Sara Rishell
	Class: Freshman Hometown: Hagerstown, Md. High School: Smithsburg Height: 6-2 Position: OH/MB

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2011: AVCA All-Region honorable mention … named Patriot League Player and Rookie of the Year… All-Patriot League First Team selection … Patriot League Tournament MVP … three-time Patriot League Rookie of the Week and Patriot League Player of the Week … appeared and started in all 34 matches … recorded double-digit kills in 25 matches … totaled 106 block assists, placing her third all-time at American in a single season … recorded 126 total blocks on the year, placing her sixth all-time at American … averaged 1.04 blocks per game this season,  good for 10th all-time at AU … posted 379 kills and 96 digs on the year … led team with .316 hitting percentage … set a Patriot League Tournament record with 19 blocks in tournament play … tallied a career-high 21 kills against UTEP (9/3) … recorded a career-best hitting percentage of .688 with 12 kills and one error against Lehigh (11/11) … posted a career-high 10 blocks in the Patriot League Semifinals against Colgate (11/19) … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection.

High School: Three-year captain for both basketball and volleyball and served one year as track captain … named a volleyball Under Armor All-American … won back-to-back volleyball state championships … once posted a triple-double in a basketball game … member of both the National Honor Society and National Business Honor Society.