Sheri Benson-Rawlins (2015) - UC Riverside Athletics Hall of Fame

Sheri Benson-Rawlins

Induction:
2015
Class:
1989

Sheri Benson-Rawlins is a two-time All-American volleyball player (1988, 1989), who also earned a pair of CCAA Conference Player of the Year awards (1988, 1989), and a National Player of the Year honor (1989) during her time with the Highlanders.

UC Riverside went 100-34-2 during Benson's four seasons in blue and gold, including 40-8 in CCAA competition. She led the Highlanders to the NCAA Division II National Championship in 1986, and to fourth and third place finishes in the AVCA poll in 1988 and 1989 respectively.

After her final year of competition, Benson ranked first in UC Riverside history in kills (1,458) and total attacks (3,327), and 25 years later those totals have been surpassed by just one player.

She also still ranks fourth on the Highlanders career hitting percentage list (.280), second in kills per game (3.7), first in service aces with nearly twice as many as the second place student-athlete (182), first in digs (1,556) and digs per game (4.0) and third in solo blocks (77).

In addition, she owns the third and fourth highest single-season kills totals in Highlanders history, as well as the second, third and seventh most aces in a season, and second and fifth most digs. The two highest single-match kill percentages in UC Riverside history are still hers as well.