This is Samedy's third season playing professional volleyball.
Samedy has played in Germany, Italy and Turkey during her short pro career.
Following her historic career at Minnesota, Samedy competed with SSC Palmberg Schwerin in Germany for her first professional season.
Samedy quickly moved on to Italian Serie A1, which is widely known as the best professional volleyball league in the world. She joined Bartoccini-Fortinfissi Perugia for 14 matches before moving on to powerhouse Prosecco Doc Imoco Volley Conegliano where she helped the team win the Italian Serie A1 title, Italian Cup, Italian Supercup and Club World Championship.
Samedy most recently completed her first season in another top league with Muratpasa Bld. Sigorta Shop in Turkey.
Minnesota
Samedy made her name known during her five-year career at the University of Minnesota volleyball program from 2017 through 2021.
The 6-foot-2 opposite was a five-time AVCA All-American including four separate appearances (2017, 2018, Spring 2021, Fall 2021) on the AVCA First-Team list.
Samedy is a two-time Big Ten Player of the Year, winning the award in back-to-back season (Spring 2021 & Fall 2021) becoming the first Gopher to accomplish that feat.
Samedy became the first Gopher and second Big Ten player in history to record over 2,000 career kills and 1,500 digs.
In 145 career matches, Samedy posted 2,020 kills, 1,539 digs, 413 blocks and 87 aces.
Those numbers equate to 3.88 kills per set, 2.95 digs per set and 4.46 points per set across five seasons.
USA Volleyball
She made her U.S. Women’s National Team debut at the 2020 NORCECA Pan American Cup.
Samedy also played on the 2021, 2019 and 2018 U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team.
More recently, Samedy won gold at the 2023 NORCECA Pan Am Cup Final Six and silver at the same event in 2022.
