Savannah Noyes
2008 Outlook
One of the Jayhawks[apos] most experienced players who will see time at both middle blocker and right side hitter … Is very athletic, has great size and foot speed.
2007: Junior Season
Played in all 113 games and 30 matches for the Jayhawks and made 18 starts … Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Third Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Currently seventh all-time at KU with a career .247 hitting percentage … Selected to the Jayhawk Classic All-Tournament Team for leading the team with a .459 hitting percentage in 11 games … Second on the team with a .235 hitting percentage and third with 223 kills on the season … Pitched in 0.60 bpg and 0.28 dpg … Second in league play with 2.07 kpg … Recorded 10 or more kills eight times and had a .400 or better hitting percentage in seven matches … Recorded a season-best .600 clip (8K-2E-10TA) against St. Peter[apos]s College on Sept. 7 … Had a team-high .545 hitting percentage against Morehead State on Sept. 8 … Set a career best with six assists versus Texas Tech on Sept. 22 … Also chipped in 11 kills and four block assists against the Red Raiders … Went up for a team-high seven total blocks (including three solos) against Baylor on Oct. 17 … Led the Jayhawks with 14 kills at No. 12 Kansas State on Nov. 14.
2006: Sophomore Season
Had a break-out sophomore campaign as one of the squad[apos]s top front row threats … One of just three Jayhawks to start all 29 matches and appear in all 102 games … Paced KU with a .283 hitting percentage, 60 block assists, 18 solo blocks and 0.76 bpg … Her .283 hitting percentage was good for ninth all-time in the single-season records at Kansas … Ranked third on the team with 3.25 kpg (331 total kills) … Contributed a team second-best 3.14 kpg in league play … Tallied double-digit kills in 18 contests including two runs of five consecutive games … Had three outings of 20 kills or more … An Academic All-Big 12 selection … Opened the season with 10 kills (.571), a team-high seven total blocks and her first career service ace against Alabama A&M on Aug. 25 … Posted 11 kills on a team-best .381 hitting percentage against Temple on Sept. 1, while also serving a personal-best two aces … Tallied 15 kills versus Rutgers on Sept. 2, while earning all-tournament honors in the Temple Classic … Completed a five-game run of double-digit kills with 11 against No. 16 BYU on Sept. 7 and 20 against Arkansas on Sept. 9 … Also had a personal season-high .625 hitting percentage versus BYU … Led the Jayhawks with a .385 hitting percentage on 22-for-39 swinging versus Texas A&M Sept. 20 … Tallied a career-best eight block assists at Colorado on Sept. 23 … Led all players with 11 kills and a .556 hitting percentage at Texas A&M on Oct. 21 … Posted a career-high 23 kills versus Texas Tech on Oct. 28 to complete another five-game run of double-digit kills.
2005: Freshman Season
Started all 30 matches at middle blocker … Totaled 1.69 kills (fifth on the team) and 0.78 blocks per game (second on the team) … Ranked second on the squad with 66 block assists … Posted eight or more kills in 11 matches … Contributed nine kills on a team-best .444 attack percentage in her career debut against Alabama on Aug. 26 … Added nine kills on a remarkable .667 attack percentage against UMKC on Aug. 27 … Averaged 2.08 kills on a team-best .400 attack percentage in three matches of the BYU/UVSC Challenge Sept. 1-2 … Notched her first career solo block and assist against Saint Louis on Sept. 6 … Set a career high with five digs at No. 23 Texas on Sept. 21 … Added eight kills on a team-best .400 attack percentage against No. 20 Kansas State on Oct. 5 … Posted eight kills against No. 1 Nebraska on Oct. 8 … Added a season-high nine total blocks against Iowa State on Oct. 19 … Totaled 10 kills on a team-best .438 hitting efficiency against No. 16 UCLA in the NCAA Tournament.
High School
Four-year starter at Republican Valley/Southwest High … The school consolidated into Southwest High her senior year … Won the state championship as a freshman and sophomore and was runner-up her junior season … Broke four state records over her high school career … As a senior, led the Roughriders to the state semifinals with a Class C2 state-record 39 kills in a first-round win … Posted 22 kills in a state semifinal loss, finishing her senior season with 439 kills and 101 blocks … A three-time Nebraska Super State selection … Named first-team all-conference, all-state and McCook Daily Gazette Volleyball Player of the Year as a junior and senior … Averaged 17 points per game and was all-state honorable mention in basketball … Qualified for state in the triple jump, competed in the long jump and ran in the 400 and 1,600 relays … National Honor Society president … Finished fourth in her class with a 3.8 GPA … A homecoming queen nominee … Played for the Challengers Club Team as a junior and the Nebraska Juniors as a senior.
Personal
Full name is Savannah Rene Noyes … Parents are Margaret and Art Noyes … Has a younger brother, Tanner … A community health major.