Meghan Sherman
#12Position: S Ht.: 5-10
Hometown: Ponte Vedra, Fla.
Previous School: Nease HS
Eligibility: Sr. Major: Exercise Science/Allied Health
As a Junior: Second-team all-SSC…AVCA first-team all-South Region…AVCA first-team All-American…NCAA South Regional all-tournament team…Colorado Premier Challenge all-tournament team…One of two players to start all 34 games played…Ranked fifth in the nation in assists per set (11.86)…Team and SSC leader with 1,293 assists…Ranked second with 27 service aces and third with 201 digs…Full-time setter also posted multiple kills on 24 occasions…Recorded season-high seven kills versus Augustana (9/4)…Finished season with four kills against Cal State-San Bernardino (12/3) in NCAA quarterfinals…Had 40-plus assists in 13 matches, including season best 56 at Eckerd (11/10)…Also notched 24 at Saint Leo (11/4) and 52 against Wheeling Jesuit (8/28) and Nova Southeastern (9/20)…Posted season-high two service aces in eight contests…Registered 12 digs versus Eckerd (10/6) and 10 against Concordia (9/5) and Barry (11/14)…Earned a block in 27 matches and multiple blocks in 15 contests…Tallied a season-high five blocks in Eckerd (10/6) match.
As a Sophomore: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Saw action in all 32 matches...Recorded at least two assists in every match and totaled double-digits in 26 matches...Had a season-high 33 assists versus Lynn (11/15)...Tallied 26 assists on three separate occasions against Saint Leo (9/19), Dowling (10/26), and Flagler (10/28)...Finished second on the team with 478 assists and averaged 4.35 per set...Notched at least one service ace in 11 matches including a season-high three twice, against Rollins (11/7) and Lynn...Had a kill in 14 matches and a season-high three versus CSU-Pueblo (9/6)...Set career high in digs with nine against Saint Leo and matched it versus Rollins...Recorded at least one dig in 31 matches and finished the season with 130...Matched career high in blocks with three versus West Georgia (9/13).
As a Freshman: SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Played in 26 matches, starting one as a true freshman...Finished second on the team with 25 assists...Saw her first action against Albany state (9/8) and finished with 23 assists and three digs...Had a season-high 48 assists and two service aces against Montevallo (10/20)...Also had 41 assists and a season-high five kills versus Barry (11/9)...Had a season-high eight digs against Montevallo and Barry...Registered three blocks versus Flagler (9/26)...Saw action in all four NCAA postseason matches, including three games in Elite Eight matchup with #4 Washburn (11/29).
High School: Set Nease High School records for assists in a season (846), assist attempts in a season (2,064), aces in a season (115), service attempts in a season (536) and most games played (105) as a senior...Named 2006 Florida Athletic Coaches Association Region 5 Player of the Year...Participated in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association all-star match, earning all-tournament team honors...Played for head coach Dawn Madden, setting Nease career records with 2,378 assists 306 service aces, 1,027 digs, 131 blocks and 301 games played...Three-time FHSAA all-state performer...First-team all-state as a senior...Two-time St. Johns county player of the year...Four-time all-county selection and three-time all-area...Played in the Jacksonville Bolles Invitational and the Bishop Moore Invitational while at Nease, earning all-tournament mention...Transferred to Nease after attending Pelham HS as a freshman...At Pelham, selected to play in the Muscle Shoals (Ala.) Invitational and the Juanita Bodie (Ala.) Invitational where she was named to the all-tourney team...In 461 career high school games, she totaled 724 kills, 3,728 assists, 366 service aces, 1,253 digs, 91 solo blocks and 179 block assists...She also registered a 43 percent attack percentage and served at a 92 percent clip...Also played for Jacksonville Juniors 16 and 17 National club teams, where she was a USAV National High Performance selection in 2004 and 2005...She also participated in the Junior Olympics in Houston and played with the 2004 Magic City Thunder 17...Her team placed fifth in the Lonestar NQ-05, fourth in the NEQ-05, fifth in the Big South NQ-06 and fourth in the MEQ-05...Her U-14 team also captured the Peachtree Classic championship.
Personal: National Honor Society student was the recipient of a Dean’s and Florida Bright Futures Scholarship...Received the Senior Service Honor Award while amassing over 225 service hours coach camps, clinics and middle school volleyball in the Jacksonville area...Mother played volleyball at Covenant College (Tenn.) and grandfather, RH Gould, played baseball at Hope College (Mich.)...Daughter of Bill and CJ Sherman...Has a younger sister, Kamryn...Exercise science and allied health major, psychology minor...Birthdate: 4/14/89.
