• Home:  Austin, Texas
  • Birth Year:  1991

Position: Outside Hitter
Height: 6-2
Weight: 145
Hometown/Residence: Austin, Texas/Austin, Texas
Birth Date: Dec. 19, 1991
Club Team/Coach: Austin Jrs 18 Mizuno (Austin, Texas) / Glen Lietzke
High School/Grad Year: Westlake High School (Austin, Texas) / 2010
College Status: Verbal commitment to University of Southern California

USA VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: 2009 – Selected to the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team.

CLUB/PREP HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 – Paced Austin Jrs 17s Mizuno to the USA Junior Olympic Girls’ Volleyball Championship title in the 17 Open Division…Set a Westlake High School season kill record with 698 as a junior…Led school to the Texas High School State Tournament Class 5A Finals…Selected TXSWA First Team 5A All-State, TGCA All-State Class 5A and 5A All-Tournament Team…Top vote-getter for All-Texas Team…Named Best Offensive Hitter in District and First-Team All-Centex…Finalist for Texas Outstanding Hitter…Finalist for National High School Junior Player of the Year by PrepVolleyball.com and a Top 50 Junior Recruit by the publication. 2007 – Led Westlake High School to the Class 5A State Tournament Finals…Selected All-State First Team and First Team All-Centex…Tabbed Best Offensive Hitter in District…Named to PrepVolleyball.com’s Soph 79 list. 2006 – Competed in the USA Volleyball High Performance Volleyball Championship with HP Lone Star…Selected District Newcomer of the Year as a freshman at Westlake High School…Tabbed to the Frosh 59 list by PrepVolleyball.com. 2005 – Played for HP Lone Star at the USA Volleyball High Performance Volleyball Championship…Participated in the USA Volleyball High Performance Holiday Camp at Austin, Texas.

PERSONAL: Born Sara Laine Shaw on Dec. 19, 1991, in Austin, Texas… Parents are Scott and Susan Shaw… Mother played tennis for Texas State back in the 1980s and went to nationals, and is now a teaching professional…Brother is Jacob (1990), who attends Washington University in St. Louis… Hobbies are boating on the lake, being outdoors, beach volleyball and reading…Favorite food is pickles…Favorite book is Harry Potter…Favorite music category is alternative…Favorite musical group is Coldplay…Favorite professional team is San Antonio Spurs…Favorite athlete is Kerri Walsh…Most admired people are her parents because “They have faced a lot of struggles throughout their lives and have always supported me.”…Happiest moment in life is “our annual family vacations and winning the USA Junior Olympic Girls’ Volleyball Championship 17 Open Division in 2008.”

INTERESTING NOTE: Shaw is only the second freshman to make varsity at Westlake High School under Coach Al Bennett’s 20-year tenure.