2016 (Junior Year): All-CCC Academic Team
2015 (Sophomore Year): Appeared in 22 matches….totaled 25 digs, 17 kills, and 17 blocks (one solo)…had a season-high four kills against Norwich (9/5)…season-best five digs came against Lesley (9/12) and again vs. Eastern Connecticut (9/29)…totaled three block assists in a 3-1 win over Westfield State (10/2).
2014 (Freshman Year): Appeared in 18 matches and 36 sets during her first season with the program…totaled 19 kills and 27 digs…registered six kills and three digs in a 3-0 sweep at Curry (10/8).
High School: Won three varsity volleyball letters at Plainedge...served as a team captain...voted the squad's most valuable player...earned all-Class A honors as a senior...played club volleyball for Club Ace Long Island...also lettered twice in basketball...graduated in 2014.
Personal: Born Samantha Nicole Heffer on June 6, 1996 in Bethpage, N.Y....parents are Debbie and Joe...sister's name is Kelli...Favorites: movie--She's the Man; TV show--Grey's Anatomy; actor--Patrick Dempsey; athlete--Kerri Walsh; food--chicken parmesan; music group--Black Eyed Peas...enjoys playing video games and doing charity work... wants to get a MBA after graduation...in the WNE Business Honors Program...marketing communication/advertising major.
What I Like Best About WNE: "The small, friendly campus."
  | Overall | Conf | ||
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Matches | 27 | 7 | ||
Sets | 85 | 24 | ||
Kills | 141 | 33 | ||
Kills per set | 1.66 | 1.38 | ||
Errors | 81 | 21 | ||
Total Attacks | 468 | 125 | ||
Hitting Percentage | .128 | .096 | ||
Assists | 11 | 1 | ||
Assists per set | 0.13 | 0.04 | ||
Service Aces | 12 | 6 | ||
Service Errors | 13 | 4 | ||
Service Aces per set | 0.14 | 0.25 | ||
Receptions | 0 | 0 | ||
Reception Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
Digs | 66 | 10 | ||
Digs per set | 0.78 | 0.42 | ||
Block Solo | 2 | 0 | ||
Block Assist | 23 | 8 | ||
Block Total | 25 | 8 | ||
Blocks per set | 0.29 | 0.33 | ||
Block Errors | 2 | 1 | ||
Ball Handling Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
Points | 166.5 | 43.0 | ||
Points per set | 2.0 | 1.8 | ||
Matches started | 20 | 3 |
Date | Opponent | Score | ms | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | r | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
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Sep 1 | WPI | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 37 | .243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 |
Sep 3 | at Mount Holyoke | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
Sep 3 | vs. St. Joseph (Conn.) | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 19 | .421 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10.5 |
Sep 6 | Wheaton (Mass.) | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.5 |
Sep 10 | Anna Maria | W, 3-1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 27 | .037 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.0 |
Sep 10 | Emerson | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | .150 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8.5 |
Sep 10 | Elms | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 |
Sep 14 | at Amherst | L, 3-0 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
Sep 17 | vs. Framingham St. | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 |
Sep 17 | at Colby-Sawyer | W, 3-2 | - | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 |
Sep 20 | at Curry | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | .042 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 |
Sep 21 | Eastern Nazarene | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 27 | at Roger Williams | L, 3-0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Oct 1 | at Eastern Conn. St. | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 1 | vs. Smith | L, 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
Oct 4 | Connecticut Col. | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 5 | Nichols | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | .059 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
Oct 8 | Mass.-Dartmouth | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 |
Oct 8 | Johnson & Wales (RI) | L, 3-0 | - | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 |
Oct 11 | Salve Regina | W, 3-2 | - | 3 | 8 | 2 | 25 | .240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.0 |
Oct 13 | at Westfield St. | W, 3-0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 |
Oct 15 | at Wheaton (Mass.) | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 24 | .292 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10.5 |
Oct 15 | vs. Western Conn. St. | L, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 28 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 |
Oct 19 | Endicott | L, 3-2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.0 |
Oct 22 | at U. of New England | W, 3-1 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | .118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 |
Oct 25 | at Wentworth | W, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 27 | at Keene St. | W, 3-1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 31 | -.032 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 |
Oct 29 | Gordon | W, 3-2 | - | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | .130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 |
Nov 1 | Gordon | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | .063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 |
Nov 3 | U. of New England | W, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.5 |
Nov 5 | at Endicott | L, 3-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 |
m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
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2014-15 | 18 | 36 | 19 | 0.53 | 20 | 89 | -.011 | 4 | 0.11 | 4 | 0.11 | 23 | 15 | 27 | 0.75 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.11 | 26.5 | 0.7 |
2015-16 | 22 | 51 | 17 | 0.33 | 17 | 101 | .000 | 9 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0.49 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 0.33 | 26.5 | 0.5 |
2016-17 | 27 | 85 | 141 | 1.66 | 81 | 468 | .128 | 11 | 0.13 | 12 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0.78 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 0.29 | 166.5 | 2.0 |
2017-18 | 29 | 94 | 204 | 2.17 | 108 | 621 | .155 | 4 | 0.04 | 11 | 0.12 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 0.73 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 0.24 | 227.0 | 2.4 |
Total | 96 | 266 | 381 | 1.43 | 226 | 1279 | .121 | 28 | 0.11 | 27 | 0.10 | 30 | 18 | 187 | 0.70 | 8 | 61 | 69 | 0.26 | 446.5 | 1.7 |
m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | r | re | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | ||
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Event | Total | 27 | 85 | 141 | 1.66 | 81 | 468 | .128 | 11 | 0.13 | 12 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0.78 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 0.29 | 166.5 | 2.0 |
Conference | 7 | 24 | 33 | 1.38 | 21 | 125 | .096 | 1 | 0.04 | 6 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.42 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0.33 | 43.0 | 1.8 | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | 13 | 44 | 77 | 1.75 | 41 | 243 | .148 | 5 | 0.11 | 9 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.77 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0.32 | 93.5 | 2.1 |
Away | 10 | 29 | 45 | 1.55 | 27 | 155 | .116 | 5 | 0.17 | 2 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.72 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.21 | 50.5 | 1.7 | |
Neutral | 4 | 12 | 19 | 1.58 | 13 | 70 | .086 | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.92 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.42 | 22.5 | 1.9 | |
Result | Wins | 18 | 59 | 102 | 1.73 | 53 | 321 | .153 | 10 | 0.17 | 11 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0.83 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 0.36 | 124.5 | 2.1 |
Losses | 9 | 26 | 39 | 1.50 | 28 | 147 | .075 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.65 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.15 | 42.0 | 1.6 | |
Month | September | 12 | 37 | 68 | 1.84 | 39 | 201 | .144 | 7 | 0.19 | 4 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.81 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0.35 | 79.0 | 2.1 |
October | 12 | 39 | 58 | 1.49 | 34 | 222 | .108 | 4 | 0.10 | 8 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.74 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.26 | 71.5 | 1.8 | |
November | 3 | 9 | 15 | 1.67 | 8 | 45 | .156 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.78 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.22 | 16.0 | 1.8 |
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