Kansas State University Athletics

2016 Women's Volleyball

Brooke Sassin
Jersey Number 17

Brooke Sassin

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Ronald Reagan

Honors
All-Big 12 Second Team (2015)
AVCA All-Midwest Region Honorable Mention (2016)
Middle Tennessee Invitational MVP (2015)
Varney's Invitational All-Tournament Team (2015)
Saluki Invitational All-Tournament Team (2014)
Green Bay All-Tournament Team (2014)
Wahine Invitational All-Tournament Team (2016)
Two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2015-16)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2014)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2014)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2015)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2016)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017)


2016 (Senior)
AVCA All-Midwest Region Honorable Mention … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Wahine Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Team leader in kills (364), attacks (1,004) and kills per set (3.08) ... Recorded 267 digs (2.26 per set), 50 blocks (0.42 per set) and 22 aces (0.19 per set) ... Became 17th Wildcat ever with 1,000 career kills (6th in rally scoring era) ... 16th all-time in K-State history with 1,054 kills ... Most career kills in program history to play three or fewer seasons ... Posted 23 matches in double-figure kills, including a season-high 21 in four-set win over TCU (Oct. 8) ... 14 times led K-State in kills ... Eight double-doubles and 10 matches reaching double-digit digs ... Matched career-high with 19 digs vs. Georgia Tech on Sept. 3 ... Served a career-high four aces in four-set win over Iowa State on Sept. 21 ... Career-best six matches with multiple aces and 22 were a single-season career high ... Posted a career-best .230 hitting percentage ... Registered over 400 points (413.0) for second straight season ... Recorded a season-high hitting efficiency of .485 (18k-2e-33ta) in four-set win over Mississippi State on Sept. 9 ... Reached double figures in kills each of the season's final eight matches and in 11 of the last 12 overall.

2015 (Junior)
All-Big 12 Second Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Middle Tennessee Invitational MVP … Varney’s Invitational All-Tournament … Career-high 378 kills on a .201 hitting efficiency while also adding personal-bests in digs (324), blocks (48), aces (16), and points (419.5) … Led the team in kills, attacks (1,157) and points … Was third in aces and fourth in digs … In overall matches, she was fourth in the Big 12 in both kills per set (3.53) and points per set (3.92) … In conference-only contests, she was sixth in average kills (3.21) and seventh in points (3.64) … First Wildcat since 1999 to average 3.0+ kills (3.53) and digs (3.03) in a single campaign (15th time overall in program history) … Second Wildcat in the rally-scoring era (since 2001) to post a Double-300 campaign … First K-State outside hitter in the Double-300 Club since 1999 (Dawn Cady) … Recorded 16 double-doubles, the most by a K-State outside hitter since 1999 (Dawn Cady, 24) … The 16 double-doubles are tied for the eighth-most ever by a Wildcat in a single season (T-3rd most in the rally-scoring era) … Led the team, or tied for the team-lead, in kills 21 times (12 times in Big 12 play) … Paced the team in digs 7 times … Had 10+ kills in 23 matches (16 matches in 2014) … Started the season with double-digit kills in 13 straight matches, the longest such streak by a Wildcat since 2012 (Kaitlynn Pelger, 18) … Closed out the season with 10+ kills in 4 consecutive matches, including a team-high 18 in a four-set loss vs. Wichita State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … 10+ digs in 20 matches (once in 2014) … Season-high 19 digs in two different matches (Last: 11/28 at Baylor) … Hit .250 or higher in 12 contests … .300 or higher in 6 matches … Career-high 22 kills in five-set loss vs. Arkansas on September 19 at the Creighton Classic … Tallied the 22 kills against the Razorbacks on a career-high 68 swings, hitting .235 (6 errors), while also adding 16 digs and 2 blocks … Reached 20 kills for the first time in her career in a five-set win against Illinois State at the Hurricane Invitational in Miami on August 30 … Totaled 20 kills on a .266 hitting efficiency and 19 digs against the Redbirds.

2014 (Sophomore)
Second on the team with 312 kills while also recording 81 digs, 46 blocks and 11 aces in 112 sets played ... Had 10+ kills in 16 matches ... Season-highs in kills (18) and aces (3) on Sept. 12 at Southern Illinois ... 10+ kills in 6 straight matches from Sept. 8-19 ... Combined 29 kills in her first 2 career Big 12 matches: 14 vs. Baylor on Sept. 27 and 15 at Kansas on Oct. 1 ... 15 kills on a .353 hitting percentage at West Virginia on Oct. 25 ... Also had 13 kills against West Virginia on Nov. 29 ... 13 kills at Texas on Nov. 7 ... First career double-double on Sept. 19 vs. Eastern Michigan (17 kills, 11 digs) ... Hit .300+ in 9 matches.

2013 (Freshman - Mississippi State)
Appeared in 59 sets (19 matches) during her freshman campaign ... Totaled 105 kills (1.78 kills per set) on a .121 hitting percentage along with 35 digs and 10 blocks ... Finished fourth on the team in kills per set and sixth in points (110.5) ... Notched a career-high 15 kills against Baylor on Sept. 7 (15 kills-9 errors-40 attempts) ... In her first-career SEC start against Georgia on Oct. 27 and had 6 kills, 5 digs and 5 blocks ... Had 11 kills on a .320 hitting percentage in her first-career collegiate match against Arkansas-Little Rock on Aug. 31 ... 13 kills, 2 digs and 2 blocks against UT Arlington on Sept. 6 ... 9 kills (.261 hitting percentage) and 5 digs at Alabama on Nov. 1 ... Was the youngest volleyball player in the SEC during the 2013 season.

High School
Lettered in volleyball for three years at San Antonio's Ronald Reagan High School, playing for head coach Mike Carter ... High school teammate of current K-State setter, Bailey Shurbet ... Earned multiple tournament MVP honors and was awarded all-district and all-state honors as a senior ... Helped guide the Rattlers to a 42-3 record in her senior campaign as the team won the district championship and reached the regional quarterfinals ... Tallied 462 kills, 300 digs and 40.0 blocks as a senior ... Piled up a career-best 482 kills, 239 digs and 47 blocks on her way to all-state honors as a junior ... Starred in track during her prep career as a long jump and high jump specialist.

USA Volleyball
Trained with the U.S. Collegiate National Team program in Indianapolis, Indiana in June 2016.

Club
Alamo Volleyball Association

Personal
Born on Nov. 10, 1995 in San Antonio, Texas ... Parents are Kevin Sassin and Laura Schott ... Has an older sister, Shelby ... Major is psychology.

K-State Volleyball | Cinematic Recap vs #14 KU
Tuesday, October 28
K-State VB | Recap @ KU
Friday, October 24
K-State VB | Recap vs Texas Tech
Sunday, October 12
K-State Volleyball | Match Highlights vs Texas Tech
Saturday, October 11