Sam Pope

Class:
Freshman
Position:
S
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
Draper, Utah
High School:
Lone Peak
Club Team:
18 Nightriders
Squadron:
Club Sand
Major:
Astronautical Engineering

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 18.