Sami
Blackett
Sami Blackett is a 6-1 junior outside hitter from Orem who leads Utah State in kills, service aces and points in the Aggies' first Pac-12 season. The 2023 Utah 4A State Player of the Year and a two-time First Team All-WAC selection at Utah Valley, she is the only Aggie ranked among the team's top five in all five statistical categories, and produced a season-high 20 kills against her former program on September 17, 2026.
Who is Sami Blackett?
Sami Blackett is a Outside Hitter for Utah State's volleyball program from Orem, Utah. 2026: 106 kills, 12 aces, 62 digs, 20 blocks, 129.5 points in nine matches — team leader in kills, aces and points; 771 career kills at Utah Valley
What Sami Blackett has done in 2026
Blackett is the engine of Utah State's offence in the Aggies' first Pac-12 season. Through nine matches she has 106 kills, 12 service aces, 62 digs, 20 total blocks and 129.5 points — leading the team in kills, aces and points, and accounting for 27.6 percent of every kill Utah State has recorded. The next-closest Aggie has 69 kills and 73.0 points.
She is also the only Utah State player ranked in the team's top five in all five statistical categories: first in kills, first in service aces, third in digs, third in blocks and fourth in assists. She has started all nine matches and played 32 of the team's 33 sets.
The night against Utah Valley
On September 17, 2026, Blackett faced the programme she spent two years building at Utah Valley and turned in the best all-round match of her Aggie career: 20 kills, 12 digs, five blocks and three assists in a 3-1 win at the Wayne Estes Center. The kills, blocks and assists were all season highs, the digs matched her season best, and it was her second double-double of the year. Utah State set season highs as a team in kills, hitting percentage, assists, digs and blocks the same night, for its first win of the season.
Orem High, and a teammate who came with her
Blackett was the 2023 Utah 4A State Player of the Year at Orem High School, a two-time all-state selection who led the Tigers to a state title and finished with more than 1,100 career kills. One of her Orem teammates, middle blocker Ava Napierski, is now alongside her in the Aggie front row — Napierski leads Utah State in blocks.
What she did at Utah Valley
Across two seasons with the Wolverines, Blackett posted 771 kills, 461 digs, 131 blocks, 67 aces and 56 assists and earned First Team All-WAC honours both years. As a freshman in 2024 she recorded 467 kills to win WAC Co-Freshman of the Year, including a school-record 33 kills against Cal Baptist. In 2025 she reached double-digit kills in 17 matches, hit a season high of 21 kills in back-to-back matches against Weber State and BYU, and produced a 12-kill, career-high 18-dig double-double in the WAC championship match that sent Utah Valley to its third NCAA Tournament.
Where Utah State stands
The Aggies are 1-8 heading into the closing week of September, having opened against a schedule that included Kentucky, Iowa State, UCLA, Utah and Weber State before beating Utah Valley. Utah State was picked sixth of nine in the Pac-12 preseason coaches' poll, and Blackett was named to the conference's Preseason Impact List alongside teammates Ava Napierski and Olivia Ruy.
At a glance
Key achievements
- Leads Utah State in kills (106), service aces (12) and points (129.5) through nine matches of 2026
- Only Aggie ranked in the team's top five in all five statistical categories
- Season-high 20 kills, five blocks and three assists against former team Utah Valley, September 17, 2026
- 2023 Utah 4A State Player of the Year; led Orem High to the state title with 1,100-plus career kills
- Two-time First Team All-WAC at Utah Valley (2024 and 2025)
- 2024 WAC Co-Freshman of the Year; set UVU's single-match record with 33 kills
- Named to the 2026 Pac-12 Preseason Impact List
- UVU career: 771 kills, 461 digs, 131 blocks, 67 aces across two seasons
Official sources
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UVU Athletics
- Utah State volleyball 2026 cumulative statisticsutahstateaggies.com
- Sami Blackett official player page (Utah State)utahstateaggies.com
- Aggie Volleyball Scores 3-1 Win Over Utah Valley (Sept 17, 2026)utahstateaggies.com
- Utah State Athletics: Blackett, Napierski and Ruy Named to Pac-12 Preseason Impact Listutahstateaggies.com
- Pac-12 Conference: 2026 Volleyball Preseason Poll and Impact Listpac-12.com
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- Utah State Athletics: Volleyball Announces 2026 Signing Classutahstateaggies.com
- Utah State Athletics: Volleyball Announces 2026 Nonconference Scheduleutahstateaggies.com
- Utah State Athletics: Volleyball Announces 2026 Pac-12 Scheduleutahstateaggies.com
- UVU women's volleyball roster (previous school)gouvu.com
- Herald Journal (hjnews.com): Aggies embrace change ahead of Pac-12 debuthjnews.com
What each source confirms
- Utah State volleyball 2026 cumulative statistics
- Primary source for the 2026 season line (106 kills, 3.31 kills per set, .142, 62 digs, 20.0 blocks, 12 aces, 129.5 points across 9 matches and 32 sets), for Blackett leading Utah State in kills, service aces and points, for the team totals used to derive her 27.6 percent share of the offence, and for the 1-8 record and match-by-match results.
- Sami Blackett official player page (Utah State)
- Primary source for the season highs (20 kills, 5 total blocks, 3 assists and 22.5 points, all vs Utah Valley on 9/17/2026; 4 aces at Weber State on 9/15), the game-by-game log, the #13 junior outside hitter listing and Orem hometown, and the biography covering the 2023 Utah 4A State Player of the Year award, the state title, the 1,100-plus high-school kills and playing at Orem alongside Ava Napierski.
- Aggie Volleyball Scores 3-1 Win Over Utah Valley (Sept 17, 2026)
- Primary source for the 3-1 result and set scores (21-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-18), the Wayne Estes Center venue, Blackett's second double-double of the season, and the team season highs of 61 kills, .308 hitting, 58 assists, 74 digs and 11 blocks.
- Utah State Athletics: Blackett, Napierski and Ruy Named to Pac-12 Preseason Impact List
- 2026-08-25 USU release — primary source for Blackett's UVU per-season splits (2024: 467 kills, 228 digs, 74 blocks, 41 aces, WAC Co-Freshman of the Year, 33-kill school record vs. Cal Baptist, 27-kill/12-dig vs. Utah Tech; 2025: 304 kills, 233 digs, 21-kill back-to-backs vs. Weber State and BYU, career-high 18-dig double-double in the WAC championship), the 771/461/131/67/56 career line, NIVC 2024 + 2025 WAC Tournament title + program's third NCAA Tournament, the #13 junior listing, and the 2026 Pac-12 Preseason Impact List selection.
- Pac-12 Conference: 2026 Volleyball Preseason Poll and Impact List
- Primary source for the preseason poll (Utah State picked 6th of 9; Colorado State the favorite) and the conference Impact List including Blackett, Napierski and Ruy.
- Utah State Athletics: Volleyball Announces 2026 Signing Class
- Blackett among eight transfers in the 12-player 2026 class under coach Keith Smith; two First Team All-WAC seasons; 771 kills / 461 digs / 131 blocks UVU career line.
- Utah State Athletics: Volleyball Announces 2026 Nonconference Schedule
- Aug 28 opener at Kentucky, Sept 9 home opener vs. UCLA, and the in-state slate (Utah Sept 11, at Weber State Sept 15, Utah Valley Sept 17).
- Utah State Athletics: Volleyball Announces 2026 Pac-12 Schedule
- Pac-12 opener Sept 24 at Texas State; first Pac-12 home match Sept 26 vs. Gonzaga.
- UVU women's volleyball roster (previous school)
- Blackett's Orem-High-to-UVU background and 2025 First Team All-WAC context.
- Herald Journal (hjnews.com): Aggies embrace change ahead of Pac-12 debut
- Local reporting confirming Blackett's transfer, two years of all-conference honors at UVU that led to the NCAA Tournament, and Utah State's Pac-12 transition.
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