Sam Zimmerman

Photo by: Jonathan Rozko

Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-0
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Moorhead, Minn.
High School:
Moorhead

CAREER NOTES
Academic: 2022 NSIC Academic Team of Excellence…2022 Academic All-NSIC…
Athletic: 2022 NSIC All-Tournament Team…

2022 | REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Stepped into the starting lineup as a middle in her first season of competition, shining as a two-way force at the net…started all 34 matches and played 117 sets while recording 289.5 points, 232 kills on .285 hitting and 99 blocks…averaged 2.47 points, 1.98 kills and 0.85 blocks per set…terminated at a .424 kill percentage…recorded just seven blocking errors, displaying phenomenal discipline at the net…ranked ninth across the NSIC in blocks, 12^th in hitting percentage and 14^th in blocks/set…recorded double-digit kills in seven matches…posted five-plus blocks in eight matches…named to the NSIC All-Tournament Team…earned Academic All-NSIC honors…

Oklahoma Baptist (8/25): Hit .417 in her collegiate debut with six kills… Drury (8/26): Produced seven kills on .429 hitting alongside five blocks… Seattle Pacific (8/27): Put away two kills on five swings with a pair of blocks and a dig... Ashland (8/27): Recorded seven kills, two blocks and a dig… Barton (9/2): Posted seven digs, two blocks and a pair of digs… Palm Beach Atlantic (9/2): Sent down three kills along with three blocks and two digs… Lynn (9/3): Dominated with a career-high 10 kills on .529 hitting and matched her career mark with five blocks… New Haven (9/3): Established a new career best with 11 kills on .438 hitting, adding three blocks and a dig… Mary (9/9): Made it three straight matches with a new career-high in kills, terminating 12 along with four blocks, a career best three digs and an assist… Minot State (9/10): Put away eight kills on .500 hitting with one block… Northern State (9/16): Recorded two kills, a pair of digs and a block… Minnesota State-Moorhead (9/17): Matched her career-high with five blocks while adding three kills… Wayne State (9/23): Tied her career best with three digs while adding two blocks and a pair of kills… Augustana (9/24): Established a career mark with six blocks, adding four kills… Sioux Falls (9/30): Sent down eight kills while adding a block and a dig… Southwest Minnesota State (10/1): Hit .318 with 10 kills, five blocks – including a career-best three solo stuffs – and a dig… Minnesota Duluth (10/4): Recorded a kill and a block… Upper Iowa (10/7): Produced nine kills on .333 hitting alongside five blocks, two digs and an assist… Winona State (10/8): Tied her career mark with six blocks, adding nine kills and a dig… Concordia-St. Paul (10/14): Appeared in two sets… Minnesota State-Mankato (10/15): Hit .462 with seven kills, two blocks and a dig… Bemidji State (10/20): Terminated eight kills on 10 swings while adding five blocks and a dig… Minnesota Crookston (10/22): Sent down eight kills on .538 hitting with four blocks and a pair of digs… Minnesota Duluth (10/25): Produced five kills, three digs and a pair of blocks… Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/28): Delivered nine kills and a pair of blocks… Northern State (10/29): Hit .375 with nine kills, four blocks and three digs… Minot State (11/4): Recorded three kills and two blocks… Mary (11/5): Opened a red-hot stretch by hitting .750 with nine kills on 12 swings in the regular season finale, adding four blocks…
NSIC Tournament (11/11-13): Hit .313 with seven kills, two blocks and two assists in the Quarterfinal against Southwest Minnesota State…put down 11 kills on .500 hitting with three blocks and a dig in the Semifinal against Augustana…delivered a career-high 13 kills on .400 hitting alongside two blocks in the Final against Concordia-St. Paul, sending down the match-winning kill in the fifth set…earned All-Tournament honors after hitting .412 with 2.82 kills a set…
NCAA Tournament (11/18-20): Posted seven kills, four blocks and a career-high four digs in the Round of 64 against Northwest Missouri State…produced five kills, a block and a dig in the Round of 32 versus Wayne State…sent down 10 kills on .348 hitting while adding three blocks and a dig in the Sweet 16 against Concordia-St. Paul…

2021 | REDSHIRT SEASON:
Season: Redshirted in her first season with the Huskies…named St. Cloud State’s Practice Player of the Year…

Prep: A 2021 graduate of Moorhead High School...was St. Cloud State’s first Class of 2021 verbal commitment…anchored the net for Moorhead, leading the Spuds to three straight MSHSL Class AAA State Tournaments…guided Moorhead to MSHSL Section 8AAA Championships as a freshman, sophomore and junior while earning the Section 8AAA Final 4 Tournament in the shortened 2020 season…earned All-Central Lakes Conference honors…the two-sport star was listed on the Top 100 Seniors list in both volleyball and basketball…a member of Moorhead’s 1000 Point Club in basketball…

Personal: The daughter of Ryan and Jessica Zimmerman…