Sami Francis Season 2022

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)
• Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference (2023)

As a Junior (2023) • Pac-12 Champions

• AVCA All-Pacific North Region
• All-Pac-12 Conference
• Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference

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