University of South Alabama Athletics

AT SOUTH ALABAMA
FRESHMAN SEASON (2012): Was one of two Jaguars to start and play in all 30 matches…Also competed in all 116 sets for South Alabama…Led the club with 300 kills and ranked second on the squad with 2.59 kills per set…Was second on the team in service aces (31) and in digs (305)…Her 0.27 aces per set average was tied for ninth in the Sun Belt…Averaged 2.63 digs per set…Had five solo blocks and 31 block assists…Also averaged a club-best 3.03 points per set…Posted 14 double-figure kill matches, 17 double-digit dig matches and eight double-doubles in her first season in a South Alabama uniform…First career double-double came against Valparaiso (9/1) at the Active Ankle Challenge where she carded a season-best 18 kills and had 13 digs…Also had double-doubles against Mercer (9/7) 15 kills, 10 digs, versus Samford (9/8) 11 kills, 13 digs, at Georgia State (9/8) 14 kills, 11 digs, at Georgia Southern (9/13) 11 kills, 13 digs, versus Wisconsin (9/15) 14 kills, 17 digs, versus Louisiana-Monroe (10/12) 14 kills, 13 digs, and at Troy (10/18) 17 kills and a season-high 18 digs…Recorded best hitting percentage  (.526)of the season versus Nicholls State (9/4)…Also hit .500 (13 kills, 3 errors 20 attacks) versus Jacksonville (9/14)…Posted four service aces twice - versus Jackson State (10/24) and at Florida International (11/10)…Selected to the all-tournament team at Georgia State Invitational.

AT CAPISTRANO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four seasons for head coach Darren Utterback at Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, Calif…Named team captain prior to the start of her senior season…Earned an all-league selection that same season for the Cougars…Played four years for the Laguna Beach Volleyball Club where the team captured the Junior Olympic championship in 2009…Chose South Alabama after being recruited by Tennessee, California-Bakersfield, TCU and Barry University.

PERSONAL:  Savannah Nicole Stewart...Born in Evanston, Ill…Daughter of Tommy and Portia Stewart…Third of four children in her family…Has two brothers and one sister…Both father and brother, Darvin, played collegiate basketball, while her father also played professionally overseas…Favorite movie is “The Devil Wears Prada”…Favorite book is The Bibie…Favorite professional sports teams are the Miami Heat and the Atlanta Falcons…Favorite musical artists are Drake, Chris Brown and Trey Songz…Favorite foods are spaghetti, salad and banana splits…Has aspirations to attend law school…Majoring in business.