Personally, I see her fitting in better at Stanford. She's a quieter player whose personality would be more in line with the team and coaches at a school like that, kind of a Pavan-like player (and we all know how that turned out...). Choosing athletics over academics does not seem to be a top priority, nor should it be for any player in the grander scheme of things.
Yeah... It really turned out poorly for Sarah. In addition to being on a National Championship team, beating Stanford in the final, she racked up an award or two during her four years as a Husker. Yup.... It would really suck to duplicate that.
School Records
• Career Record for most kills (2,008)
• Career Record for kills per game (4.56)
• Single-Season Record for kills per game (5.10, 2006)
Honors & Awards
• 2006-07 Honda-Broderick Cup Winner
• 2008 NCAA Today’s Top VIII Recepient
• 2007-08 Nebraska Female Student Athlete of the Year
• 2008 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
• Four-time First-Team AVCA All-American (2004-07)
• Two-Time ESPN the Magazine VB Academic All-American of the Year (2006-07)
• Three-Time, First-Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American (2005-07)
• Two-Time Volleyball Magazine National Player of the Year (2006-07)
• Three-time Big 12 Player of the Year (2005-07)
• Four-Time First-Team AVCA All-Central Region (2004-07)
• Four-time First-Team All-Big 12 (2004-07)
• 2006-07 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American of the Year (University Division)
• 2006-07 Big 12 Conference Female Athlete of the Year
• 2006 Honda Award for Volleyball Winner
• 2006 AVCA National Player of the Year
• 2006 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player
• Two-Time NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team (2005-06)
• Two-Time AVCA National Player of the Week
• 2004 AVCA National Freshman of the Year
• 2004 AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year
• Four-Time NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team (2004-07)
• Eight-Time Big 12 Player of the Week
• Three-Time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2005-07)
• Two-Time AVCA National Player of the Week
• 2007 Holiday Inn Downtown Classic MVP
• 2007 AVCA Showcase MVP
• 2006 Ameritas Players Challenge MVP
• 2005 Nebraska Invitational MVP
• 2004 Big 12 Freshman of the Year
• Two-Time Players Challenge All-Tournament Team
• 2004 First National Bank/Arby’s Classic All-Tournament Team
• 2007 Holiday Inn Downtown Classic All-Tournament Team
• 2007 AVCA Showcase All-Tournament Team