Samara West

Position:
Right Side/Middle Blocker
Height:
6-4
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Omaha North
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.

Awards and Honors
AVCA All-Midwest Region Team (2017) ... All-Big 12 First Team (2017) ... Dayton Invitational MVP (2017) ... Cyclone Invitational All-Tournament Team (2017) ... Iowa Invitational All-Tournament Team (2017) ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2016, 2017) ... All-Big 12 Second Team (2016) ... Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 14, 2016) ... Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2015) ... Comfort Suites Challenge All-Tournament Team (2015) ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017)

2017 (Redshirt Senior)
Started and played in 28 matches and 99 sets for the Cyclones … All-Big 12 First Team and AVCA All-Midwest Region Team honoree … ranked second on ISU with 288 kills at 2.91 per set, which she got at team-high .294 hitting percentage … had 15 matches with at least 10 kills in 2017 … recorded career-best 20 kills at .342 hitting percentage at Texas Tech … had 19 kills at .471 hitting clip in win over No. 11 Kansas … had 18 kills at .371 against Oklahoma … had stretch of eight of nine matches where she recorded at least 10 kills … in win over Pittsburgh, had 15 kills at a career-best .737 hitting percentage, tied for the third-highest in a match in ISU history … finishes career with .302 hitting percentage, the third player in ISU history to hit .300 in career (Jen Malcom, Jamie Straube) … had seven matches hitting over .400 on the season … finished season with 84 blocks … had season-high seven blocks at Texas Tech … posted six blocks in win over No. 8 Creighton … was MVP of Dayton Invitational and made All-Tournament Team of Cyclone Invitational and Iowa Invitational.

2016 (Redshirt Junior)
Made 17 starts and played in 24 matches and 80 sets for Iowa State … started season at middle blocker before being moved to right side when ISU changed to 6-2 offense, helping her earn All-Big 12 Second Team honors … finished season with 170 kills at 2.12 kills per set and a .318 hitting percentage … had six matches with at least 10 kills, all of which came while at right side … had career-high 16 kills in Iowa State’s win over No. 5 Texas, earning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors … had 13 kills at .600 hitting clip against Kansas State … had 12 kills at Baylor … posted 11 kills at .526 at Oklahoma … had 10 kills at South Dakota and against Purdue in NCAA Volleyball Championship … recorded an over .500 hitting percentage in six matches … ranked fourth on Cyclones with 52 total blocks (four solo, 48 assists) … had three matches with five blocks: Montana, West Virginia and at No. 4 Kansas.

2015 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Played in 29 matches and 97 sets for ISU in 2015 … set Iowa State record with season hitting percentage of .352 … ranked fourth on the Cyclones with 213 kills at 2.20 per set … after sitting out season-opening match against Dayton, kicked off her 2015 with a career-high 14 kills at a .600 hitting percentage against North Dakota … recorded career-best .625 hitting clip on 11 kills against Appalachian State … had eight matches with at least 10 kills … in win over No. 25 Texas A&M, had 13 kills at .478 hitting percentage … went into double figures in both matches against TCU, posting 11 kills at a .417 hitting percentage in Ames, and 12 kills at .500 hitting clip in Fort Worth … led Iowa State with 82 block at 0.85 per set … had six matches with at least 5.0 total blocks … recorded season-best six total block (one solo, five assists) at West Virginia on Nov. 11 … had five block assists on two other occasions, both times against Baylor.

2014 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in 27 matches, appearing in 82 matches for the Cyclones … finished season with 140 kills at 1.71 kills per set … recorded a .236 hitting percentage on the season, the seventh-highest by an ISU freshman in program history … recorded at least 10 kills in four matches … had career-high 11 kills against Oklahoma and Tulsa … in Tulsa match, recorded 11 kills at career-best .579 hitting percentage … posted 10 kills against Kansas and West Virginia … recorded nine kills at .368 hitting percentage at Minnesota … ranked second on the Cyclones with 0.67 blocks per set … posted career-high six block assists in win over TCU … had three matches with at least 5.0 total blocks … recorded a solo block and five block assists against Milwaukee … had five block assists at Oklahoma.

2013 (Freshman)
Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School
Won back-to-back Starling National Championships in 2011 and 2012 with the Omaha Starling 181’s club team…named to the All-Metro Conference first team in 2012…played varsity volleyball all four years at Omaha North…owns school records in career kills…a member of the National Honor Society…winner of the Omaha North Leadership and Excellence medal.

Personal
Child, Adult, and Family Services major ... youngest daughter of Greg West and Phyllis Ennis … has older siblings, Brandon and Nakeisha.