Fatima Samb

Height:
6-2
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
The Bolles School
Hometown:
Ponte Vedra, Fla.

YALE
2024:  Appeared in two matches....Had a season-high six kills against the College of Charleston on Sept. 6.

2023:  Appeared in 23 sets and eight matches...Finished the season with 21 total blocks -- three solos and 18 block assists...Posted a season-best six kills twice -- in back to back victories over Rhode Island (Sept. 3) and Sacred Heart (Sept. 8)...Had four kills, three block assists, hit .375 and added a dig in a victory over UConn on Sept. 9.

2022:  Started all 26 matches...Led the team with 72 total blocks...Had 127 kills and hit .325 for the season...Ranked fourth in the Ivy League with a .372 hitting percentage in conference matches...Had 10 kills and hit .364 in the Ivy League Tournament Championship match against Brown...Produced a season-high six total blocks in a match three times...Had eight kills without an error, hit. 615 and added six blocks in a win over Brown on Oct. 21.

2021: Led team with 57 blocks... Added 112 kills, which was fourth on the team... Had a season-high 11 blocks at Penn... Had a season-high 15 kills in home match with Brown.

Before Yale: Comes from Bolles High School and Top Select Volleyball… Also participated extensively with USA Volleyball’s High Performance program, playing for the Florida Region team that won gold at the 2018 and 2019 High Performance Championships… Member of USAV Red for the Girls Youth National Holiday Camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well… Highly ranked basketball recruit, initially receiving scholarship offers from Louisville and South Carolina before deciding to pursue volleyball… Named a Prep Volleyball SuperSoph 79, a member of the AVCA Phenom List, and 2019 Under Armour All-American Watch List… AAU Academic All-American in 2018.