| Kiersten Sambrailo |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Watsonville, Calf.
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| High School:
Aptos HS/Main Beach VBC
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| Height:
6-0
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| Position:
MB
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| Experience:
3V
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Oregon State
Junior (2009): Kiersten Sambrailo worked through different injuries through the season, though still playing in 21 matches, starting 17, 61 sets ... Racked up 65 kills (1.07 kps) and 75 blocks (1.23 bps) ... Named to the Active Ankle Challenge All-Tournament Team ... Killed a career-high eight balls against Cal State Fullerton (9/7) with five blocks ... Tied her career best for blocks with seven against Wisconsin (9/6) with a service ace and two kills ... Posted a career-best 10.5 points twice against Cal State Fullerton and at Arizona State (10/10) of her 106.5 total ... Added nine assists, a service ace and 28 digs ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention status.
Sophomore (2008): Appeared in 21 matches, starting three ... Set a season-best with seven kills at No. 12 USC (11/1) after pounding six against No. 17 Colorado State (9/6) ... Racked up five kills and a personal best six digs and seven total blocks against Washington State (11/16) for a season-high 9.5 points ... Hit a perfect 4-for-4 against Arizona State (10/25) with one solo block.
Freshman (2007): Appeared in 17 sets during her rookie season ... Underwent surgery on her hitting shoulder after the season ... Posted a season-high two kills three times against Manhattan (9/8), No. 10 California (10/5) and No. 19 Oregon ... Blocked a season-best two balls twice against Arizona State (10/25) and at No. 8 California (11/1) ... Earned a season-high 3.0 points against Oregon.
APTOS High School
Led the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League in kills, blocks and digs as a senior and was named SCCAL MVP for the second time ... Named Aptos High's Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Selected as the Santa Cruz Sentinel's All-County Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Earned KION 46 and KCBA FOX 35 Central California Coast Region `Scholar Athlete of the Week' honors during her senior season ... Also led the SCCAL in kills and blocks as a junior and was honored as the league MVP ... Helped her team go 30-0 in the league during her junior and senior seasons ... Earned all-league second team honors as a sophomore ... Played club for Main Beach Volleyball Club ... Also earned four letters in basketball as a starter, averaging 12.6 points and 14.9 rebounds per game as a senior ... Was named to the Santa Cruz Sentinel All-County first team ... Earned All-SCCAL First Team honors on the basketball court as a senior and was selected to the second team as a junior ... Earned two letters in track and field as a high jumper, throwing the discus and running the 200 meters.
Personal
Daughter of Mark and Karen Sambrailo ... Has two brothers, Erik, who competed as a skier in the Junior Olympics, and Tyler, who plays football for Colorado State ... Father, Mark, was a pole vaulter at the University of Colorado; Grandfather, Bill Sambrailo, played football at Santa Clara, helping the team to a berth in the Orange Bowl ... Majoring in Business ... Was a scholar athlete and a member of the California Scholarship Federation all four years of high school ... Former prep teammates include Chelsea Fowles (Utah State) and Kat Cinkova (American University)... Chose to attend Oregon State "because of the amazing OSU school spirit, the awesome coaches and teammates and the great academic programs."
