Sarah Mandala Class: Junior Hometown: San Dimas, CA High School: St. Lucy's Priory HS Height: 5-10 Position: OPP/OH Experience: 2V

2009 West Coast Conference Preseason Team
2008 West Coast Conference First Team
2007 West Coast Conference Honorable Mention

At USF (2009): Named to the preseason All-WCC Team.

At USF (2008): Named to the All-WCC First Team...ranked fifth in all matches in the conference in kills, 12th in hitting percentage, tenth in blocks, and sixth in points...in WCC matches, ranked ninth in the conference in hitting percentage (.314), 10th in blocks (0.79), seventh in points (3.93), and seventh in kills (3.42)...appeared in all 30 matches and all 114 sets...posted 23 matches with double-digit kills and five contests with 20 or more kills...recorded a team-high 413 kills on .295 hitting with 27 assists, 16 service aces, 131 digs and 86 blocks to record a team-high 474 total points...averaged 3.62 kills per set, 1.15 digs per set and 4.16 points per set...recorded a trio of double-doubles...opened season with 22 kills and 18 digs for a double-double at No. 24 Long Beach State (8/29)...posted 17 kills with three aces against Missouri State (8/29)...hit 15 kills with two assists, a block and a dig in home opener against UC Santa Barbara (9/5)...recorded 13 kills on .458 hitting with two aces and three blocks against Texas-Arlington (9/6)...hit double-digit kills in third straight match with 11 against Utah State (9/6)...posted 15 kills with two assists, an ace and two blocks against Villanova (9/13)...posted 21 kills in 47 swings with three blocks and two digs against Miami (9/13)...posted a double-double with 22 kills and 14 digs at Cal State Fullerton (9/19) followed by an 11 kill performance versus then-No. 9 California (9/20)...posted fifth straight double-figure kill outing against Central Connecticut (9/20) with 17 kills on .412 hitting...recorded a career-best 10 blocks and 14 kills against Penn (9/26)...posted 11 kills against Gonzaga (10/4) to start a streak of eight games with double-digit kills...tallied 10 kills against then-No. 15 San Diego (10/11) and Saint Mary's (10/15)...hit at a .542 clip with 16 kills at then-No. 18 Santa Clara...hit 15 kills in 22 swings for a .591 average against Loyola Marymount (10/23) before posting 17 kills and five digs and blocks against then-No. 15 Pepperdine (10/25)...hit 15 kills at Gonzaga (10/30)...opened November with 15 kills on a season-high .682 hitting percentage at Portland (11/2)...recorded a career-high 28 kills and six digs against Saint Mary's (11/15)...closed out West Coast Conference play with 16 kills at Loyola Marymount (11/22)...finished regular season with 14 kills on .455 hitting with four digs and three blocks against San Jose State (11/25)...named to the Long Beach State, Asics/Powerade Challenge, Asics/Coca-Cola Invitational, Cal State Fullerton Titan All-Tournament teams...two-time WCC Player of the Week (Oct. 27 and Nov. 18)...led USF with 20 kills and seven digs against Duke during the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.

At USF (2007): Ranked second on the team in kills (3.40), good for 11th place among West Coast Conference leaders... elevated game during league play, averaging a team-high 3.53 kills on .267 hitting to go along with 1.26 digs and 0.87 blocks per game... ranked seventh among WCC kills leaders during league matches and was ninth in points (4.15)... recorded a career-high 18 kills four times... helped USF to a historic weekend sweep of ancient Bay Area rivals Saint Mary's (10/4) and Santa Clara (10/6) en route to fi rst WCC Player of the Week honor... recorded 14 kills on .400 hitting with 12 digs and a career-high five blocks in a sweep of the Gaels... captured second player of the week nod after leading USF to a sweep of No. 12 San Diego (10/27), erupting for 18 kills on .300 hitting with a career-high four aces, five digs and four blocks... added 11 kills, eight digs and four blocks in a sweep of the Broncos... tallied 18 kills against Idaho (9/14) and equaled the feat against Xavier (9/14) to go along with three aces and three blocks against the Musketeers... smacked 18 kills against Loyola Marymount (11/10)... hit .625 with 12 kills and two errors on 16 swings in a sweep of Oral Roberts (8/31)... hit .600 in final match of the year at Gonzaga with 13 kills in 20 attempts with just one error... set a career-high with 13 digs in a sweep of Cornell (9/22)... matched a career-high with four assists in three matches... posted two double-double performances... reached double-digit kills in 21 matches, including last 10 matches to close the season... hit .300 or better 12 times and attacked at .400 or better four times... recorded four or more blocks in 10 contests... led the Dons in kills in 11 matches... named to the all-tournament team at the USF Asics/PowerAde Challenge... two-time WCC Player of the Week selection (10/8 & 10/29).

Prep/Club Career: Named Sierra League MVP as a senior at St. Lucy's Priory High School after leading the conference with a .826 attack percentage...the three-time fi rst team selection and a two-time team MVP, powered the Regents to their third consecutive league title in 2006 and the first CIF Semifinals appearances in school history in 2005-06...averaged 4.1 kills and 1.7 blocks per game as a senior, earning All-CIF Division II First Team selection after capturing Division III Second Team accolades as a junior... traveled with the Southern California High Performance Team in Italy and Slovenia... competed for the Club West 16 Elite club team... earned All-Tournament honors at the 2005 USA Girls' Club Invitational Championships.

Personal: Sarah Mandala... goal for the season is to help the Dons make the NCAA Tournament... chose USF for the city, the beautiful campus and for the volleyball team... mother Sue, played basketball at Northern Arizona... favorite quote is "It is better to have been in the arena and lost than to never have been in the arena at all"... parents are Jim and Sue Mandala... born August of 1989 in San Dimas, Calif.