2025 Volleyball Roster

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8 Samantha Wunsch

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 6-2 /
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Major Geography and Environmental Studies
  • Hometown Austin, Texas

Biography

Career Accomplishments: 
- 2024 AVCA All-Region Team member
- 2023 All-Sun Belt Conference First-Team member
- 2024 All Sun-Belt Conference First-Team member
- 2023 All-Sun Belt Tournament Team member
- 2024 All-Sun Belt Tournament team member
- 4x Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week (2 in 2024, 2 in 2023)
- 2023 Sun Belt Commissioner's List member
- 2024 Sun Belt Commissioner's List member
- 2023 Texas State Invitational MVP
- 2024 Outrigger Invitational All-Tournament Team member
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District

Redshirt Sophomore (2024)
Played in 108 sets and all 31 matches for the Bobcats ... was named to the AVCA All-Southwest Region team ... was named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week twice ... was named First Team All-Conference and to the Sun Belt Tournament All-Tournament team ... had 26 matches with double-digit kills ... had a season-best 22 kills vs James Madison on 11/14 ... averaged 3.72 kills per set ... averaged 0.85 blocks per set ... her 4.17 points per set was the most of any Bobcat this season ... her 450.5 points was the most of any Bobcat this season ... her season-best night came on 11/17 vs James Madison where she was responsible for 24.5 points from 22 kills and five blocks while adding five digs as well ... she had two matches with 20+ kills this season 

Redshirt Freshman (2023)
Played in 109 sets and all 30 matches for the Bobcats ... was named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week twice, one in week two and one in week 11 ... was named First-Team All-Conference ... tallied 339 kills and 111 blocks this season ... averaged 3.11 kills per set and 1.02 blocks per set, among the best of any Bobcats ... her blocks contributed to the Bobcats nationally-ranked defensive that averaged 2.8 blocks per set ... her blocks per set was the third best on the team ... she was good for 398.5 points this season, the second most of any Bobcat ... she had an attack percentage of .246, which was the third best of any Bobcat ... had a career-high 25 kills versus Louisiana on 10/7 ... she tallied a season-high 26.5 points that night as well ... she had a season-high seven blocks in the Bobcats conference tournament game versus James Madison on 11/18 ... had 18 games with 10+ kills including a seven-game streak to end the season ... she had 20+ kills in four games (22 at James Madison, 25 vs Louisiana, 20 at Troy and 20 vs James Madison)

Freshman (2022) 
Did not see game action throughout the season.

High School 
Prepped at Vandegrift (TX) High School, where she was a two-time first-team all-district selection as a junior and senior ... a 2022 TGCA All-State honoree ... 2022 AVCA All-Region selection ... helped her team to the Class 6A state championship semifinals ... was appointed to the Westwood Showcase All-Tournament team ... named the Miss Bairds Scholarship athlete ... named to the TGCA Academic All-State list in 2022 ... four-time volleyball academic all-district ... four-time softball academic all-district ... also pitched for the Vandegrift softball program, which she was the team's most valuable player three times ... also a three-time all-district selection as a pitcher ... led the program to its first-ever playoff appearance in 2021 and then, again, in 2022 ... the school's softball program's single-season strikeout (227) and earned run average (1.02) holder ... participated in club volleyball with Roots Volleyball, which finished third at the 2022 USAV Nationals ... ranked as the No. 33 recruit in the state of Texas among the Class of 2022 by PrepDig Volleyball ... a two-time AVCA Phenmon Watchlist member (2019-20) and was appointed to the AVCA All-American Watch list as a senior 

Personal
Daughter of Karen, Sydney and Brady Wunsch ... uncle, Kelly, was drafted in the first round of the 1993 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers before playing for the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2022Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    1
  • 8

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    8
  • 8

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    8
  • 8

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    8