1. Sarah Sponcil competed for the USA Volleyball Beach National Team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
15 Facts About Sarah Sponcil
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Sarah Sponcil grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, where she began playing indoor volleyball at age 6 and beach volleyball at 8.
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Sarah Sponcil led Veritas Preparatory Academy's indoor volleyball team to three state championship titles, winning Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year honors in both 2012 and 2013.
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Sarah Sponcil played three seasons of indoor volleyball at Loyola Marymount, where she was the 2016 West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year and the school's Female Athlete of the Year.
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Sarah Sponcil transferred to UCLA for her senior season, where she played both indoor and beach.
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Sarah Sponcil led the Bruins to their first-ever NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship in May 2018 and then again in 2019.
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Sarah Sponcil was a two-sport Division I Student-Athlete; she played two years of beach and three years of indoor volleyball at Loyola Marymount University where she was 2016 West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year and LMU's Female Athlete of the Year.
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Sarah Sponcil took a red-shirt year from LMU Beach in 2016 to represent USA Volleyball at the Four Nations U21 Tournament in Sydney, Australia, where she won Gold.
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Sarah Sponcil transferred to UCLA in 2017, where she played her last season of indoor eligibility in 2017.
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Sarah Sponcil played beach volleyball, and as a Junior in 2018 and Senior in 2019, she helped propel the Bruins to their first Beach National Title in 2018 and then again in 2019.
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Sarah Sponcil garnered numerous honors at UCLA, including First Team Pac-12, Court Two Team of the Year with Lily Justine, and AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball All-American.
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Sarah Sponcil joined the AVP in 2018, partnering with former USC Trojan Kelly Cheng.
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Sarah Sponcil has partnered successfully with a handful of players in off-season play and on the AVP and FIVB Tours.
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In 2024, Sarah Sponcil played for the Grand Rapids Rise of the Pro Volleyball Federation in their inaugural 2024 season.
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Sarah Sponcil then signed with the San Diego Mojo for the 2025 season.