2015 Women's Volleyball Roster
Sarah Mills
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- DS/L
- Hometown:
- Dover, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Dover
- High School:
- Dover
KENT STATE AWARDS & HONORS
โข Letterwinner: 2012, 2103, 2014, 2015
โข Captain: 2015
โข Academic All-MAC: 2014, 2015
โข Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention: 2013
CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Digs:ย 21 (Bowling Green, 11/15/14)
Aces:ย 4 (Northern Illinois, 10/20/12)
Assists: 4 (Eastern Illinois, 9/21/13)
Kills: 1 (twice, last: at Maryland, 8/29/15)
CAREER MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Matches with 10 or more digs:ย 35ย (last: 16, at Ohio, 11/21/15)
Matches with 20 or more digs:ย 3 (last: 20,ย vs. Eastern Michigan, 11/21/14)
2015ย - SENIOR SEASON
โข Saw action in 26 matches and 66 sets, making 12 starts
โขย Tallied 172 digs for 2.61 digs per set
โข Tallied season-high 16 digs on three occasions - atย Ohio (Nov. 5),ย vs. Eastern Michigan (Nov. 7) and at Ohio (Nov. 21)
โข Recorded back-to-back service aces to finish five-set win vs. Ball State (Oct. 17)
โข Tallied double-digit digs in nine matches
โขย Totaled 15 assists and 11ย service aces on the season
2014 -ย JUNIOR SEASON
โข One of only four Golden Flashes who saw action in all 123 sets and made 12 starts
โขย Third on the team with 315 digs and 2.56 digs per set
โขย In MAC play, increased production to 2.93 digs per set
โข Tallied career-high 21 digs in regular season finale against Bowling Green (Nov. 15)
โข Tallied double-digit digs in 14 matches
โขย Totaled 25 assists and 8 service aces on the season
2013 -ย SOPHOMORE SEASON
โข Saw action in 29 matches and 101 sets, making 11 starts
โขย Third on the team with 231 digs and 2.29 digs per set
โขย In MAC play, increased production to 2.69 digs per set
โข Tallied season-high 19 digs in 3-2 win over rival Akron (Nov. 2)
โข Tallied double-digit digs in 12 matches
โขย Totaled one kill, 17 assists and three service aces, one block and four pointsย on the season
2012 - FRESHMAN SEASON
โข Saw action in 23 matches and 61 sets, making eight starts
โข In MAC play, was third on the team in digs per set (1.75)
โข Tallied season-high nine digs at Buffalo (Nov. 10)
โข Fifth on the team with 1.34 digs per set and sixth with 87 digs
โข Recorded career-high four service aces in addition to eight digs, a career-high at the time, against Northern Illinois (Oct. 20)
โข Finished the season with three assists, seven service aces, 82 digs
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
โข Four-year varsity letterwinner at Dover H.S. under head coach Beth Mathews, tallying career marks of 858 kills (2.7 per set), 1,383 digs (4.4 per set) and 799 points (2.5 per set)
โข Earned Second Team All-Ohio Division II, District 5 Player of the Year, and East Central Ohio League Player of the Year honors en route to tri-captaining the Tornadoes to their second straight district championship as a senior in 2011
โข Garnered Honorable Mention All-Ohio Division II, First Team All-District 5, and First Team All-ECOL honors as a junior in 2010, helping Dover capture both sectional and district crowns.
โข Named First Team All-ECOL and First Team All-District 5 recognition as a sophomore in 2009
โข Named Second Team All-ECOL and Second Team All-District 5 honors as a freshman in 2008
โข Also a four-year letterwinner in basketball and softball
โข Earned Second Team All-ECOL accolades as both a junior and a senior and Second Team All-District 5 recognition as a senior in basketball and holds Dover records for career and single-season assists
โข Garnered First Team All-ECOL and First Team All-Eastern District honors as a junior and a senior in softball
PERSONAL
โข Daughter of Larry and Angie Mills
โข Has two sisters, Lauren and Emily
โข Majoring in public health
โข Honor roll student at Dover and was the school'sย junior class representative at the OHSAA Leadership Conference
โข Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Tuscarawas County Leadership Academy
โข Served as an elementary school tutor at Dover South Elementary
