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2023 Volleyball Roster

Mark Olencki
Mark Olencki
Mark Olencki
Mark Olencki
Mark Olencki
Mark Olencki
Mark Olencki
Mark Olencki
Mark Olencki
Mark Olencki

6 Sarah Barham

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-1
  • High School Northwest Guilford
  • Hometown Summerfield, N.C.

Biography

Member of the 2023 Southern Conference Tournament Championship squad that made an NCAA Tournament appearance, both of which were firsts for any Wofford women’s team sport.

Career: Named All-Southern Conference all four years and garnered an all-freshman team selection… Owner of the program’s single-season blocking record, which she set in 2021 with 138 before topping it in 2023 with 146… Recorded 470 blocks, second most in program history… 161 solo blocks are third most in program history, and 1.16 blocks per set mark is the program record… Added 937 kills, 140 digs and 1,283 total points… Career hitting percentage of .316 is second in program history… Only volleyball player in Southern Conference history to earn SoCon Player of the Month honors four times.

2023: Started all 31 matches and played 114 sets… Named First-Team All-Southern Conference… Named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week three times… Named SoCon Defensive Player of the Month for October and November… Most Outstanding Player of the SoCon Tournament… Led team and SoCon in blocking with 146.0 total and 1.28 per set... Broke own single-season program record with those 146.0 blocks… Led team with 264 kills (2.32 per set) … Recorded double-digit kills in 10 matches with double-digit blocks in three… Opened season with 10 kills against Middle Tennessee (8/26) … Had 12 kills and six blocks against High Point (9/5) as first of three-straight matches with double-digit kills… Added 13 kills against Presbyterian (9/8) with 11 more against Saint Francis (9/8) alongside seven blocks… Tallied nine swats against Belmont (9/9) … Posted 11 blocks at UNCG (10/6) to reach 400 blocks in her career… Added 12 kills in back-to-back matches against The Citadel (10/7) and Western Carolina (10/12) … Had 11 kills in a five-set win over The Citadel (11/2) … On senior day against ETSU, posted her first-career double-double with 20 kills and 11 blocks… Opened SoCon Tournament with nine kills and seven blocks against Western Carolina (11/17) … In SoCon Championship, helped defeat Samford (11/19) with seven kills and 11 blocks… In the NCAA Tournament at No. 2 Kentucky (11/30), tallied eight kills and three blocks... Named the MVP of Wofford’s own Terrier Invite.

2022: Started all 29 matches with 111 sets played… Named Second-Team All-Southern Conference… Named SoCon Defensive Player of the Month for September… Topped the team in blocking (123.0) and ranked second in points (341.0) … Led SoCon in blocks per set (1.11) while ranking second in total blocks (123.0) and ranked second in hitting percentage (.333) … Tallied double-digit kills in 10 matches, including the first five of the season… Recorded a career-best eight digs at College of Charleston (9/10) … Notched five or more blocks 12 times, including a season-best 8.0 twice against USC Upstate (9/3) and at UNCG (10/29) … Named to the all-tournament teams for each of Wofford’s four non-conference tournaments: Charlotte Invitational, Wofford Invitational, CofC Classic and Terrier Invite; also named MVP of the CofC Classic.

2021: Started 29 of 31 matches and played 115 sets ... Named Second Team All-Southern Conference ... Defensive Player of the Month for November ... Led team in points (369), kills (260) and blocks (138.0) ... Led the SoCon in total blocks and finished second in the league with a 1.20 average per set ... Averaged 3.21 points/s and 2.26 kills/s ... Hit .279 for the season, finishing fourth in the Southern Conference ... Tallied double-digit kills in 12 matches ... Recorded five or more blocks in 13 matches ... Named to Wofford Invitational All-Tournament Team (9/12).

2020-21: Started all 17 matches and played 65 sets … Named to Second Team All-Southern Conference & All-Freshman Team … Led team and SoCon with .357 hitting percentage … Led team in blocks (63.0) … Finished second on the team in points (209.0) and kills (162) … Averaged 3.22 points per set and 2.49 kills per set … Tallied double-digit kills in nine matches … Tallied 14 kills, seven blocks and six digs at Western Carolina (2/24) … Hit a perfect 1.000 with 11 kills on 11 swings versus The Citadel (2/28), marking a single-match program record for attack percentage … Followed with 12 kills and six blocks in series finale against The Citadel (3/1) … Notched first double-double, tallying career-high 20.5 points on 12 kills and career-best 13 blocks at Mercer (3/7) … 13 blocks from aforementioned performance set a single-match program record for total individual blocks ...Hit .786 on 11 kills and recorded five blocks at UNCG (3/14) … Named SoCon Offensive Player of the Week for aforementioned performance (3/16) … Registered 12 kills and five blocks against Furman (3/21) … Tallied a career-high 16 kills at Western Carolina (3/25) … Compiled 12 kills and six blocks in SoCon Semifinals versus Samford (4/2).

Prior to Wofford: Competed for Northwest Guilford High School, helped leading school to four regular-season conference championships ... Named All-Conference three times and was a three-time All-Area team member ... Member of the 2019 AVCA All-Region Team ... Two-time conference player of the year. 
 
Personal: Born April 23, 2002 ... Daughter of Benjamin and Jacqueline Barham ... Majoring in psychology.

Honors & Awards:
- 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
- SoCon All-Tournament Team (Most Outstanding Player)
- All-SoCon First Team
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Month (November)
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 13, 2023)
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Month (October)
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9, 2023)
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11, 2023)
- 2023 Terrier Invite All-Tournament Team (MVP)
- 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2022-23 Southern Conference All-Academic Team
- 2022 Second-Team All-Southern Conference
- Defensive Player of the Month (September 2022)
- Terrier Invite All-Tournament Team (2022)
- CofC Classic MVP, All-Tournament Team (2022)
- Wofford Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
- Charlotte Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
- 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll; All-Academic Team
- 2021 Second Team All-Southern Conference
- Defensive Player of the Month (November 2021)
- Wofford Invitational All-Tournament Team (2021)
- 2021 Preseason All-Southern Conference
- 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2020-21 Second Team All-Southern Conference; All-Freshman Team
- Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Mar. 16, 2021)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2020Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    6
  • 6

    2021Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    6
  • 6

    2022Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    6
  • 6

    2023Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    6