Accolades:
GNAC Libero of the Week: 9/18/23
GNAC All-Academic: 2023
GNAC All-Sportsmanship Team (2023)
2022: Played in all 31 matches and 111 sets overall as a junior…Tallied 33 assists, 10 aces, and 213 digs…Ranked fourth on the team in digs…Notched a career-high 27 digs versus Framingham State…Registered double-digit digs in seven different matches.
2021:Â Played in 28 matches - and 96 sets - with one start as a freshman...tallied 186 digs, 41 service aces, 19 assists and eight kills...ranked second on the team in aces and third in digs...registered a season-high 23 digs in a win over Maine-Presque Isle on September 11th...belted a personal-best seven service aces in a victory over NVU-Lyndon on September 18th.
Why Saint Joseph's? I love the tight-knit community and the small campus.
High School: Played volleyball and was on track and field team at Gilford High School…Garnered All-State Honorable Mention and First Team All-State accolades during her high school career...Selected to play in the NH/VT All-Star Game...Reached the 500-dig milestone...Recieved the NHIAA Sportsmanship Award…Played club for Lakes Region Volleyball for two years and Capital Region Volleyball Club for five years...Listed on the honor roll and member of the National Honor Society.
Community Service: Hosted middle school track and field meets, volunteered at volleyball clinics with elementary and middle school programs...Assisted with the HOBY (Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Conference) community service project and served as a member of the high school year book commitee...Vice President of the Varsity Club and hosted school events...Member of the Eagle Ambassadors (school leadership group), hosted Freshman Step-Up Day and worked the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Walk.
Personal: Samantha Lynn Michaud Holland, daughter of Karen and Rodney Holland…Has one sister, Sydney Holland.
