Sanja Cizmic

Photo by: Tomas Redondo

Photo by: Tomas Redondo

Photo by: Abbie Parr

Class:
Junior
Height:
6-1
Position:
Outside Hitter
Hometown:
Split, Croatia
High School:
IV. Gimnazija Marko Marulic

Awards & Honors

Mountain West All-Conference Honorable Mention (2017)
Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11, 2017)
AVCA/Sports Import National Player of the Week (Sept. 12, 2017)
CSU Tournament I MVP (2017)
Mountain West All-Conference (2016)
Thunderdome Invitational All-Tournament Team (2016)
Omni Invitational All-Tournament Team (2016)
Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2015, 2016)

2017 (Senior) [Match-by-Match]: Averaged 2.26 kills per set, which No. 5 on the team... Led the team with 0.37 aces per set... Also finished with a 1.62 digs per set average... Had eight matches with double-figure kills - including recording 21 kills against Xavier on Sept. 16... Dropped in a career-high four aces at New Mexico on Oct. 21... Recorded her first double-double with 11 kills and 14 digs at New Mexico... Had a season-best seven block against Michigan on Dec. 1 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament... Recorded 13 kills while hitting .550 against No. 16 Michigan on Sept. 8... Went on to earn conference Player of the Week and National Player of the Week honors.

2016 (Junior) [Match-by-Match]: Led the team with 3.02 kills per set, reaching double-digit kill totals in a team-high 19 matches... Added 0.93 digs per set and 0.57 blocks per set... Tallied 19 service aces... Posted a career high 27 kills on .436 hitting (27-3-55) in CSU's five-set home win against Wyoming (11/22) to close out the regular season; the 27 kills was the most by any Ram in 2016 and was the third-most in a five-set match (since 2008) in school history... Had 18 kills in four sets vs. Baylor (9/2), hitting .484 while adding 7 digs... Reached double-figure kill totals in six consecutive matches from Sept. 16-Sept. 19, including 14 on .571 hitting against New Orleans (9/16)... Registered 18 kills yet again in CSU's MW opener at home against Fresno State (9/24)... Nearly had her first career double-double at Boise State (11/16), posting 9 kills with 9 digs... Had a pair of service aces in three consecutive matches from Oct. 8-15.

2015 (Sophomore) [Match-by-Match]: Averaged 1.36 kills and 0.72 blocks pet set over a total of 90 sets... Made two starts - at Nevada (10/1) and at Boise State (10/22), both CSU sweeps... Had consecutive matches with 10-plus kills late in the year at Wyoming (11 kills, 11/24) and against Iowa State (10 kills, 11/28); the 10 kills against the Cyclones came with only one error on .600 hitting... Had five blocks on five occasions, including three straight matches from 11/5-11/12... Would occasionally set, and tallied six assists versus San Jose State (11/12) and five at New Mexico (11/7).

2014 (Freshman) [Match-by-Match]: Averaged 1.03 kills and 0.77 digs per set, competing in 16 matches and earning four starts... Had career highs for kills (11) vs. Florida A&M (9/5), and hitting percentage (.571), blocks (3) and service aces (3) vs. North Carolina Central (9/20)... In the second set alone against North Carolina Central, recorded four kills on four swings, in addition to two solo stuffs and an ace... Jumped out to a 7-0 lead in Set 3 behind two aces... After recording one kill in each of her first four matches, totaled 11 kills on .562 efficiency vs. Florida A&M... Had six kills on nine swings in Set 2... Tallied her first double-digit dig match (10) at UTEP (9/13), also adding five kills and two blocks... Despite playing just part of one set, finished with five kills on .300 hitting against Fresno State (10/11)... Recorded her first career service ace at Northern Colorado (9/3), capping a 25-17 Set-1 win... Earned a start in her first collegiate match, recording one kill in one set of action against VCU (8/30)... Missed the final 10 matches of the regular season with an ankle injury, before returning for all three NCAA tournament matches.

High School: Is a 2014 graduate of IV. Gimnazija Marko Marulic in Split, Croatia ... Earned all-conference honors in both volleyball and basketball... Helped high school team to a league title in volleyball... Was on the honor roll... Played club volleyball for OK POREC... Won the 2013-14 HRV National Cup, and competed in the 2014 European Cup... Also played club for ZOK Split 1700... Won the 2012 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup and the 2012 CEV Junior Volleyball European Championship... Took second at the 2013 Junior Volleyball World Championship with the Croatian Junior National Team.

Personal: Born Sept. 21, 1995, in Split, Croatia... Parents are Teo and Maja Cizmic... Father Teo played professional basketball in Hungry... Has a younger brother, Leo who plays professional basketball in Spain... Can speak five languages... Has lived in 7 different countries... Graduated with a degree in Business Administration in May 2018.