Dakota State University

E-mail:  Coach Zell

Samantha Zell is no stranger to the Dakota State University Trojan volleyball team.  She is entering her first season as an assistant coach after a successful four-year career as an athlete.

Zell fueled the Trojans to a pair of impressive back-to-back winning seasons (2018 and 2019), which included a trip to the North Star Athletic Association conference postseason's championship match each year.

In 2019, Zell was an integral member of the Dakota State volleyball team tha twas ranked in the NAIA Volleyball's Top 25 national poll and earned an at-large bid to the national tournament's opening round for the first time in school history.

Zell was selected to the NSAA Volleyball and America Volleyball Coaches Association/NAIA Region First Team for the last two seasons.

She led the team with 118 blocks in 2019, accumulating a total of 355 blocks during her career at DSU.  Her career blocks rank her third all-time in the Trojan volleyball school record book.  She also tied a single-match school record with 10 blocks versus Waldorf (Iowa) on Oct. 4, 2019.

Zell smashed a total of 877 kills during her career at Dakota State, including 238 kills in 2019.