CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
• Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2022)

2021: Saw action in 73 sets across 26 matches, making 26 starts during sophomore season ... Played a variety of different roles, such as defensive specialist and outside hitter ... Finished year with 108 digs, 44 kills, 13 assists, eight aces and six total blocks ... Registered a career-high six kills in back-to-back games against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8/28) and Jackson State (9/1) ... Recorded double-digit digs in four games including a season-high 13 in Tech's 3-0 sweep of Grambling State (10/26).

2020-21: Saw action in 36 sets across 16 matches as a true freshman … Ranked third on the team with 87 digs … Tallied 2.42 digs per set and 0.72 kills per set … Finished the season with 87 digs, 26 kills, nine assists and three blocks … Tallied a career-high 17 digs against UTSA (3/8) … Logged two more double-digit dig tallies against Memphis (1/30) and UAB (2/28) … Also recorded a career-high five kills against UTSA (3/8) … Contributed two helpers in three straight matches from Rice (2/7) to Southern Miss (2/21) … Earned a spot on the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

High School: Graduated from McKinney HS in 2020 ... Member of the USA Deaf Volleyball Team that will be competing in the 2021 Deaflympics  ... Academic All-State Honoree as a senior ... Second Team All-District as a junior and senior ... Three-time Academic All-District selection ... Coached by Erinn Higginbotham.

Personal: Samantha Rose Hicks ... Bown March 29, 2002 in Dallas, Texas ... Daughter of Brian and Jennifer Hicks ... Has two siblings: Jacob and Benny.