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2020 Volleyball Roster

6 Kenna Sauer

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Ankeny, Iowa
  • High School Ankeny Centennial

Biography

FRESHMAN (2019)

  • Appeared in seven matches with one start in first-year campaign at Mizzou
  • Finished season with three kills, one assist, one dig, two solo blocks and three total blocks
  • Posted a kill and one total block in NCAA Tournament First Round contest versus Northern Iowa (Dec. 6)
  • Appeared in road contest at No. 14 Kentucky (Nov. 20)
  • Earned first career start versus Texas A&M (Oct. 6), tallying a solo block
  • Made SEC debut at LSU (Oct. 2), earning first career assist and dig
  • Tallied a kill in road matchup at No. 5 Baylor (Sept. 20)
  • Made collegiate debut versus Austin Peay (Sept. 13), recording first-ever kill, solo block and total block
  • 2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL (ANKENY CENTENNIAL)

  • 2019 Des Moines Register Iowa High School Player of the Year
  • Named to 2018 PrepVolleyball Senior Aces list
  • 2018 Under Armour Second-Team All-American
  • Led Ankeny Centennial to three state titles (2015-16, '18) and four consecutive state tournaments overall
  • 2018 Des Moines Register Elite All-CIML Volleyball team
  • One of 32 selections to 2018 Iowa Senior All-Star Weekend
  • 2018 Iowa First-Team All-State, First-Team All-District and First-Team CIML Central Conference selection
  • 2018 Iowa Class 5A State Tournament team captain
  • Over varsity career at Ankeny Centennial, posted 901 kills, 677 digs and 132 total blocks
  • Recorded 379 kills on .318 hitting, 296 digs, 50 total blocks and 50 aces in senior campaign
  • Tallied match-high 24 kills in 2018 Iowa Class 4A Quarterfinal
  • Honored as MaxPreps / AVCA Iowa High School Player of the Week (Oct. 29 – Nov. 4, 2018), tallying 5.67 kills per set and 3.67 digs per set
  • 2017 Iowa Class 5A Honorable Mention All-State
  • 2017 CIML Central All-Conference and All-District selection
  • 2016 Iowa Coaches Association Class 5A First-Team All-State and First-Team All-District
  • Posted 345 kills and 193 digs in first year as starter, helping Jaguars to a 35-3 record
  • Finished with match-high 16 kills on .406 hitting in 2016 state championship
  • Named Captain of 2016 All-Tournament team
  • Named to PrepVolleyball "Sophomore 79" list and an Honorable Mention All-American
  • Competed with Iowa Power Plex club team

PERSONAL

  • Picked Mizzou over Northern Iowa and Missouri State
  • Born on Dec. 20, 2000, in Des Moines, Iowa, to father Matt and mother Mindi
  • Has one older brother, Kaden, who wrestles collegiately at Iowa State University
  • Currently pursuing speech-language pathology major, minor in psychology at the University of Missouri

WHY SHE CHOSE MIZZOU

  • "From the second I stepped on the University of Missouri, interacted with the coaches and current players and toured campus, I knew Mizzou was the place I wanted to continue my academic and volleyball career. I loved everything about it."

COACHING STAFF ON ADDING KENNA

  • "Kenna will be a great addition to our squad. She's a tremendous athlete with a great skill set. She's a dynamic attacker and blocker with outstanding explosive movement. In addition, she's a great passer and tremendous defensive player. Kenna is a great student and like Leandra (Mangual-Duran) and Claudia (Dillon), a great person and competitor. We expect all three signees to compete for playing time immediately."

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2019Freshman

    OH
    6'0"
    6
  • 6

    2020Sophomore

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    6'1"
    6