| Sara Hattis |
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 | Class:
Freshman
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| Hometown:
Rio Rancho, N.M.
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| High School:
Cleveland
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| Height:
6-4
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| Position:
F
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| Experience:
Fr.-HS
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TEXAS VOLLEYBALL (2012)
Member of the 2012 NCAA Champion team ... had three starts in 11 matches ... recorded 13 kills (0.76 kps) while hitting .400 with 17 blocks (1.00 bps) and 23.5 points (1.35 pps) ... tied her season best with three blocks on Nov. 29 against Colgate in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... had two kills and one block on Nov. 17 against West Virginia ... posted two kills and tied her season high with three blocks on Nov. 14 against Texas Tech ... registered a season-high seven kills while hitting .700 and a season-high three blocks on Sept. 15 against UCF ... opened her collegiate career on Aug. 24 against LSU and tallied a solo block.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
She was a highly-recruited basketball player and ranked among the top 100 prospects nationally before deciding to play at Texas for volleyball ... also competed on the track and field team in her junior and senior seasons ... named New Mexico Player of the Year for volleyball in her senior season ... earned all-state and all-metro first team volleyball honors in her junior and senior seasons ... earned Under Armour All-America Honorable Mention honors for volleyball as a senior ... helped Cleveland High reach the 2011 state finals, finishing as the runners-up ... had 289 kills on the season with a .485 hitting percentage ... for basketball, she earned all-state first team honors in her senior season and all-metro first team recognition in her junior and senior seasons ... her track team won the state title in her senior season ... competed in the high jump event, placing second in the state championship as a senior and third as a junior ... named Cleveland High's Female Athlete of the Year as a senior.
PERSONAL
Full name is Sara Rose Hattis ... parents are Bill and Ann ... has one brother, Henry (14) ... her father played baseball at the University of Miami and played in the title game at the 1974 College World Series ... favorite movies are Just Go With It, Love and Basketball, Transformers and She's The Man ... lists Maya Moore, Michael Jordan and her father as her favorite athletes ... her favorite sports teams are the Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs and Chicago Bears ... volunteered at the New Mexico Roadrunner Foodbank in her sophomore and junior years at Cleveland High ... has not decided on a major.
