2012: Saw action in 24 matches for A&M-Commerce, playing in 64 sets ... Averaged 2.25 digs, 0.12 service aces and 0.12 assists per set ... Finished the year with 144 digs, the fifth-best performance on the team ... Eclipsed the double-digit mark for digs on five occasions, highlighted by a season-best performance of 14 against Incarnate Word (Oct. 13) ... Notched 13 digs against both Southeastern Oklahoma (Sept. 7) and at Tarleton State (Oct. 5) ... Finished with 10 digs against William Jewell (Sept. 8) and Henderson State (Oct. 9) ... Recorded a kill against the Savage Storm with a service ace and a block ... Finished the year with eight service aces, including a pair at Texas A&M-Kingsville (Sept. 15) and at the TexAnns.
2011: Appeared in 19 matches in her freshman campaign with one start ... Played in 53 sets, averaging 0.45 assists and 1.94 digs per set ... Finished with three kills, 24 assists, nine service aces and 103 digs on the year ... Recorded a pair of kills in her first collegiate match against Colorado State-Pueblo (Sept. 9) with four digs ... Set a career-high with 17 digs against Incarnate Word (Oct. 27) ... Closed out her freshman season with 12 digs and an ace against Eastern New Mexico (Nov. 5) ... Posted nine digs at Incarnate Word (Sept. 22) ... Dished out four assists at Angelo State (Oct. 22) and again at Tarleton State (Nov. 1) ... Made her first collegiate start at Angelo State (Oct. 22).
Prior to A&M-Commerce: Four year captain and letterwinner at Cumby High School … Three-time district volleyball MVP … District volleyball Newcomer of the Year as a freshman … Helped lead the Trojans to three district titles and four playoff appearances, including a regional semifinal appearance as a senior … Led team in kills, assists and blocks in both her junior and senior seasons … Four-time Academic All-District selection … TGCA All-State selection as a junior and senior … Also earned four letters in track, three in basketball and two in softball … Qualified for the regional track meet in the long jump, triple jump, 100 and 300 meter hurdles, and was a member of the 4x400 meter relay team.
Personal: Born Savanah Renee Neal on November 16, 1992 ... Daughter of Shane McCraw and Shelley Jones ... Plans to major in accounting.
Neal's A&M-Commerce Career Statistics
Year | MP | MS | SP | K | K/S | E | TA | Pct. | A | A/S | SA | SA/S | RE | DIG | D/S | BS | BA | TB | B/S | BE | BHE |
2011 | 19 | 1 | 53 | 3
| 0.06 | 2 | 11 | .091 | 24 | 0.45 | 9 | 0.17 | 3 | 103 | 1.94 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 24 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0.02 | 5 | 23 | -.174 | 8 | 0.12 | 8 | 0.12 | 1 | 144 | 2.25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 |
TOTAL | 43 | 1 | 117 | 4
| 0.03 | 7 | 34 | -.088 | 32 | 0.27 | 17 | 0.15 | 4 | 247 | 2.11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 |
Neal's A&M-Commerce Career Highs
Kills: 2, vs. Colorado State-Pueblo (Sept. 9, 2011)
Attacks: 8, vs. Southeastern Oklahoma (Sept. 7, 2012)
Attack Pct. (min. 5 kills): N/A
Assists: 4, two times (last, at Tarleton State, Nov. 1, 2011)
Service Aces: 2, two times (last at Tarleton State, Oct. 5, 2012)
Digs: 17, vs. Incarnate Word (Oct. 27, 2011)
Blocks: 1, two times (last vs. Southeastern Oklahoma, Sept. 7, 2012)