Sami Francis

Career Accolades

  • Two-time Pac-12 champion (2022, 2023)
  • AVCA All-Pacific North Region (2023)
  • All-Pac-12 Conference (2023)
  • All-Pac-12 Freshman Team (2021)
  • ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16, 2024)
  • Preseason All-ACC (2024)
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference (2023)

As a Senior (2024)

  • ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16)
  • Preseason All-ACC

As a Junior (2023) • Pac-12 Champions

  • AVCA All-Pacific North Region
  • All-Pac-12 Conference
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference
  • Played in 30 matches, making 28 starts at middle blocker
  • Ranked sixth in the Pac-12 with a .368 hitting percentage and 10th with 1.10 blocks per set
  • Hit .400 or better in 15 matches
  • Career-best two aces in the season opener at Northern Colorado (Aug. 25)
  • Hit a career-high .667 (9-1-12) versus Oregon State (Nov. 11)

As a Sophomore (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

  • Played in 17 matches, appearing in 63 sets at middle blocker
  • Averaged 1.98 kills on .375 hitting, 1.46 blocks and 2.76 points per set
    • Ranked second in the Pac-12 in blocks per set and fourth in hitting percentage
  • Hit a career-best .667 (11-1-15) at Lipscomb (Aug. 26)
  • Season-high 12 kills on .500 hitting at No. 13 Florida (Aug. 30)
  • Twice registered a career-high nine blocks
    • at No. 13 Florida (Aug. 30) and versus No. 3 San Diego (Dec. 10)

As a Freshman (2021)

  • All-Pac-12 Freshman Team
  • Played in 24 matches, appearing in 91 sets as an outside hitter
    • Averaged 2.76 kills, 0.55 blocks and 3.08 points per set
    • Notched double-digit kills 13 times
  • Registered a kill on match-point against No. 6 Nebraska (Sept. 14) in her collegiate debut
  • Career-high 19 kills versus Cal (Sept. 22) in her Pac-12 debut
  • Hit a season-high .467 against Arizona (Oct. 3)
  • Career-best six digs at No. 22 Washington State (Oct. 21)
  • Posted 10 kills, five digs and two blocks in her NCAA Tournament debut versus Iowa State (Dec. 3)

USA Volleyball

  • Invited to train in the 2021 National Team Development Program Summer Training Series
  • Spent time at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for a Winter Invitational Camp (2018)

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2021 graduate of La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego
  • Four-year letterwinner, captained the team for three years
  • Won the La Jolla Coastal Classic (2019) and September Classic Tournament (2017)
    • Named MVP of both tournaments
  • No. 2 ranked recruit by VolleyballMag.com
    • Named to Fab 50 List
  • No. 5 ranked recruit by PrepVolleyball (Top 150)
  • Three-time PrepVolleyball All-American (2017, 2018, 2019)
    • Fab 50 Juniors
    • Soph 79
    • Frosh 59
  • Under Armour All-American preselect
  • VolleyballMag.com Girls 25 Underclassmen to Watch List (2020)
  • MaxPreps Underclassmen All-American Team (2017)
  • Three-time Max Preps Preseason All-American (2018, 2019, 2020)
  • FloVolleyball Rising Star (2021)
  • CalHi Sports All-State Girls Second Team (2019)
  • Two-time All-CIF
    • First team in 2020, second team in 2019
  • Four-time all-league first team (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Also played beach volleyball in 2017
  • Played for Coast Volleyball Club
    • VolleyballMag.com Club All-American (2019)
    • Girls Junior National Championships All-Tournament Team (2019)

Personal

  • Daughter of Sean and Victoria Francis
  • Has two older sisters, Marissa and Avianna, an older brother, Stephen, and a younger brother, Shane
  • Full name is Samantha Alicia Francis
Career Highs
Statistic Career High Opponent Date
Kills 19 vs. California Sept. 22, 2021
Attempts 51 at Oregon Oct. 10, 2021
Hitting Percentage .667 (9-1-12) (2X) last vs. Oregon State Nov. 11, 2023
Assists 2 at Colorado Oct. 7, 2022
Service Aces 2 at Northern Colorado Aug. 25, 2023
Digs 6 at Washington State Oct. 22, 2021
Blocks 9.0 (2X) last vs. San Diego Dec. 10, 2022
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2022
Middle Blocker
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2023
Middle Blocker
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Sami Francis
2024
Middle Blocker
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