The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2010 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Sarah Palmer
- Position:
- Libero
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Hawaii Baptist Academy
- Hometown:
- Kailua, Hawaii
HONORS & AWARDS
2014 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete ... named 2012 team academic co-most valuable player and two-time UT Arthur Ashe, Jr., Sports Scholar Award (2013, ‘14).
2013
She played in every match as a senior, recording 91 assists (0.83 aps), 11 aces (0.10 saps), 414 digs (3.76 dps) and 11.0 points (0.10 pps) ... recorded 24 double-digit dig outings, including three 20+ performances on the season … registered 16 digs in the national semifinal against No. 13 Wisconsin (Dec. 19) ... added 12 digs and three assists in three sets in the NCAA Regional Championship at No. 9 Nebraska (Dec. 14) … totaled a season-high 25 digs in the NCAA Regional Semifinal win over American (Dec. 13) … registered 23 digs during the first and second round of the NCAA Tournament including nine against Texas A&M (Dec. 6) and 14 against Texas State (Dec. 5) … collected 11 digs and two assists in three sets during the regular-season finale versus Baylor (Nov. 30) … totaled 17 digs and four assists at No. 25 Iowa State (Nov. 27) … tallied 10 digs in the sweep over Kansas State (Nov. 23) … had 15 digs and a kill in the 3-0 win over West Virginia (Nov. 21) … added five digs and three assists at Texas Tech (Nov. 16) … registered 14 digs against No. 24 Kansas (Nov. 9) … collected a team high 16 digs in the win at No. 25 Oklahoma (Nov. 2) … recorded 18 digs and two assists versus TCU (Oct. 30) … tallied six digs and three assists at Kansas State (Oct. 26) … finished with seven digs and three assists at West Virginia (Oct. 23) … added nine digs and five assists in the win over Iowa State (Oct. 19) … led the team with 11 digs in the sweep at Kansas (Oct. 12) … had 15 digs and three assists against Texas Tech (Oct. 9) … posted 21 digs for her second 20-plus performance of the season at LSU (Oct. 5) … collected 15 digs, two service aces and two assists at Baylor (Oct. 2) … racked up 18 digs in the win over Oklahoma (Sept. 28) … had nine digs, two assists and one service ace at TCU (Sept. 25) … tallied 24 digs and a career-high eight assists against No. 12 Nebraska (Sept. 22) … totaled 18 digs and six assists at No. 14 Illinois (Sept. 14) … posted 11 digs in three sets vs. Arizona State (Sept. 13) … led the team with 19 digs against No. 2 Stanford (Sept. 8) … finished with 12 assists in the win over No.1 Penn State (Sept. 7) … collected 10 digs against UTEP (Aug. 31) … racked up 11 digs and three assists in the season opener at No. 11 Hawai’i (Aug. 30).
2012
She played in every match as a junior, recording 41 assists (0.36 aps), 15 aces (0.13 saps), 403 digs (3.57 dps) and 15.0 points (0.13 pps) ... recorded 11 digs on Dec. 15 in the national championship match against Oregon ... registered a career-high 31 digs in the five-set win on Dec. 13 against Michigan in the national semifinal ... posted 11 digs in back-to-back matches during the NCAA Austin Regional on Dec. 7 and 8 in 3-0 sweeps against No. 14 seed Florida and No. 6 seed USC ... tallied 14 digs on Nov. 30 against Texas A&M in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... tied her season best with 24 digs in a five-set win on Nov. 10 at No. 23 Kansas, adding two assists ... had two aces and 11 digs in a sweep on Oct. 31 at TCU ... garnered three assists and 18 digs on Oct. 24 against Baylor ... set a season high with 24 digs in a five-set win on Oct. 8 at No. 15 Louisville ... tallied 17 digs with one assist and one ace on Sept. 25 at Baylor ... posted 19 digs, one assist and one ace on Sept. 15 against Cincinnati ... recorded a season-high five assists on Sept. 7 vs. No. 14 Minnesota ... recorded 16 digs with one assist and one ace in a 3-0 sweep of No. 19 San Diego on Aug. 25 ... opened the season with 12 digs and one assists on Aug. 24 against LSU.
2011
She appeared in 29 matches, including 21 as the starting libero ... she had 20 kills (0.19) while hitting -.018 with 22 assists (0.21 aps), 16 service aces (0.16 saps), 221 digs (2.15 dps), 11 blocks (0.11 bps) and 41.5 points (0.40 pps) ... did not record a reception error in nine straight matches (67 attempts from Nov. 9 through Dec. 9) ... recorded 13 digs and three assists on Dec. 10 against No. 4 UCLA in the NCAA Lexington Regional final ... had 16 digs on Dec. 9 at No. 16 Kentucky in the NCAA Lexington Regional semifinal ... tallied 15 digs with one assists on Nov. 19 at Missouri ... compiled back-to-back matches with 10 digs on Nov. 9 at Texas Tech and Nov. 12 against Kansas State ... in a five-set win on Oct. 2 at No. 14 Iowa State, she was perfect with no reception errors in a season-high 31 attempts while adding a career-high five kills ... registered four kills, 13 digs and two service aces on Sept. 17 against SMU ... collected 17 digs with three kills, one assist and one ace against No. 2 Penn State on Sept. 10 ... had two kills and a season-high 19 digs on Aug. 27 against Ole Miss ... opened the season with two blocks, three digs, one ace and one assist on Aug. 26 against Pepperdine.
2010
She appeared in 29 matches, including 22 as Texas’ starting libero ... posted 12 digs and a pair of service aces in Texas’ 3-2 win over No. 14 Illinois in the NCAA Regional semifinal (Dec. 10) ... collected 14 digs, recorded an ace and committed just one reception error in 43 attempts as UT downed No. 9 UCLA, 3-1 in the NCAA Second Round (Dec. 4) ... registered 12 digs and a service ace in the Longhorns’ sweep of Texas A&M (Nov. 24) ... recorded 18 kills in back-to-back wins as Texas downed Missouri (Nov. 17) and Kansas (Nov. 19) ... amassed a 26 digs and committed just one error in 47 reception attempts in UT’s 3-1 win at Baylor (Nov. 10) ... collected 18 digs in the Longhorns’ 3-1 win against Oklahoma (Nov. 6) ... notched 10 digs in back-to-back wins over No. 2 Nebraska (Oct. 27) and Colorado (Oct. 30) ... totaled 12 digs and an assist in the Horns’ 3-1 win at Oklahoma (Oct. 13) ... tallied 15 digs and an assist as she took over the starting libero spot in Texas’ 3-1 loss at No. 3 Nebraska (Oct. 2) ... registered 11 digs, two assists and one kill in a 3-2 victory over No. 9 Iowa State (Sept. 29) ... posted 15 digs and added four assists in her first start at libero as UT downed No. 23 Long Beach State, 3-2 (Sept. 4) ... recorded three kills, three digs and a service ace in her collegiate debut against Florida A&M (Sept. 2)
INTERNATIONAL
Member of the 2009 U.S. Volleyball Girls Youth National Training Team ... trained with the U.S. High Performance Girls Youth A2 program in 2008 ... earned a spot in the U.S. High Performance Girls Select National A1 program in 2007 ... attended the 2007 U.S. Volleyball High Performance Holiday Camp.
BEFORE TEXAS
Two-time Gatorade Hawaii Volleyball Player of the Year (2008-09) ... ranked No. 73 recruit nationally by PrepVolleyball.com ... two-time PrepVolleyball.com High School All-America First Team selection (2008-09) ... ESPN/RISE and UnderArmour/AVCA High School All-America Second Team (2009) ... Volleyball Magazine High School All-America honoree (2008) ... 2009 Schelde National Player of the Year Finalist ... two-time Honolulu Star Bulletin Player of the Year (2008-09) ... 2009 Honolulu Advertiser Player of the Year ... three-time Honolulu Star Bulletin and Honolulu Advertiser All-State First Team (2007-09) ... two-time Honolulu Quarterback Club Female Prep Athlete of the Year (2008-09) ... Hawaii High School Athletic Association Hall of Honor inductee (2009) ... led Hawaii Baptist to three-straight Hawaii High School Athletic Association State Championships (2007-09) and earned state tournament most outstanding player honors all three seasons ... helped Hawaii Baptist to a 57-8 record in its three championship seasons ... four-time Hawaii Baptist Academy Most Outstanding Player honoree (2006-09) ... led her ASICS Rainbows club team to a ninth-place finish in the 17 open division at the 2010 AAU National Championships ... helped the Rainbows to a first-place finish at the 2007, 2008 and 2009 USA Volleyball Aloha Regional Championships ... 2008 15U national division Junior Olympics All-Tournament Team selection ... paced the Rainbows to a gold medal in the 14U national division at the 2007 Junior Olympics ... four-time principal’s honor roll selection (2007-10).
PERSONAL
Full name is Sarah Caitlin Palmer ... born Sept. 10, 1992 in Honolulu, Hawaii ... daughter of Doug and Lori Palmer ... is an only child ... graduated in May 2014 with a degree in sociology.
