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Sarah Sponcil:
 
Sarah Sponcil
United States  
 
Vital Statistics
 

Photo: Ken Delgado
Birth Date August 16, 1996 (27 years old)
Home Town Phoenix, AZ
Resides Phoenix, AZ
Height 5'10"
College Loyola Marymount/UCLA
Web Site sarahsponcil.com
  Best Finish Winnings
United States 1st $119,700
   AVP 1st $119,700
International 1st (2 times) $164,000
   FIVB 1st (2 times) $164,000
   FIVB AGWC 4th $0
Overall 1st (3 times) $283,700
 
Bio Bits

Beach Bits:
• Entering the 2023 season Sponcil has advanced to an AVP title match in five consecutive seasons. She has competed in nine different states and has been in the semifinals in eight of them (all but Florida).

2022: Sponcil began playing with Terese Cannon on the AVP Tour, winning in their second tournament together in Hermosa Beach. They also finished second once and third twice. Internationally they played 10 times, winning one silver and one bronze medal.
2021: Sponcil and Kelly Cheng played in all three AVP tournaments, finishing second, third and seventh. Sponcil ranked sixth in digs (5.97 per set) and ninth in hitting percentage (.440). The duo played nine times on the FIVB Tour, winning in consecutive outings in Russia and Czechia. In six of the seven events they were eliminated before the semifinals, the pair lost to a team that contained at least one 2020 Olympian.
2020: Sponcil and Kelly Cheng finished third, fifth and second in the three AVP tournaments. During the season, the pair lost five matches, four of which came against teams seeded first or second. Sponcil ended the year tied for fifth in digs (6.7 per set) on the AVP Tour. The duo played twice on the FIVB Tour, placing ninth and fifth.
2019: Sponcil formed a partnership with Kelly Cheng, and in four AVP events they advanced to the semifinals each time and to the championship match once (in their first ever AVP tournament as partners in New York City). The pair had a 13-8 match record on the AVP Tour, with six of the losses coming to teams seeded either first or second. Sponcil averaged 4.98 digs per set on the season. Sponcil and Cheng played in 14 FIVB tournaments, winning three medals, two silvers and one bronze.
2018: In her first AVP main draw, Sponcil and Lauren Fendrick finished second in Austin. The duo played two other AVP tournaments, then Sponcil partnered with Terese Cannon for a pair of AVP events. In their debut together, Sponcil and Cannon advanced from the qualifier and won five matches in the contender's bracket to reach the semifinals. Sponcil led the AVP Tour in digs (6.08 per set). On the FIVB Tour Sponcil played once with Caitlin Ledoux, winning a bronze medal in a three-star event. She then played three times with Fendrick, getting a best of fifth.
2016: Sponcil and Torrey Van Winden finished fourth in the FIVB U-21 World Championships.
2014: Sponcil and Alic Eager finished 37th in the FIVB U-19 World Championships.
2013: Sponcil made her beach volleyball debut at the age of 17, finishing 17th in Huntington Beach with Susannah Muno, losing 19-17 in the third set of the match to qualify for the main draw.

College: Sponcil played indoors at Loyola Marymount, where she was the 2016 West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year and the school's Female Athlete of the Year. In three seasons at LMU Sponcil ended ninth all-time in kills (1,193) and helped team to 2014 NCAA Tournament and 2015 Sweet Sixteen. She transferred to UCLA for her senior season and was a setter for the team which advanced to the NCAA Regionals. Sponcil also competed in beach volleyball, helping the Bruins to its first ever NCAA Championship in May 2018.

Personal: Sponcil, who has one older sister (Rebecca), led her high school team to three state championship titles plus a runner-up finish. She was the Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year in both 2012 and 2013.
 
 
Awards
 
  • AVP Best Defensive Player 2022
  • AVP VolleyballMag.com Best Defensive Player 2022
  • AVP VolleyballMag.com Rookie of the Year 2018
 
Career Summary
 
United States
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 19th 25th 33rd 37th CQ
2013 AVP 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 95.0 76th 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2018 AVP 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 $15,850.00 1,202.0 22nd 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2019 AVP 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 $25,500.00 1,946.0 17th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 AVP 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 $12,500.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 AVP 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 $14,750.00 1,193.0 5th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 AVP 7 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 $37,100.00 6,678.5 26th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 AVP 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 $14,000.00 4,003.5 44th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  27
(355th)
1
(105th)
5 11 1 3 3 1 $119,700.00
(57th)
15,118.0   0 2 0 0 0 0 0
 
International
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 19th 25th 33rd 37th CQ
2014 FIVB AGWC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 0.0   0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016 FIVB AGWC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 $0.00 98.0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 FIVB 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 $8,000.00 720.0 134th 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2019 FIVB 14 0 2 1 0 3 0 6 $47,000.00 3,400.0 14th 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2020 FIVB 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 $4,000.00 390.0 14th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 FIVB 9 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 $41,000.00 1,800.0 5th 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2022 FIVB 10 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 $35,250.00 3,080.0 17th 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
2023 FIVB 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 $28,750.00 2,500.0 58th 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
(Rank)
  49
(289th)
2
(115th)
4 4 1 10 0 17 $164,000.00
(145th)
11,988.0   4 1 1 0 2 1 2
 
 
 
 
Overall
Total
(Rank)
  76
(296th)
3
(193rd)
9 15 2 13 3 18 $283,700.00
(108th)
27,106.0   4 3 1 0 2 1 2
 
Red denotes ranked 1st
 
Victory List
 
Victory Date Assoc Location Partner Seed Winnings
1 5/29/2021 FIVB Sochi Kelly Cheng 14 $10,000
2 6/6/2021 FIVB Ostrava Kelly Cheng 9 $10,000
3 7/10/2022 AVP Hermosa Beach Terese Cannon 1 $7,000
 
Partner Summary
 
AVP Pro Beach Tour
Partner Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points 13th 17th 19th 25th 33rd 37th CQ
Terese Cannon 13 1 1 6 1 1 2 1 $58,850 11,168.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelly Cheng 10 0 3 5 0 1 1 0 $52,750 3,139.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lauren Fendrick 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 $8,100 716.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Zana Muno 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 95.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 27 1 5 11 1 3 3 1 $119,700 15,118.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
 
Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Partner Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points 13th 17th 19th 25th 33rd 37th CQ
Kelly Cheng 25 2 2 1 0 8 0 9 $92,000 5,590.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Terese Cannon 18 0 2 2 0 1 0 7 $64,000 5,580.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lauren Fendrick 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 $5,500 480.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Caitlin Ledoux 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $2,500 240.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 47 2 4 4 0 10 0 17 $164,000 11,890.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 2
 
Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Jr/Youth
Partner Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points 13th 17th 19th 25th 33rd 37th CQ
Torrey Van Winden 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 $0 98.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alic Eager 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 $0 98.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 
Overall
Partner Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points 13th 17th 19th 25th 33rd 37th CQ
Kelly Cheng 35 2 5 6 0 9 1 9 $144,750 8,729.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Terese Cannon 31 1 3 8 1 2 2 8 $122,850 16,748.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lauren Fendrick 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 $13,600 1,196.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Caitlin Ledoux 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $2,500 240.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Torrey Van Winden 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 $0 98.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zana Muno 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 95.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Alic Eager 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 
Total 76 3 9 15 2 13 3 18 $283,700 27,106.0 4 3 1 0 2 1 2
 
 

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