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Sarah Rumely
Sophomore • 1VL • 5-11 • Setter • New Palestine, Ind. • Scecina Memorial HS
Club Team: Team Indiana/Munciana • Major: Undeclared
• 2006 SEC Freshman of the Year
• 2006 Two-Time SEC Freshman of
the Week Selection
• Freshman School Record
Holder - Assists
Bill and Elyse Rumely … Has one sister, Rachel
(23) … Chose Kentucky over Butler, Cincinnati
and Ohio.
Career/2006 Highs
Kills: 10, twice, last vs. Morehead
State (9/5/06)
Attacks: 25 vs. Georgia Tech (9/9/06)
Hitting Percentage: .692 vs. Siena
(9/2/06)
Assists: 70 vs. San Diego State
(9/2/06)
Aces: 6, twice, last vs. Mississippi
State (9/22/06)
Blocks: 5, six times, last vs. Ohio
(11/30/06)
Digs: 17 vs. Ohio (11/30/06)
Q & A
Unique talent: I can juggle
Worst habit: Procrastinating
Proudest volleyball moment: SEC
Freshman of the Year
Greatest accomplishment: SEC
Freshman of the Year
Most interesting thing I did this
summer was: Train with the Junior
National Team
One thing I’ve never been able to do,
but want to is: Dunk a volleyball
First paying job: Babysitting
If I won the lottery, I would: Travel the
world
2006 (Freshman): Named the 2006 Southeastern
Conference Freshman of the Year after starting
each of the team’s 31 matches and dishing out
1,488 assists … Set the freshman school record for
assists in a rookie season and ranks sixth on UK’s
single-season assists list … A two-time SEC Freshman
of the Week selection … One of only two
players in the SEC to rank in the league’s top 10 in
assists and service aces … Was third in the league
with 12.4 assists per game and also third with 0.45
aces per game … Led the team with 54 services
aces, which ranks seventh on UK’s all-time single
season list … Charted eight double-doubles during
the season, which was second on the squad
… Dished out a career-high 70 assists vs.
San Diego State on Sept. 2 … Had a
career-high 17 digs to complement 61
assists in helping the Cats knock off No.
20 Ohio on Nov. 30 and advance to the
second round of the NCAA Tournament.
High School: Ranked as one of the
top 100 recruits in the class of 2006 by
PrepVolleyball.com … Became the first
athlete in Scecina High School history to
earn a Division I volleyball scholarship …
Guided her team to a 28-8 record and a
sectional championship her senior year …
A first-team all-state selection who was
invited to play in the Indiana All-Star
Match … Named the All-East Player of the
Year her junior season as well as a first team
all-city selection … Named most valuable
player of her high school squad in each of
her last two seasons … Totaled 902 assists,
218 digs, 93 aces and 74 blocks while hitting
.357 in her senior year … An all-city honorable
mention selection in 2003 … Also lettered
three years in softball … Led her softball squad in
stolen bases her sophomore and junior seasons …
Named a scholar athlete each of her four years …
Finished first in her graduating class of 89 people.
Personal: Born April 11, 1988 … Parents are
Rumely’s Career Stats
Year GP-MP K E TA HIT% KPG AST APG BHE SA SE RE DIG DPG BS BA TB BPG
2006 120-31 160 35 420 .298 1.33 1488 12.40 50 54 75 3 206 1.72 7 74 81 0.68
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