The all-time assist leader in WCC history
USD school record holder in career assists
2004 AVCA All-America Third Team
First Team All-WCC 2004 & 2005
USD school record holder in assists in a single season (1,524) in 2003
Named the 2002 co-WCC Freshman of the Year
All-WCC Honorable Mention 2002 & 2003
WCC Player of the Month (November 2004)
Senior in 2005
Finished the regular season ranked 4th in NCAA Division I history, with a career average of 13.88 assists per/game... First Team All-WCC setter and 2005 AVCA All-Pacific Region honorable mention... Finished the regular season 9th nationally in assists per/game 13.47... Established a new WCC all-time assist record (6,014)... San Diego Hall of Champions Star of the Month (November)... Set USD to a hitting % of .254, playing 17 matches vs. regionally ranked opponents and nine versus nationally ranked teams... Named to Cal-Berkeley[apos]s Golden Bear Invitational All-Tournament Team (9/11), helping USD win team championship honors... WCC leader in apg (13.88) through first 11 matches of year... Set USD to a hitting % of .600 during Game 5 and had 74 total assists during a road win at LMU (9/31)... Had 75 assists during road win vs. SDSU (10/12)-top WCC single-match assist total of 2005... Set USD to 16.7 kills p/g (14th nationally) & .268 hitting % (22nd nationally) by 10/24-USD would play the rest of the year without Kristen Carlson, the team[apos]s top attacker... 15 double-doubles (five vs. nationally ranked teams & 10 vs. regionally ranked teams)... 100 assists (16.6 apg) in six games vs. Portland & Gonzaga (11/4-5)... Named the WCC Player of the Week (11/15), 61 assists + 12 digs in win over #10 Santa Clara (11/11)... WCC season-best 56 assists (18.6 apg) in a three-game sweep over USF (11/18)... USD was 23-6 overall... San Diego went 10-1 @ home while also winning 7 straight matches to close out the regular season... USD went 11-4 in the WCC, finishing in a tie for 2nd in the conference standings.
Junior in 2004
Continued to establish herself as one of the best setters in WCC history... Broke the all-time USD assist record in just three seasons (4,477)... Honored as an AVCA Third Team All-American... First Team All-WCC selection... Essential in USD[apos]s undefeated (14-0) WCC Championship campaign, the school[apos]s first since 1998... Led USD to its first-ever appearance in the NCAA[apos]s Sweet 16... Finished the 2004 regular season ranked 5th nationally in assists (14.15 p/g)... WCC assist leader (14.14 p/g) for the second consecutive season... Set San Diego to a team hitting percentage of .267, ranking 24th nationally at the end of the regular season... Also allowed San Diego to rank 3rd nationally in kills per game (17.86)... Named the WCC Player of the Month (November).... Named an All-Tournament player at the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Classic, distributing 173 assists (13.30 p/g) in leading USD past then-No. 17 Arizona (9-4) and taking No. 1 Hawaii (9-3) to five games- a match in which she had 73 assists, just three shy of a five-game career-high... Named WCC Player of the Week (10-19) after tallying 122 assists (15.25 p/g) in eight games during road victories over nationally ranked St. Mary[apos]s (10-15) and San Francisco (10-16)... Named an All-Tournament player at the USD Invitational Tournament (9-18)... Posted a .401 hitting percentage... 4th in the WCC with 34 service aces on the year... Had three matches of 70 or more assists, first at Hawaii (9-3), later vs. Oregon State (9-18) and also against Arizona (12-4) in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament ... Had 60 or more assists in 4-game matches four different times... Posted 16 double-doubles (assists-digs)... Had a season-high 18 digs to complement 63 assists and six kills during a five-game win at LMU (11-19)... Had a season-high four aces twice, first vs. Eastern Washington (9-5) and later vs. Oregon State (9-18)... Sherburne and the Toreros won 16 consecutive matches to close out the regular season and 18 straight overall... Led San Diego to the highest ranking in school history, No. 11 in the AVCA USA Today/CSTV Coaches Poll (12-6).
Sophomore in 2003
Finished the regular season ranked second nationally in assists per/game (14.37)... Shattered USD school record in assists in a single season (1,524)... Arguably the best setter in the West Coast Conference and in the nation, leading the league in assists per/game (14.37) by nearly a full assist... Selected an All-Tournament player three times... Led San Diego to the team championship at the Sun Devil Classic where she was an All-Tournament selection... All-Tournament player at the 2003 USD Invitational and at the American Tournament in Washington D.C.... Set a five-game career-high with 76 (15.20 per/game) assists vs. San Diego State (11-4)... Set a four-game career-high with 74 (18.50 per/game) assists vs. Dayton (9-27)... Had a pair of three-game 50 plus assist outings... Tied a season-high with a 15 dig performance in four games against then No. 15 Michigan State... Led USD to a three-game sweep over then-No. 19 Long Beach State by handing out 46 assists (15.33 per/game)... Started and played in all of San Diego[apos]s 29 matches... Led the Toreros with a team-high .319 hitting percentage... Ranked second on the team with 23 service aces... Ranked fourth on the team in digs (262)... Led San Diego to nine consecutive home wins as the season began.
Freshman in 2002
Named 2002 WCC co-Freshman of the Year... 1454 total assists, 13.59 per game (2nd highest in WCC and 2nd highest all-time for any San Diego player in a single season)... Honored as a 2002 WCC Honorable Mention selection... Needed just 18 more assists to break the San Diego single season assist record... Totaled 309 digs in 2002, a 2.89 per game average... Posted a .354 attack percentage the highest percentage in USD history... Recorded a .421 attack percentage and averaged 13.0 assists per game against regionally ranked opponents.
Prep/Club
2002 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 Recruit out of Archbishop Mitty High School in Saratoga... Named Cal-Hi Sports Miss Volleyball State Player of the Year and 1st Team All-American after leading Mitty to the Division I State Championship her senior year... Honored as MVP of State Championships...Volleyball Magazine named her as a 1st Team All-American... Played for the City Beach Volleyball Club that took 2nd at the junior nationals in 2002.
Personal
Born on November 11, 1983... Was also recruited by North Carolina, Santa Clara and Wake Forest... Chose to attend USD because of the location, academics and volleyball team... Competed with USD teammate Katie Kahlweiss as part of the USA Delegation in the 10th Annual Sibillini Tournament in Communanza (Ascoli Piceno), Italy during the summer of 2003... Daughter of Jon and Linda Sherburne of Saratoga.
