Sara Komer

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Peters Township
Hometown:
Venetia, Pa.
Major:
Marketing

AT DELAWARE
· Three-time letter winner for the Blue Hens
· Tied for 16th in program history with 53 career singles wins and tied for 17th with 82 singles matches played
· Fourth all-time alongside Brooke Pilkington for 29 career doubles wins as a team
· Ranks 10th all-time with 57 career doubles victories

2017-18 SEASON
· Team captain with senior Amanda Studnicki
· Team SAAC representative alongside Sarah Hall and Amanda Studnicki
· All-CAA Doubles First Team with Brooke Pilkington, the first for the Blue Hens since 2005-06
· All-CAA Singles Second Team
· UD Alumni Association Team MVP
· Paired with Brooke Pilkington for three CAA Doubles Team of the Week honors (Feb. 21, March 13, April 17)
· Tallied a career-high 23 doubles wins, a mark good to tie for eighth in Delaware single-season history
· Tied for fourth in Blue Hens single-season history with a 21-6 doubles record alongside Brooke Pilkington, including a 16-2 top-flight mark
· Finished year with a seven-match doubles winning streak
· Competed at the ITA Riviera All-American Championship and ITA Regionals Championship
· Posted a team-high 10-match singles winning streak from March 9 to April 14
· Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society
· ITA Scholar Athlete
· CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll

2016-17 SEASON
· CAA Singles All-Second Team
· UD Alumni Association Team MVP
· Tied for 15th in program single-season history with 21 singles wins
· Registered a mark of 17-2 in dual matches, all in the No. 2 flight
· Recoded a 13-match winning streak
· Teamed with Brooke Pilkington, Sarah Hall, Amanda Studnicki, Denny LaMachia to post a 19-12 doubles record
· Went 8-5 with doubles partner Brooke Pilkington in fall season and 9-6 with Sarah Hall in the spring
· PNC Bank Student-Athlete Achiever (Feb. 18)
· CAA Singles Player of the Week (March 21)
· Navy Fall Invitational Flight A Doubles Champion
· ITA Atlantic Region Doubles Participant (Round of 32)
· National 5 & 10 Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week (March 6)
· ITA Scholar Athlete
· CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
· Team SAAC representative alongside Amanda Studnicki, Denny LaMachia and Sarah Hall

2015-16 SEASON
· Finished season tied third on the team with 13 singles wins
· Was also second with 15 individual doubles victories
· Collected first career singles win by defeating Saint Joseph's Sarah Contrata, 6-3, 6-1, at the Saint Joseph's Fall Invitational
· Posted a season-high four-match winning streak
· Played entirety of dual season in the No. 4 flight, where she went 7-7 overall
· Collected doubles triumphs alongside Arielle Shuren, Denny LaMachia, Sarah Hall and Draga Sabotic
· Clinched the Saint Joseph's Tournament Doubles Flight 1 title with Shuren
· Claimed the Navy Singles Flight D crown
· Competed at the ITA Atlantic Regionals, also with Shuren
· Finished year with back-to-back doubles wins with Hall
· Named the National 5 & 10 Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week (Oct. 12)
· ITA Scholar Athlete
· CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL
· Played two years each of tennis and volleyball at Peters Township High School
· Went undefeated in No. 2 singles as a freshman as team won the state championship
· Moved to No. 1 singles sophomore year
· Two-time WPIALS and state champion in doubles under head coach Brandt Bowman
· Volleyball team went 18-6 during her junior and senior seasons
· 2013 Second Team All-Section honoree
· 2014 First Team All-Section selection
· Played volleyball for head coach Ashley Greene
· Member of the 18s Premier 1 Pittsburgh Elite Volleyball team
· Graduated Summa cum laude and with highest honors roll
· AP Scholar
· Member of the National Honors Society, Spanish Club and Peer Jury

PERSONAL
· Sara Ruth Komer
· Born May 22, 1997 in Venetia, Pa.
· Daughter of Louis and Vida Komer
· Has two sisters, Vida and Anna
· Father is a family practice physician and played football at Juniata (1983-87)
· Mother played volleyball at Penn State (1983-87)
· Sister, Vida, rowed at Clemson and is also a member of the Water Ski Club Team
· Enjoys dirt biking, skiing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, videography and playing volleyball and the violin
· Majoring in marketing with minors in Spanish and psychology
· Lists her favorite sports team as the Pittsburgh Penguins