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Samuel Clark

Middle Blocker

Player profile

  • Year Senior
  • Height 6-6
  • Hometown Baltimore, Md.
  • High School Loyola Blakefield

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CAREER HONORS

  • All-MIVA Second Team (2020, 2022)
  • MIVA Academic All-Conference (2020, 2022)
  • OSU Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2022)
  • Academic All-Big Ten (2022)
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2022)

YEAR-BY-YEAR

2022 (Junior)
• All-MIVA Second Team honoree
• Set season bests in kills (377), attacks (796), assists (23), aces (35), digs (168) and points (435)
• Totals in kills, aces, digs and points more than tripled previous season bests
• Ended season with more than 600 career kills (605)
• Established match career highs in kills (23 at Lewis, 4/16/22), attacks (45, twice), aces (4, twice) and digs (16 vs. Ball State, 3/16/22)

2021 (Sophomore)
• Played in 19 matches and 71 sets
• Hit .353 with 104 kills on 207 attacks
• Credited with 52 blocks, 25 digs, eight assists and eight aces
• Five blocks at Ball State (2/27/21) tied a career high

2020 (Freshman)
• All-MIVA Second Team honoree
• Only Buckeye to play in all 19 matches (started in 18 contests)
• Paced the squad in hitting percentage (.455) and blocking (59 total, .89/set)
• Blocking average ranked seventh in the MIVA and 35th nationally
• Responsible for 2.50 points per set with 124 kills, 59 blocks (five solo) and nine aces in 66 sets
• Named National Freshman of the Week (1/21) by Off the Block after dominating performances in wins over Lincoln Memorial and King
• Earned MIVA Defensive Player of the Week laurels as well (1/20)
• Terminated 13 of 15 error-free attacks at Loyola Chicago (2/21) to hit .867
• Swung at a clip above .750 five different times
• Added 36 digs and seven assists to season stat line

PRIOR TO OHIO STATE
• All-Maryland Interscholastic Association (MIAA) First Team honoree in both 2018 and 2019
• Loyola Bakerfield High’s Fall Athlete of the Year for 2018
• Selected to participate in the USA Volleyball High Performance Program, competing for USA Youth Continental Red in the USAV High Performance Championships
• Played club ball for the Masters Volleyball Academy

PERSONAL
• Son of Laura and Sandy Clark
• Two brothers, Ian and Will
• Will plays basketball at the University of Maryland
• Engineering major