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#16 Samantha Fournier
Position: RS
Height: 6'1"
Year: Junior
Hometown: Coal Valley, Ill.
High School: Moline

2012 (SOPHOMORE): Tabbed the team's 'Most Outstanding Player'...Was tabbed Drury Inn Jessica Barkman Memorial Classic's 'Most Valuable Player' after helping guide the Leathernecks to a tournament title...Earned the weekly Western Illinois 'Scholar-Athlete of the Week' award (Sept. 3)...One of two Leathernecks to appear in all 110 sets in 2012...Led the team in kills with 402 (3.65 per set), the fifth most recorded by a Leathernecks in program history...She also finished second on the team with 294 digs (2.67 per set)...Tallied 58 blocks, 36 assists, and 20 services aces on the season...Finished with a career-high 28 kills versus South Dakota State on Oct. 19...Had three other matches with 21 kills...Finished with 10 or more kills in all but seven matches...Recorded a career-best 19 at Oakland on Sept. 17th...She also tallied 17 digs in a match twice during the season, first at Saint Louis (Oct. 2), and second at IUPUI (Nov. 3)...Tallied 10 or more digs in 15 matches...Had a career-high six blocks at Fort Wayne (Oct. 8)...Finished with two services aces five times during the season.

2011 (FRESHMAN): 2011 Summit League Fall Academic All-League Team... Played in 64 sets over 23 appearances… Had six double-digit kill efforts, including five over the first 10 contests of the season… Collected her first career double-double against Savannah State (Sept. 4) with 10 kills and 13 digs… At the SIUE Invitational, Fournier put down 10 kills against SIUE (Aug. 26) and 11 versus Kent State (Aug. 27)… In her home debut against Chicago State (Sept. 13), she collected 13 kills and three blocks… Set a season-high with 14 kills on 30 attempts at South Dakota State (Sept. 17)… Put down 11 kills on 39 attempts at South Dakota (Oct. 2)… Compiled a season-high 14 digs against North Dakota State (Oct. 15). 

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year varsity starter and named team captain her senior season… Earned First-Team All-State, All-Conference and All-Area honors… Named First-Team All-Metro by The Quad-City Times… An All-Western Big 6 selection and named the Player of the Year for the Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus in 2010. 

 

PERSONAL: Daughter of Scott and Kathy Fournier… born June 15, 1993 in Silvis, Ill.… Admires her sisters Katie and Courtney, both former athletes… Her sister Katie played basketball at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 2006-2009… Fan of the Chicago Bears… Her favorite musical artist is Rascal Flatts.

MAJOR: Undecided.

CAREER STATISTICS:

 
Seasonsp-mpkk/setapctaa/ssasa/sse
2011................ 64-23 124 1.94 69 377 .146 7 0.11 1 0.02 6
2012................ 110-28 402 3.65 191 1121 .188 36 0.33 20 0.18 44
TOTAL............... 174-51 526 3.02 260 1498 .178 43 0.25 21 0.12 50
 
Seasondigd/srebsbatbb/sbebhe
2011................ 57 0.89 5 4 17 21 0.33 3 0
2012................ 294 2.67 26 8 50 58 0.53 9 1
TOTAL............... 351 2.02 31 12 67 79 0.45 12 1
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