2012 Women's Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 11
Sara Oxford
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Decatur HS
- Hometown:
- Decatur, Texas
2012 (Sophomore): Second team all-Lone Star Conference for the second consecutive year … Ranked among the national and conference leaders with 3.22 kills per set and 3.67 points per set … Appeared in 95 sets and started all but four matches … Hit .146 with 306 kills on 920 attempts … Recorded a season high 18 kills in a five-set win at Eastern New Mexico … Dug out 206 attacks for a 2.17 per match average and had a season high 17 in the season opener at St. Edward’s … Blocked 51 shots (nine solo) and had six block assists in a three-set loss at West Texas A&M … One of eight players named to the Hilltopper/Rattler Classic after ripping 47 kills and blocking seven shots through four starts … Finished year with 349 points.
2011 (Freshman): Lone Star Conference and American Volleyball Coaches Association South Central Region Freshman of the Year … Second Team All-Lone Star Conference … Produced the conference’s 10th-best hitting percentage of .274, racking up 396 kills on 913 attempts … Averaged 2.89 kills per match … Blocked 90 shots, 16 of which were solo efforts … Recorded one of the conference’s top four-set performances vs. Tarleton State on Oct. 25, scoring 22.5 points on 20 kills and four blocks … Ranked fifth among all LSC players in conference matches with a .296 attack percentage, and was ninth with per set averages of 3.09 kills and 3.48 points … Hit .550 (14-3-20) in the regular-season finale vs. Cameron on Nov. 5 … Established a career-high 29 kills in a five-set loss to UT-Permian Basin … Blocked career-high six shots in a 3-2 win at Texas A&M-Kingsville … Finished second on the team with 452.0 points ... Started 32 of 35 matches, but appeared in all 137 sets.
High School: Graduated in 2011 from Decatur High School where she lettered four seasons under head coach Claire Rose, playing middle blocker and middle back … 2011 team captain … Became her school’s first volleyball player to make all-state after enjoying a senior season (2011) in which she contributed 465 kills, 246 blocks and digs, and 53 aces … Earned MVP, Newcomer, Defensive Player and Blocker of the Year laurels at the district level … Honored by Wise County as its MVP in addition to receiving its Newcomer, Offensive Player and Co-Offensive Player of the Year awards … 2011 Texas Girls’ Coaches Association all-star selection … Three-time all-tournament honoree … Winner of a bronze medal with her club team at nationals … Qualified for nationals eight years with her club team … Lettered in track and field.
Personal: Given name is Sara Elizabeth Oxford … Born 10 December 1992 in Graham, Texas … Currently resides in Decatur, Texas … Daughter of Jimmy and Sonia Oxford … Is the sixth member of her family to attend ACU and third to play for the Wildcats, joining her grandfather, Jim Willis (football, ’63), and aunt, Alisa Oswalt-Willis (basketball, ’84) … Her mother, Sonia, is an ACU alumna, and her older sister, Amy, began taking classes in 2008.
2011 (Freshman): Lone Star Conference and American Volleyball Coaches Association South Central Region Freshman of the Year … Second Team All-Lone Star Conference … Produced the conference’s 10th-best hitting percentage of .274, racking up 396 kills on 913 attempts … Averaged 2.89 kills per match … Blocked 90 shots, 16 of which were solo efforts … Recorded one of the conference’s top four-set performances vs. Tarleton State on Oct. 25, scoring 22.5 points on 20 kills and four blocks … Ranked fifth among all LSC players in conference matches with a .296 attack percentage, and was ninth with per set averages of 3.09 kills and 3.48 points … Hit .550 (14-3-20) in the regular-season finale vs. Cameron on Nov. 5 … Established a career-high 29 kills in a five-set loss to UT-Permian Basin … Blocked career-high six shots in a 3-2 win at Texas A&M-Kingsville … Finished second on the team with 452.0 points ... Started 32 of 35 matches, but appeared in all 137 sets.
High School: Graduated in 2011 from Decatur High School where she lettered four seasons under head coach Claire Rose, playing middle blocker and middle back … 2011 team captain … Became her school’s first volleyball player to make all-state after enjoying a senior season (2011) in which she contributed 465 kills, 246 blocks and digs, and 53 aces … Earned MVP, Newcomer, Defensive Player and Blocker of the Year laurels at the district level … Honored by Wise County as its MVP in addition to receiving its Newcomer, Offensive Player and Co-Offensive Player of the Year awards … 2011 Texas Girls’ Coaches Association all-star selection … Three-time all-tournament honoree … Winner of a bronze medal with her club team at nationals … Qualified for nationals eight years with her club team … Lettered in track and field.
Personal: Given name is Sara Elizabeth Oxford … Born 10 December 1992 in Graham, Texas … Currently resides in Decatur, Texas … Daughter of Jimmy and Sonia Oxford … Is the sixth member of her family to attend ACU and third to play for the Wildcats, joining her grandfather, Jim Willis (football, ’63), and aunt, Alisa Oswalt-Willis (basketball, ’84) … Her mother, Sonia, is an ACU alumna, and her older sister, Amy, began taking classes in 2008.
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