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Western Michigan University Athletics

2010 Volleyball Roster

4 Sam Viox

4 Sam Viox

  • Position:
    Setter
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Junior
  • High School:
    Mother of Mercy
  • Hometown:
    Cincinnati, Ohio

Summary

Biography

2010: MAC West Offensive PLayer of the Week (9/7) after being named MVP of the IUPUI Hampton Inn Invitational (9/4-5) with 11.92 assists, 2.17 digs, 0.50 kills, 0.50 blocks and 0.33 aces per set ... CVU.com Top Performer (9/28) with 14.00 assists per set in victories over Toledo and Ball State (9/24-25) ... named to the all-tournament team at the Sports Imports Classic with 11.14 assists per set against Ohio State and Pittsburgh (8/28) ... named to all-tournament team at the Seton Hall Invitational with 11.70 assists and 3.30 digs per set ... started the season with 50 assists in victory vs. Arizona State (8/27) ... double-double of 34 assists and 12 digs in victory over 2009 Summit League Tournament champion IPFW (8/31) ... double-double of 33 assists and 12 digs in win over Northeastern (9/17) ... 51 assists in win at Seton Hall (9/18) ... 39 assists, 12 digs and four kills in win over Ball State (9/25) ... 55 assists at Northern Illinois (9/30) ... season-high 57 assists at Eastern Michigan (10/8) ... tallied 52 assists and seven digs in win at Central Michigan (10/9) ... career-high .545 attack percentage, season-high 18 digs, seven kills and 46 assists in victory over 2009 Big East champion Notre Dame (10/19) ... career-high eight kills and hit .889 (8-0-9) with 40 assists and 10 digs in win over MAC East leader Akron (10/16).

2009: Third on team in assists (113) ... passed out season-high 40 assists against Illinois State (9/5) ... hit career-high .500 with five kills and passed out 30 assists against Wake Forest (9/4) ... career-high 12 digs against Marquette (9/12) ... passed out 36 assists while recording two kills and nine digs against Dayton (9/5) ... recorded a service ace in eight matches ... earned second letter.

2008: Redshirted

2007: Named to the Popcorn Classic All-Tournament Team (9/7-8) after finishing with 129 assists (12.90 apg), 22 digs, eight blocks and eight kills in three matches ... led the team with 986 assists and 11.74 assists per game ... ranked fourth in the MAC and 95th in the country in assists per game for all games and fifth in conference games (11.95 apg) ... passed out the second most assists ever in a three-game match with 56 at Eastern Michigan (11/3) ... set a career high with 62 assists vs. IPFW (9/1) and at Northern Illinois 10/25) ... also collected a career-high 23 digs against IPFW ... dished 60 assists with 10 digs and four blocks vs. Indiana (9/8) ... notched 56 assists in back-to-back wins at Eastern Michigan (11/3) and home vs. Toledo (11/9) ... passed out 30 assists or more in 19-of-30 matches ... collected five assists-digs double-doubles ... earned first letter.

High School: A Prepvolleyball.com All-American, Viox was a four-year letterwinner for Ohio powerhouse Mother of Mercy High School in Cincinnati ... Viox led the Bobcats to the Ohio Division I championship match during her sophomore and senior seasons and to the state Elite Eight at a junior ... named an Andi Collins Award finalist as one of the top-35 senior setters in the country after earning All-Ohio Division I First Team All-State honors ... member of the Cincinnati Enquirer All-City First Team as a junior and senior ... three-time Girls Greater Cincinnati League All-Conference selection and the 2006 Player of the Year ... named to the Southwest Ohio Volleyball Coaches Association All-City Third Team in 2004, Second Team in 2005 and First Team in 2006 ... earned Cincinnati Enquirer All-City Honorable Mention as a sophomore after leading the city with 923 assists ... won the Lisa Moore Award as the top senior athlete at Mother of Mercy in voting by her peers ... won the SWOVBCA Team Academic Award each of her last three seasons ... member of the Honor Roll and participated on the student council.

Personal: Daughter of Mary Jo and Tim Viox ... Tim Viox was the head football coach at three different Ohio high schools (Fairfield, Madeira, Northwest) and served a stint as an assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati in the mid-80s ... has two younger brothers, Alex and Zach ... majoring in marketing ... born May 13, 1989.

YEAR MP-MS SP K K/S E TA % A A/S SA SE SA/S RE DIG D/S BS BA TB B/S BE BHE POINTS
2007 30-22 84 30 0.36 9 109 .193 986 11.74 20 24 0.24 0 182 2.17 3 37 40 0.48 7 31 71.5
2008 DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2009 31-9 104 12 0.12 4 35 .229 113 1.09 10 20 0.10 1 91 0.88 0 0 0 0.00 1 5 22.0
2010 32-32 115 62 0.54 22 177 .226 1371 11.92 13 22 0.11 1 285 2.48 3 42 45 0.39 11 19 99.0
TOTAL 93-63 303 104 0.34 35 321 .215 2470 8.15 43 66 0.14 2 558 1.84 6 79 85 0.28 19 55 192.5

VIOX'S CAREER HIGHS

Kills:
5 (Wake Forest, 9/4/09)
Total Attacks: 11 (twice)
Attack % (min. 10 att.): .500, 5-0-10 (Wake Forest, 9/4/09)
Assists: 62 (twice)
Aces: 3 (twice)
Digs: 23 (IPFW, 9/1/07)
Block Solos: 1 (multiple times)
Block Assists: 4 (twice)
Total Blocks: 5 (Chicago State, 9/1/07)
Points: 6.0 (twice)
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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2007Freshman

    Setter
    5'8"
    4
  • 4

    2008Sophomore

    Setter
    5'8"
    4
  • 4

    2009Sophomore

    Setter
    5'8"
    4
  • 4

    2010Junior

    Setter
    5'8"
    4