Professional Experience

San Diego Mojo (2025)

• Appeared in 23 matches at setter, making nine starts and playing in 50 sets.
• Had 342 assists and 107 digs, scoring 24 points with 18 kills, four blocks and two service aces.
• Averaged 6.84 assists and 2.14 blocks per set.
• Her 342 assists are the third-most in a season in Mojo history.
• Dished out 30 or more assists in seven matches, including four matches of 40-plus assists.
• Posted three-straight matches of a least 40 assists from March 30-April 12, closing it out with a season-high 46 in a home win over Omaha on April 12.
• Tallied a season-high three blocks at Atlanta on March 28.

Grand Rapids Rise (2024)

• Appeared in 20 matches for Grand Rapids, making 14 starts and playing in 76 sets, helping the Rise advance to the PVF Championship Final.
• Tallied 31 assists and 240 digs, including a Rise franchise record 26 digs against the Mojo on February 23.

Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Tour for six years and played in the Federation Internationale de Volleyball Tour (FIVB) for five seasons. Sponcil partnered with Terese Cannon and took home gold at the 2022 AVP Tour Hermosa Beach tournament and silver at the FIVB World Tour in Cape Town. In 2023, Sponcil and Cannon garnered a silver medal at the FIVB World Tour Ostrava and a bronze medal at the FIVB World Tour Itapema. Sponcil was also crowned the AVP Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 when she averaged 7.1 digs per set.

National Team Experience

Sponcil is a member for USA Volleyball national team and was a member of Team USA Beach Volleyball for the five years (2019-24).

In indoor competition, she helped USAV claim silver at the 2024 Women’s NORCECA Pan American Cup in Mexico, starting at libero for Team USA in the tournament.

On the sand, she paired with Kelly Claes to earn a spot on Team USA after winning gold at the FIVB World Tour in Sochi and Ostrava in 2021.

Sponcil and Claes went on to become the youngest team to ever represent the USA in beach volleyball in the Olympics, taking ninth place at the Tokyo Games.

In 2016, Sponcil captured a gold medal for Team USA Beach Volleyball at the Four Nations U21 Tournament with Torrey Van Winden. She also finished fourth at the 2016 FIVB U21 World Championships, which was the highest finish from the U.S. 

College Experience

UCLA (2017-19)

• Two-time national champion in Beach Volleyball (2018-19)
• Helped win the first national crown for the Bruins in the sport in 2018.
• 2018 VolleyMob All-America First Team.
• 2018 VolleyMob Pair of the Year with Lily Justine.
• 2018 AVCA All-American Honorable Mention Team.
• During the 2017 indoor season, she ranked third in the country with 1,325 total assists and second with 11.23 assists per set.

Loyola Marymount University (2014-17)

• Ninth in school history with 1,193 kills and 3.43 kills per set, and seventh with 3,063 attacks.
• 2017 West Coast Conference (WCC) Player of the Year
• 2017 All-WCC First Team selection with LMU Beach Volleyball
• 2016 West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year
• 2016 LMU Female Athlete of the Year
• Two-time AVCA All-Region (2015-16)
• Two-time honorable mention All-American (2015-16)
• Two-time First Team All-WCC honoree (2015-16)
• 2014 WCC All-Freshman Team
• 2014 AVCA Pacific South Region Freshman of the Year

Player Details
Name: Sarah Sponcil
Pronunciation: SPAWN-suhl
Position: Setter
Height: 5-8
Date of Birth: March 18, 1998
Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz.
Country: USA