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Senior
Hometown
Huntington Beach,
California
Last School
Huntington Beach Union High School
Roster Years
2015-2018
Personal
- Parents are Steve and Kera Sander
- Brother Taylor played volleyball for BYU from 2011-14
- Also has one sister, Britney Wardle
- Also recruited by UCLA, USC, Stanford, UC Irvine, UCSB, Hawai'i
Before BYU
High School
- Played under coach Craig Pizanti
- Back-to-back CIF and state championships in 2013 and 2014
- CIF and state MVP
- Went 40-0 one season
Club
- SCVA MVP 2011-13
- Played for U21 USA Junior National Team
- Earned silver and two bronze medals in Junior Olympics
- Played for Balboa Bay VBC under Andy Reed
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2015
- Added three kills, a dig and a block in his first collegiate start vs. Loyola (1/9)
- Contributed two kills and three digs vs. UCSB (1/23)
- Had nine kills, 17 attempts and a .412 clip vs. UCSD (1/30)
- Added 11 kills, 23 attempts, two aces and six digs vs. Cal Baptist (2/6)
- Contributed a team-high 10 kills and season-high four digs vs. Cal Baptist (2/7)
- Collected 15 kills, 35 assists and five digs vs. LBSU (2/21)
- Had a team-high eight kills and a season-high .467 clip vs. BSU (2/27)
- Contributed 11 kills, four blocks, five digs and three assists vs. STAN (3/7)
- Had a team-high 14 kills and career-high five blocks vs. UH (4/17)
- Added a career-high 16 kills and 10 digs vs UH (4/18)
- Collected a career-high 47 attempts and three service aces vs. USC (4/25)
- Added to the All-MPSF Freshman Team
Sophmore Year
2016
- Added 12 kills, five digs and four blocks vs. LUC (1/8)
- Collected 14 kills, four blocks and three digs vs. STAN (1/16)
- Contributed 14 kills and three digs vs. LBSU (1/22)
- Had nine kills, three digs and two aces vs. UCI (1/30)
- Added a .545 clip, six blocks and 15 kills vs. UCSB (2/6)
- Collected six kills on a career-high .667 clip and five blocks vs. PU (2/12)
- Contibuted 10 kills, three blocks and a career-high four aces vs. CBU (2/19)
- Had 15 kills and four blocks vs. CSUN (2/27)
- Added 12 kills, four aces and six digs vs. UH (3/4)
- Collected 14 kills and a season-high eight digs vs. PEP (3/19)
- Had 16 kills and seven digs vs. UCSD (3/25)
- Added 10 kills and seven blocks vs. UCLA (4/1)
- Contributed a career-high 19 kills vs. UCSB (4/21)
- Had 14 kills and no errors for a .583 clip vs. LBSU (5/5)
- Collected 14 kills on a .500 clip vs. OSU (5/7)
- Named to the All-MPSF Tournament team
- Received AVCA First-Team All-America honors
- Named to the All-MPSF First Team
Junior Year
2017
- Contributed nine kills and four digs vs. LUC (1/7)
- Added 15 kills and five digs vs. CSUN (1/20)
- Had 15 kills and five blocks vs. UCI (1/27)
- Collected 12 kills, two aces and four digs vs. UCLA (2/3)
- Contributed seven kills on a .600 clip in two sets vs. USC (2/10)
- Added 10 kills, four digs and three blocks vs. STAN (2/23)
- Had 14 kills, five digs and four block vs. CBU (3/3)
- Collected 14 kills and four aces vs. PEP (3/10)
- Contributed 14 kills and four blocks vs. UH (3/17)
- Added 13 kills, five digs and six blocks vs. LBSU (3/24)
- Had 11 kills on a .625 clip and six digs vs. PU (3/21)
- Collected eight kills, four aces and five blocks vs. UCSB (4/6)
- Contributed 11 kills and eight blocks vs. BC (5/2)
- Added 15 kills on a .619 clilp and four digs vs. LBSU (5/4)
- Named an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
- Received All-MPSF Second Team honors
Senior Year
2018
- Added 14 kills and three blocks vs. LUC (1/5)
- Had 11 kills and three aces vs. LU (1/6)
- Contributed a team-high 17 kills vs. BSU (1/12)
- Collected 12 kills, six digs and four blocks vs. OSU (1/13)
- Added 16 kills and six digs vs. UCI (1/27)
- Had 10 kills and four blocks vs. UCSB (2/3)
- Contributed his second-career double-double of 15 kills and 11 digs vs. UCSD (2/8)
- Collected 23 kills and five aces vs. USC (2/10)
- Added 14 kills on a .545 clip vs. GCU (2/15)
- Had 16 kills and six digs vs. STAN (2/21)
- Contributed 17 kills and four blocks vs. PEP (3/1)
- Collected 20 kills and five digs vs. PSU (3/8)
- Added 12 kills, three aces, six digs and four blocks vs. UH (3/10)
- Had a career-high 24 kills and four aces vs. CUI (3/29)
- Contributed 18 kills and five blocks vs. UCLA (4/21)
- Named AVCA First-Team All-America
- Named Volleyball Magazine First-Team All-America
- Named VolleyMob Third-Team All-America
- Named All-MPSF First Team
- Named AVCA Player of the Week (4/24)
- Named MPSF Offensive Player of the Week twice (2/12 & 3/12)
- Named Off the Block Player of the Month for March
- Named VolleyMob Player of the Week (2/13)
- Named Off the Block National Outside Attacker of the Week (2/12)
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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M Volleyball | May, 17
Four Cougars honored as Volleyball Magazine All-Americans
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 10
Three Cougars collect VolleyMob All-America honors
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 09
Four Cougars named to Team USA preliminary roster
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 08
2018 men’s volleyball season review
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 03
Cougars fall 3-1 to Bruins in Final Four
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 02
Pre-match press conference for NCAA tournament
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 30
Four Cougars receive AVCA All-America honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 24
Sander collects AVCA Player of the Week honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 21
No. 4 BYU tops No. 2 UCLA for MPSF Championship
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 19
No. 4 BYU sweeps USC in MPSF Semifinals
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 12
Fernandez named Freshman of the Year; Five Cougars garner All-MPSF honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 09
Sander named Off the Block Player of the Month
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 07
Cougars fall to Bruins in three in final regular-season match
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 05
No. 2 BYU clinches MPSF title outright with sweep of No. 4 Pepperdine
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 31
No. 2 BYU beats No. 13 Grand Canyon in straight sets on Senior Night
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 15
Fernandez helps No. 2 BYU past USC in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 12
Ferreira and Sander sweep weekly MPSF honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 10
Fa’agata-Tufuga pushes No. 4 BYU past No. 2 Hawai’i 3-1
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 09
No. 4 BYU beats No. 8 Lewis 3-1 behind balanced play
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 08
Fernandez and Sander help No. 4 BYU past No. 11 Penn State in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 03
No. 5 BYU sweeps rival No. 3 UCLA
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 01
No. 5 BYU powers past No. 8 Pepperdine in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 24
Fa'agata-Tufuga helps No. 6 BYU past Stanford in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 21
No. 6 BYU rallies past Stanford 3-1 behind blocking
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 17
Fernandez and No. 7 BYU sweep Concordia Irvine
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 15
No. 7 Cougars sweep No. 10 Lopes behind Sander’s performance
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 13
Sander named VolleyMob Player of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 12
Sander named MPSF Offensive Player of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 12
Sander named Off the Block National Outside Attacker of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 10
Fernandez and Sander help No. 7 BYU past No. 14 USC in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 08
Sander and No. 7 BYU top UC San Diego in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 27
No. 5 Cougars fall short to No. 6 Anteaters in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 26
No. 5 BYU falls in four at No. 6 UC Irvine
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 12
Sander and Fernandez help No. 6 BYU past No. 14 Ball State 3-1
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 06
No. 3 BYU men’s volleyball tops No. 6 Lewis in four sets
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ImageM Volleyball | Dec, 19
Three Cougars earn preseason Off the Block All-America honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Dec, 08
BYU tops MPSF Coaches’ Poll for third-straight season
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ImageM Volleyball | Jul, 31
Five Cougars help Team USA finish fifth at Pan Am Cup
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ImageM Volleyball | Jul, 31
Five Cougars help Team USA finish fifth at Pan Am Cup
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ImageM Volleyball | Jun, 01
2017 men's volleyball season review
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ImageM Volleyball | Jun, 01
2017 men's volleyball season review
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 16
Langlois, Sander, Jarman named VolleyballMag.com All-Americans
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 16
Langlois, Sander, Jarman named VolleyballMag.com All-Americans
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 06
BYU falls to Ohio State in NCAA title match
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 06
BYU falls to Ohio State in NCAA title match
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 04
BYU upsets Long Beach State to advance to NCAA title match
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 02
Strong block helps BYU sweep Barton to advance to Final Four
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 02
Strong block helps BYU sweep Barton to advance to Final Four
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 01
Four Cougars honored as AVCA All-Americans
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 01
Four Cougars honored as AVCA All-Americans