As a senior: Appeared in all 30 matches, making 23 starts in her senior season ... Finished second on the team in kills (250), points (278.5) and points per set (2.87) ... Totaled 13 aces and 96 digs, finishing with a season-high three aces at Hampton (Sept. 17) ... Registered double-digit kills on 11 occasions ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll and the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
As a junior: Redshirt.
As a sophomore: Appeared in and started 30 matches in her second season ... Finishing second on the team in kills (265) and blocks (81) and points (324) while leading the squad in attack percentage (.251) ... Added 16 aces and 75 digs while averaging just under three points per set ... Registered double-digit kills 16 times, including a career-high 17 in a five-set loss to Robert Morris Oct. 5 ... Named to the Bryant Hampton Inn-vitational and Akron Invitational All-Tournament Teams ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll and the NEC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
As a freshman: Appeared in all but one out of the 33 matches in 2013 … Finished second on the team with 235 kills, 2.14 kills per set, 305.5 points, and .72 blocks per set … Lead the Bulldogs in hitting percentage with .251 and in total blocks with 79 (6 solo, 73 assisted) … Recorded 14 assists, 28 service aces and 118 digs during her first freshman campaign … Set her career-highs with 15 kills vs. Holy Cross on Oct. 8, with seven total blocks on Oct. 13 vs. Robert Morris, and with 11 digs vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on Nov. 9, posting her first double-double in the match as well … Named to NEC Academic Honor Roll and the NEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Before Bryant: DePouw was a four-year varsity letterwinner and three-year starting middle at Oconto High School … Led the Blue Devils to three-straight regional championships sophomore through senior year … As a senior, DePouw helped Oconto to a Packerland Conference title, a regional championship and a sectional championship before taking her team all the way to the state championship game in a 37-2 season … Earned co-conference player of the year honors as a junior in 2011 and repeated the honor as the only winner in 2012 … 2012 Green Bay Press Gazette Player of the Year … Division III first team all-state selection and all-division second team nod as a senior … Three-time first team all-conference pick … First team all-area selection as a junior and senior and honorable mention honoree as a sophomore … Won her team's Offensive Player Award as a sophomore and junior … Named the team's Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior … Three-year team captain … Holds state tournament records for kills in a four-set match (all divisions) and service aces in a four-set match (Division III) … Also a two-year varsity letterwinner in basketball and softball as a freshman and sophomore … Second team all-conference and all-area honorable mention pick in basketball as a sophomore … Second team all-conference first baseman and Coaches Award winner in softball as a sophomore … Currently ranked first in class … High honor roll student … National Honor Society member … Played club for Wisconsin Volleyball Academy.
Personal: Daughter of Julie and Pete DePouw, Sara Marie DePouw was born Nov. 7, 1994 … Has one brother, Ryan, who plays basketball at Lawrence University.
Career Game Highs
Kills: 17 vs. Robert Morris (Oct. 5, 2014)
Assists: 3, twice (last at Brown Sept. 3, 2016)
Aces: 5 at Brown (Sept. 14, 2013)
Digs: 11 at Fairleigh Dickinson (Nov. 9, 2013)
Blocks: 9 vs. Holy Cross (Oct. 8, 2013)
