2020 (JR)- Played all 14 matches and 53 sets with 13 starts… Topped team with 283 assists and 5.34 assists per set… Added team high 23 service aces… Second with 190 digs… Produced a season high of 30 assists at OUAZ… Closed out year with her season best 21 digs… Five service aces at OUAZ
2019 (SO)- Appeared in all 31 matches and started 30 while playing in all 112 sets in the season. Accounted for over half of the team’s assists with 625, leading the team…. Also recorded a team high 56 service aces and 273 digs (second on the team) and 35 kills… Season high 31 assists against Life Pacific, William Jessup and Menlo and 30 against The Master’s… Recorded career best eight service aces against OUAZ.
2018 (FR)- Appeared in 25 matches and started 24 while playing in all 94 sets in the season… Accounted for a team-high 649 assists and 41 service aces in addition to 285 digs (third on the team) and 23 kills... Gave out a career-high 53 assists against OUAZ and six service aces against SAGU American Indian.
Also at ACU- Member of beach volleyball team
Verrado High School- Three year varsity player for Head Coaches Mike Lussier and Jamie Gordon… Helped the Vipers reach the semifinals of the state playoffs all three years… Gave out 1,915 assists including a VHS school 909 assists as a junior… Had 522 assists as a senior in a 6-2 lineup… Favorite highlight- beating Sunnyslope High School to advance to the state semifinals… Also, four-year varsity member of beach volleyball team… Member of National Honors Society with a perfect GPA
Personal- Parents- Robert and Sonia Samaniego… Sisters- Briella and Vivianna… Favorite Bible Verses- 1 John 4:7-8… Choose ACU because of the friendly environment, class size, close to home, and volleyball programs… Enjoys CrossFit, traveling, volunteering in children’s ministry, and playing with her dogs… Wants to be a surgeon… Major is biology.
