Sarah Gustin Class: Senior Hometown: Hesperia, Calif. High School: Hesperia Christian Height: 6-3 Position: Outside Hitter Birthdate: 08/26/1979 Experience: 3 Letters

All-America candidate ... one of MSU’s starting outside hitters ... needs 138 kills to become the 10th player in MSU history to reach 1,000 ... currently third on the school’s all-time hitting percentage list at .288, fourth in blocks per game (1.15), sixth in career block assists (277), seventh in total blocks (331; 54-277), seventh in kills per game (3.00) and 10th in attempts per game (7.06).

1999: Switched positions from middle to outside hitter and earned first-team All-Big Ten honors ... academic All-Big Ten ... MSU Most Valuable Player ... led the team and was fourth in the Big Ten in kills per game at 4.36 ... that mark ranked eighth-best in a season at MSU ... recorded eight double-doubles on the season - seven were kills-digs, one was kills-blocks ... one of five MSU players to average 2.00 digs per game or more ... led the team in kills 21 times in 1999, including the last nine matches in a row ... tallied a career-high three service aces on three occasions ... had the second-most blocks in a match on the season with 11 against Indiana on Nov. 19, tied for third-best in school single-match history ... named to the all-tournament team at the Massachusetts Motorola Invitational ... earned her 500th career kill against Penn State on Sept. 24 ... 500th career dig came against Purdue on Nov. 6 ... hit double-figure kills in 30 of 34 matches ... tallied a career-high 31 kills against Iowa on Oct. 8 ... notched 528 kills and 1,297 attempts on the season, fifth-most in a single season at MSU ... hit .400 or better seven times including .625 (21-1-32) against DePaul on Sept. 17 and .531 (19-2-32) against Ohio State on Sept. 25 ... recorded eight matches with 20-or-more kills, tied for fifth-best in a single season and seventh-best in a career ... finished the season with 862 career kills, 277 block assists (fifth all-time) and 331 (54-277) blocks (seventh all-time) ... played on the A2 Pan Am Games/National Training team in Colorado Springs, Colo., the summer before the season.

1998: Honorable mention All-Big Ten ... academic All-Big Ten ... started all 30 matches ... led the team in hitting percentage (.329), block assists (137) and blocks per game (1.53) ... blocks per game was second-best in a single season at MSU ... set two single-match MSU records (total blocks, block assists) after recording 13 blocks (0-13) vs. Illinois on Nov. 4 ... that mark is tied for most block assists in a four-game match and is second-best in total blocks in a four-game match ... finished third in the Big Ten in blocks per game and eighth in hitting percentage ... was 18th in NCAA in blocks per game ... named to the all-tournament team at both the L&L Foods/MSU Classic and the MSU Invitational ... set then-career high with 17 kills vs. Indiana on Oct. 31 ... had a career-best 20 digs vs. Wisconsin on Nov. 27 ... one of only three players to tally 20 or more digs in ’98 ... recorded three double-doubles (kills-digs): 11-12 vs. Notre Dame (9/19), 13-10 vs. Wisconsin (10/24) and 15-12 vs. Pepperdine (12/3) ... hit double-figures in kills on 13 occasions and double-figures in digs six times ... nailed 10 blocks against Northwestern (2-8) on Oct. 3 and against Ohio State (3-7) on Oct. 16 ... hit .400 or better 10 times including .520 (15-2-25) vs. Michigan (10/7), .571 (17-1-28) vs. Indiana (10/31) and .467 (15-1-30) in the season finale vs. Pepperdine (12/3) ... third on the team at 2.63 kills per game.

1997: Moved into the starting lineup at middle before being sidelined by stress fractures in her right leg for six weeks ... tallied six blocks (3-3) in second collegiate match vs. Xavier (8/30/97) ... followed that performance with 11 total blocks (2-9) vs. Bowling Green (9/6/97) ... scored 12 blocks (2-10) vs. Illinois (9/28/97), tying her in the MSU record book for most total blocks in a match and third-most block assists in a match ... was named to the Kentucky Conference Challenge All-Tournament team ... recorded a then career-high seven kills vs. South Florida (9/12/97) and again vs. Illinois (9/28) ... hit .714 (5-0-7) vs. Portland State (9/13/97) ... averaged a team-best 1.24 blocks per game, then second-best all-time by an MSU freshman ... finished the season hitting .303, a then-freshman record.

High School: Lettered four times for Pam Snively at Hesperia Christian High ... a 1997 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection and a second-team High School All-American ... a two-time team captain, she was named the California Interscholastic Federation (C.I.F.) Player of the Year as a senior ... a three-time league MVP, she was named the 1996 San Bernardino Sun County Player of the Year and the Daily Press Volleyball Player of the Year in ’96 ... class valedictorian ... a National Honor Society member ... 1996 National Youth Leadership Award winner and Xerox Award winner for outstanding achievement.

Club Ball: Played for coach Roger Goodwin on the Nike Ichiban Volleyball Club team ... guided team to ’97 USAV Junior National Championship runner-up finish ... a two-time USA Junior Olympic All-American ... named to ’97 USAV Junior Olympic All-Tournament team.

Personal: Born August 26, 1979, she is the daughter of Steve and Sue Gustin ... father played basketball at Azusa Pacific University ... majoring in communication.