Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU:  First-year player at FMU....Veryfast player....Ability to give hitters chance to take bigswings....Experience setting for big-time hitters....Puts up solidblocks and takes big swings when necessary....Deceptive setting theball over the net for kills......FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-AcademicHonor Roll 2014 (fall).

PERSONAL: Born Sarah Cushing in Newark,DE....Product of Padua Academy where she lettered four years underhead coach Lauren DiSabatino....Tallied 447 assists, 72 digs and 60kills as a senior in 2013....helped lead the Pandas to back-to-backstate championships in 2012 and 2013....Two-time first-teamAll-Catholic Conference selection, second-team All-Stateselection.

PERSONAL FAVORITES: As a child what youwanted to be when you grew up: Veterinarian....Favorite Athlete:Chase Utley....Favorite Sports Team: PhiladelphiaPhillies....Favorite Movie: Elf....Favorite TV Shows:House Md. and Friday Night Lights....Favorite Food:Chinese....Favorite Vacation Spot: Disney World....Celebrity Crush:Andrew Garfield....Favorite Sport Other than Your Own:Baseball....Favorite Website: Netflix....Favorite Social MediaSite: Twitter....Twitter Handle: @_Cush_....Instagram Account:sarahcush....What Music is in Your iPOD: Classic and soft rock,pop, indie, Christmas....Favorite Thing About FMU: The schoolcolors because they are patriotic....Favorite Off-Field Activity:Going to the movies....Goals for Upcoming Season: Bond with my newteammates, challenge myself in my new role as a college athlete,win our conference tournament....Hobbies: Making people smile,collecting snowglobes, reading....Interesting Notes: Back-to-backState Champion for volleyball in Delaware; I'm proud to beCatholic. I love Spiderman, owls, the Dollar Store, andCroatia.