2007: Six kills and three assists against Kentucky...five kills and six digs at Northern Iowa...nine kills and three block assists versus Western Michigan...double-double of 11 kills and 10 digs at Indiana State with four block assists and three assists...double-double of 15 kills and 12 digs at Akron with two aces...career-high 29 kills versus Syracuse...double-double of 15 kills and 11 digs against Mississippi...double-double of 19 kills and 20 digs versus Eastern Michigan with five assists and four block assists...13 kills against The Citadel and Cleveland State...10 kills versus Youngstown State...hit .524 with a double-double of 12 kills and 13 digs at Xavier...hit .333 with a double-double of 18 kills and 12 digs at UIC...hit .345 with 14 kills at Loyola...eight kills against Butler...14 kills at Youngstown State...nine kills and 10 digs at Cleveland State...eight kills and nine digs at Valparaiso...double-double of 12 kills and 12 digs versus Cincinnati...double-double of 12 kills and 15 digs at Butler...nine kills, 23 digs and six block assists against Loyola...double-double of 12 kills and 12 digs with four assists versus UIC...14 kills against Green Bay...13 kills and eight digs versus UIC in the Horizon League Quarterfinals...eight kills and 15 digs against Cleveland State in the HL Semifinals.

2006: Tallied a service ace against Binghamton at the Rocket Classic...recorded first kill and block assist as a Raider versus East Carolina at the Jefferson Cup Tournament...three kills and an ace at Virginia...three block assists, two kills and an ace against Georgetown...two kills, an ace and a dig versus Texas Tech...three digs against Jacksonville and in both meetings with UIC...six kills, two digs and two block assists versus Ball State...four kills and three blocks, including two solo, against Butler...seven kills, four block assists and two digs versus Youngstown State...two aces against UIC and at Butler...five digs versus IPFW...hit a season-best .538 with a season-high eight kills along with five digs against Green Bay in the Horizon League Tournament.

Orange Coast College: Signed with Wright State during the spring period... competed there in the 2004 and 2005 seasons...Second-Team All-League and First Team All-State Tournament in 2005...set a new school record for blocks in a season with 58 (25 solo blocks, 33 block assists)...Pirates finished 26-0 in 2005 and won the California Community College state championship...added 186 kills as she hit .372 for the season...recorded 131 kills, 51 total blocks (25 solo), 141 digs and 14 service aces in 2004.

High School: Four-year letterwinner for the Knights of Katella...All-Empire League as a junior and senior...received scholar-athlete honors...also lettered in basketball and swimming...has three years of club experience.

Personal: Born Samantha L. Connor on July 20, 1986...is the daughter of Rick and Ginny Connor...has one brother, Sean, and one sister, Carolee.


Samantha Connor's WSU Highs

Kills: 29 vs. Syracuse (8/31/07)

Attacks: 75 vs. Syracuse (8/31/07)

Hitting Pct.: .538 (8/1/13) vs. Green Bay (11/17/06)

Assists: 5 vs. Eastern Michigan (9/4/07)

Aces: 2 on 10 occasions

Digs: 23 vs. Loyola (11/2/07)

Solo Blocks: 2 vs. Butler (9/29/06)

Block Assists: 6 vs. Loyola (11/2/07)

Total Blocks: 6 vs. Loyola (11/2/07)

Points: 29.5 vs. Syracuse (8/31/07)


Samantha Connor's WSU Statistics