Award/Accolades
- 2021 Big South All-Conference Second Team
- 2021 Big South All-Freshman Team
- 2022 All-CAA Second Team
- 2022 CAA Player of the Week (Aug. 29, Oct. 10)
- 2023 All-CAA First Team
- 2024 AAC All-Conference First Team
- 2024 AAC Player of the Week (Oct. 7)
- 2024 South Florida Invitational All Tournament Team
2024 (Senior): Played in 28 matches (95 sets), earning 23 starts...finished second on the team with 359.5 points, 337 kills, 3.78 points per set, and 3.55 kills per set...earned her 100th career ace in the Bulls five-set thriller over North Texas (10/25)...scored her 1,500th career-kill on senior night over Tulane (11/15)...produced 19 matches with double digit kills...set a season-high 20 kills against Wichita State (10/11)...produced five multi-ace performances...set a season high of three service aces against Memphis (10/6)...
At North Carolina A&T
2023 (Junior): Started in all 26 matches (100) sets) for the Aggies…finished the season with 382 kills, 202 digs, 33 aces, 49 blocks, and 443.5 points…led the team in kills (382), kills per set (3.82), and total attacks (1,029)…set a season-high of 25 kills against App State (Sept. 7)…registered 20+ kills in five matches… registered 15+ kills in 13 matches…Set a season-high 27 points against Hampton (Sept. 23).
2022 (Sophomore): Played in 26 matches with nine starts … Played in 103 sets in those matches, averaging 4.17 kills, 0.30 service aces, 1.94 digs and 0.58 blocks … Posted a .193 hitting percentage with 429 total kills and 209 attack errors on 1,141 total attacks … Her 429 kills is the fourth-best total in a single season in program history … Earned second-team All-CAA honors in A&T’s first season playing in the league … Named CAA volleyball player of the week twice during the season, on Aug. 29 and Oct. 10 ... Nationally, ranked 31st in points per set (4.80), 36th in kills per set, 40th in attacks per set (11.08), 64th in total points (494.5) and 67th in total kills … Ranked second in the conference in kills per set and points per set (4.80) … Had the CAA’s highest kills total in a three-set match in 2023 when she recorded 23 against William & Mary on Oct. 9 … Had the sixth and seventh-highest kills totals in a match of any conference player with 28 against the College of Charleston on Nov. 12 and 27 against William & Mary on Oct. 8 … Recorded the highest aces total of any CAA player throughout the season with eight against Lindenwood on Sept. 3 … She posted 20 or kills in a match seven times and had nine double-doubles throughout the season … Her 28 kills against Charleston marked a new career-high, and her eight aces against Lindenwood secured a career high … Posted a career-high 18 digs to go along with 19 kills in a five-set win over Hampton on Oct. 16 … Recorded a career-high .465 hitting percentage in a five-set win over UNC Greensboro, where Sawtelle had 25 kills and five attack errors on 43 total attacks … Had 27 kills, 11 digs and a career-best 4.5 total blocks, including five block assists in a five-set win over William & Mary on Oct. 8.
2021 (Freshman): Played in 31 matches with three starts … Played in 118 sets, averaging 33.6 kills, 3.83 points, 2.24 digs, 0.48 blocks and 0.21 service aces … Named second-team All-Big South and to the Big South’s all-freshman team … She led the team with 396 kills to rank sixth in program history for a single season … Recorded 10 double-doubles, including two to start her collegiate career … Started her collegiate career with 14 kills, 10 digs, three aces and a season-best four total blocks against Samford on Aug. 27 … Posted double-figure kills in 27 of 31 matches … Posted a season-high 24 kills and nine digs at Winthrop on Oct. 19 … Posted a season-high 17 digs three times vs. American (9/3), at Radford (10/2) and at Hampton (10/30) … Recorded a season-high six service aces at Charleston Southern on Oct. 16 in a three-set win … Recorded 22 kills and 15 digs in two matches during the Big South tournament … Recorded 12 kills in three sets with six digs against Connecticut on Dec. 4 in the NIVC tournament.
High School: Sawtelle played high school volleyball at Jensen Beach … Played club volleyball for Up on Top Volleyball Academy … Named first-team All-Area in 2018 and 2019 … Earned FACA All-State volleyball honors in 2019 … Named on the Prep Volleyball’s Class of 2021 Player to Watch List in 2019 and named on the all-academic team the same year … Named as the JV volleyball captain in 2017 and a co-captain in 2020-21 … Named on the IRSC Dean’s List in the fall of 2019 and the spring of 2020 … Led Jensen Beach to the regional and district championships in 2020-21 and they were a state semi-finalist in 2017 … The team also was district and regional champions in 2017 and 2018 … Also competed in weightlifting, swimming and flag football … She was a state weightlifting qualifier in 2020 and was the district and regional weightlifting champion in 2020 … She was also a regional weightlifting qualifier in 2019 ... Earned second-team all-area in 2018 … Was a swimming state qualifier in 2018 and named the varsity flag football best newcomer in 2018 as well as being named on the flag football all-state and all-academic team in 2019.
Personal
Parents are Mike and Lisa Sawtelle...has two brothers, Nico and Makai, and one sister, Kiana... her brother Nico played football at South Florida...her brother Makai plays football at Florida Atlantic...Her sister played indoor volleyball at Southeastern University and beach volleyball at the University of Tampa..her father wrestled at West Virginia, while her mother ran cross country and played volleyball at Hillsdale College.
