Sam Pope

Photo by: Patrick Clark, Athlete Eye Photography

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
S
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
Draper, Utah
High School:
Lone Peak
Club Team:
Club Sand
Squadron:
07 Shadow Seven

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2025: Saw action in 45 sets…served as the starting setter in five matches…made collegiate debut at SIUE…amassed 234 assists on the year…posted a career-high 31 helpers in the Falcons’ win over Fresno State…also surpassed the 20-assist mark against Wyoming (23) and at Grand Canyon (20)……added 10 service aces, 82 digs and two solo stops…had multi-ace matches at Grand Canyon and against Fresno State (two each)…recorded a career-high 12 digs at San Jose State for first collegiate double-double (18a-12d)…also tallied double-digit digs (11) in the next match against Wyoming…also recorded first two kills of the year in that match.

HIGH SCHOOL | CLUB TEAM: Lone Peak High School…coached by Matthew Moeai…member of three 6A state championship teams…two-time all-state selection, including first-team honors as a junior...also collected first-team all-region and first-team all-valley honors twice…led Utah 6A in service aces as a junior…two-time team captain…three-year letterwinner in volleyball…also lettered in basketball as a freshman and sophomore…member of back-to-back Utah 6A state championship teams…team was ranked in the Top 20 nationally both years…named academic all-state…graduated with a 3.98 unweighted GPA… played club volleyball for Club Sand…coached by Stephanie Brinton.

PERSONAL: Full name is Samantha Ann Pope…goes by Sam…daughter of Dylan and Natalia Pope…father is a 2000 graduate of the Air Force Academy and former member of the Falcons’ basketball team, while mother was a member of the basketball team at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs…has one younger sister…planning to major in astronautical engineering…plans to commission into the Space Force at graduation…hobbies include playing beach volleyball, skiing, mountain biking, reading, drawing and crocheting…started skiing at aged three…three cousins play professional sports (Jackson Barton/Cody Barton in the NFL, Dani Drews in League One Volleyball)…greatest personal moment in sports came from winning the state championship as a junior…USAFA has always been her dream school…member of Cadet Squadron 07.