner-up finish in 2015 as the 28th seed at the Girls Junior National Championships
- Led her squad to three other national top-15 finishes at GJNC
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Ann and Joel Rubal
- Has two younger sisters, Jennifer and Allison
- Also recruited by Northern Illinois, Eastern Michigan, Ohio University, Morehead State and Oakland
- Her great uncle (Dan Reeves) played and coached in the NFL while participating in a combined nine Super Bowls, which is second-most in league history
- Her favorite television show is Scandal
- Favorite book is The Great Gatsby
- Favorite movies are My Sister’s Keeper and The Blind Side
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