In the Record Book: Second in career digs perset (4.98) and service aces per set (0.67).
As a freshman (2011): Conference Carolinas Co-Freshmanof the Year…All-Conference Carolinas Firstteam…Second-best single-season digs per set (4.98)and service ace per set (0.67) averages in programhistory…Third-highest single-season dig (643) and serviceace (86) totals…Appeared and started in 36matches…Ranked sixth in the nation in aces per set (0.67)and 44th in digs per set (4.98)…Posted double-digit digtotals in all but two matches…Recorded at least 20 digs in10 matches…Notched at least four service aces in 10 matches,recording at least one in all but seven contests…Posted 31digs in her collegiate debut against Lander (Sep.2)…Recorded 25 digs against Tusculum (Sep. 3)…Notcheda season-high seven assists to go along with 27 digs againstLenoir-Rhyne (Sep. 9)…Posted 12 digs and six service aces ina sweep of Converse (Sep. 13)…Had 25 digs and five aces atErskine (Sep. 21)…Notched 26 digs against Augusta State(Oct. 21)…Recorded 28 digs and four aces against USC Aiken(Oct. 22)…Season-high 32 digs against Belmont Abbey (Nov. 8)in the quarterfinal round of the Conference CarolinasTournament…Posted a season-high seven aces to go along with27 digs at Wingate (Nov. 18) in the first round of the NCAATournament.
High School: Graduated from Sycamore HighSchool in Cincinnati, Ohio…Coached by GregUlland…Four-time Greater Miami Conference all-Academic Awardrecipient…Three-time all-GMC performer…Played clubvolleyball for Team Z…Coached by Rich Zeciski.
Personal: Full name is Sariah M.Suryadevara…Born on Mar. 24, 1993 in Cincinnati,Ohio…Daughter of Kumar Suryadevara…Has one brother,Sejus (17)…Majoring in pre-professional biology with a minorin Spanish.
More about Sariah: Favorite books: The“Hunger Games”, “Twilight”, and“Fifty Shades of Grey” series…Favorite midnightsnacks: Big bowl of cereal…Favorite movie: “SevenPounds”…Sariah can’t imagine a week without:Food…Sariah’s advice to kids: “Don’t everlet someone tell you that you can’t do something. If you wantsomething, go get it. Period”…Favorite color: Limegreen…Favorite foods: Pasta, steak, Indianfood…Person Sariah most admires: Her grandmother…Bestadvice Sariah has ever been given: “Don’t change sopeople will like you. Be yourself and the right people will loveyou”… What people don’t know about Sariah:She’s only played one sport before…When Sariah was akid, she tried to be like: A ninja…When people first meetSariah, they think: She’s a little quiet.
