2018 Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Elle Sandbothe
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Lee's Summit West
- Hometown:
- Lee's Summit, Mo.
Bio
Honors
All-Big 12 Second Team (2018)
Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2016)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2018)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2017)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2016-17)
Marcia E. Hamilton Classic All-Tournament Team (2018)
All-Big 12 Second Team (2018)
Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2016)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2018)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2017)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2016-17)
Marcia E. Hamilton Classic All-Tournament Team (2018)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2017)
2018 (Junior)
All-Big 12 Second Team and Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Named the All-Tournament Team at the Marcia E. Hamilton Classic hosted by Saint Louis ... Appeared in 22 matches (77 sets) and led the team in total blocks with 72.0 and finished second on the team with a .284 hitting percentage ... Tallied 157 kills and averaged 2.04 per set to go with 0.94 blocks/set - all career highs ... Reached double-digit kills seven times, with a season-high 13 coming in a five-set win at KU on Nov. 14 ... Season-high .647 hitting percentage at Iowa State on Oct. 26 (11 kills, 0 errors, 17 attempts) ... Season-high 10.0 blocks vs. Oregon State on Sept. 7 ... Ten times she hit .300 or better and four matches eclisping.400 ... In Big 12 play, recorded 95 kills (1.94 per set) while hitting .242 and 41 total blocks (0.84 per set).
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2017)
2018 (Junior)
All-Big 12 Second Team and Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Named the All-Tournament Team at the Marcia E. Hamilton Classic hosted by Saint Louis ... Appeared in 22 matches (77 sets) and led the team in total blocks with 72.0 and finished second on the team with a .284 hitting percentage ... Tallied 157 kills and averaged 2.04 per set to go with 0.94 blocks/set - all career highs ... Reached double-digit kills seven times, with a season-high 13 coming in a five-set win at KU on Nov. 14 ... Season-high .647 hitting percentage at Iowa State on Oct. 26 (11 kills, 0 errors, 17 attempts) ... Season-high 10.0 blocks vs. Oregon State on Sept. 7 ... Ten times she hit .300 or better and four matches eclisping.400 ... In Big 12 play, recorded 95 kills (1.94 per set) while hitting .242 and 41 total blocks (0.84 per set).
2017 (Sophomore)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Started 20 matches (93 sets) and registered 126 kills (1.35/set) and hit .178 ... Picked up 64 total blocks (third on team) and averaged 0.69 per set ... Season-high 11 kills at Georgia Tech on Sept. 11 and had 10 kills vs. Syracuse on Sept. 1 ... Season-best seven blocks twice (Oct. 21 at West Virginia, Nov. 11 vs TCU) ... Seven times led or tied for team lead in blocks ... In conference-only matches, she was third on team with 40 blocks (0.70 per set) and registered 76 kills (1.33 per set) and hit .173.
2016 (Freshman)
Big 12 All-Freshman Team ... Recorded 96 kills (1.66/set) and 63 blocks (1.09/set) ... Led team in blocks/set both in overall (1.09) and Big 12-only matches (1.11) ... Led or tied for team lead in blocks six times ... Started team's final 11 matches, including first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament ... Posted 10 kills in back-to-back matches: Oct. 29 vs. Baylor, Nov. 2 vs. KU ... Six matches with five or more blocks, season-high nine blocks at West Virginia (Nov. 9) ... Tallied at least three blocks in final six matches of season, including nine of final 10 overall.
Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Started 20 matches (93 sets) and registered 126 kills (1.35/set) and hit .178 ... Picked up 64 total blocks (third on team) and averaged 0.69 per set ... Season-high 11 kills at Georgia Tech on Sept. 11 and had 10 kills vs. Syracuse on Sept. 1 ... Season-best seven blocks twice (Oct. 21 at West Virginia, Nov. 11 vs TCU) ... Seven times led or tied for team lead in blocks ... In conference-only matches, she was third on team with 40 blocks (0.70 per set) and registered 76 kills (1.33 per set) and hit .173.
2016 (Freshman)
Big 12 All-Freshman Team ... Recorded 96 kills (1.66/set) and 63 blocks (1.09/set) ... Led team in blocks/set both in overall (1.09) and Big 12-only matches (1.11) ... Led or tied for team lead in blocks six times ... Started team's final 11 matches, including first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament ... Posted 10 kills in back-to-back matches: Oct. 29 vs. Baylor, Nov. 2 vs. KU ... Six matches with five or more blocks, season-high nine blocks at West Virginia (Nov. 9) ... Tallied at least three blocks in final six matches of season, including nine of final 10 overall.
High School
Lettered at Lee's Summit West in Lee's Summit, Missouri ... Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association (MHSVCA) Class 4 All-State Honorable Mention as a junior … Two-time MHSVCA Northwest/Kansas City Class 4 All-Region (first team in 2014, honorable mention in 2015) ... Turned in 212 kills and 105 blocks as a senior ... In 2014, she averaged 2.9 kills/set after finishing with 206 kills on a .288 hitting percentage … Also finished with 113 blocks, 58 digs and 18 aces … As a sophomore, she had 159 kills on .328 hitting percentage while also adding 103 blocks.
Lettered at Lee's Summit West in Lee's Summit, Missouri ... Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association (MHSVCA) Class 4 All-State Honorable Mention as a junior … Two-time MHSVCA Northwest/Kansas City Class 4 All-Region (first team in 2014, honorable mention in 2015) ... Turned in 212 kills and 105 blocks as a senior ... In 2014, she averaged 2.9 kills/set after finishing with 206 kills on a .288 hitting percentage … Also finished with 113 blocks, 58 digs and 18 aces … As a sophomore, she had 159 kills on .328 hitting percentage while also adding 103 blocks.
USA Volleyball
Played for the U.S. Women's Junior National Team and won gold at the 2017 U20 Pan American Cup in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Club
Invasion VBC
Personal
Born in Lee's Summit, Missouri ... Daughter of Mike and Teri Sandbothe ... Has two siblings, Garrett and Taylor ... Taylor was a middle blocker at Ohio State … Teri is a member of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame and was a four-time All-American for the Missouri track and field team … Mike was a four-year starter on the Missouri basketball team from 1985-89 … Garrett played basketball at Central Missouri ... Majoring in human development and family science.