UC Santa Barbara
2021 Big West Defensive Player of the Week
2020 AVCA Second Team All-American
2020 Big West First Team All-Conference
2018 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2017 Freshman All-American
2017 MPSF All-Freshman Team
2020
- Was named to the Big West All-Conference First Team and the AVCA All-American Second Team
- Finished first in the conference and second in the nation with a career-high .521 hitting percentage
- Led the nation with a career low 15 errors on 188 swings, posting 113 total kills
- Posted 10+ kills in four different matches and had a season-high 12 against No. 6 Pepperdine
- Notched his most efficient line vs No. 1 BYU going 10-0-14 (.714)
2019: Played in all 28 matches and appeared in 104 sets as a junior opposite … Ranked first on the team with a career-high of 82 total blocks … Third with 175 kills and racked up an impressive .466 hitting percentage … Reached a double-double with 12 kills and a career-high and conference single-match high of 12 total blocks against a thrilling five-set victory vs. CSUN on Apr. 18 with a .647 percentage … Racked up seven kills against then No. 1 Long Beach State in Big West Tournament Semifinals on Apr. 19 … Contributed to a five-set win against CSUN with a season high of 14 kills (Mar. 30).
2018: Followed up a sensational freshman campaign with an All-Big West Honorable Mention selection as a sophomore opposite … Played in 20 matches and 73 sets … Led UCSB and ranked eighth in the Big West with an average of 3.52 kills per set … Totaled 257 kills … Recorded a .247 hitting percentage (257-112-586) … Third on the team with 121 digs … Also added 36 total blocks … Named Big West Player of the Week twice (Feb. 5 and Mar. 5) … Rattled off a streak of 12 straight double-digit kill matches that lasted from Jan. 27 to Mar. 28 … Racked up a career-high 24 kills on a .302 percentage in the second match of the year at No. 10 Lewis (Jan. 27) … Followed up an 18-kill night at Pepperdine (Feb. 21) with back-to-back 21-kill performances vs. UC San Diego (Feb. 23) and at USC (Mar. 1) … Reached double-digit kills in 16 of his 20 matches played … Hit a season-best .517 with 17 kills and just two errors on 29 attacks in a 3-0 sweep over UC San Diego on Mar. 2 … Posted back-to-back double-doubles with an 11-kill, 10-dig performance at Long Beach State (Mar. 15) and an 11-kill, 11-dig double-double vs. Long Beach State (Mar. 16) … Had a season-high five blocks to go with 11 kills and nine digs in an all-around performance vs. CSUN (Mar. 31).
2017: Burst onto the scene as a true freshman, earning Freshman All-America honors and MPSF All-Freshman Team honors ... Entered 23 matches and 77 sets ... Finished the year with 171 total kills (2.22 per set), a .373 hitting percentage, 11 aces (0.14 per set) and 52 total blocks (0.68 per set) ... His .373 hitting percentage ranked fifth in the MPSF and 10th in the nation among all players, and ranked third nationally among freshmen ... Led all MPSF middles in digs (0.58 per set) and was second in kills per set ... Ranked second in the league among all freshmen in kills per set ... Standout performances from the San Diego native included a season-high 14 kills on .632 hitting against UC Irvine on Feb. 25 and a 10-kill performance on a season-best .643 hitting percentage against USC on Jan. 18 ... Notched 10 kills on just 15 swings in his NCAA debut against Mount Olive on Jan. 6 in the UCSB Asics Invitational ... Had a season-high five total blocks in just three sets against Lees-McRae on Mar. 4 ... Hit over .300 in each of the first three months of the season, including a standout .463 clip in January ... Hit .400 or better in seven straight matches from Feb. 24 to Mar. 15.
Club/High School
Played prep volleyball at Scripps Ranch High School under coaches Ronni Olsen and Alyssa Kroeger ... Won the 2014 Western League Championship with Scripps Ranch ... Was named to the Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 ... Played middle blocker and opposite for the Falcons ... Was Second Team All-League and Second Team All-CIF as a junior ... First Team All-League and First Team All-CIF as a senior ... Won the silver medal at the SCUA Boys Invitational in 2016.
Personal
Keenan Edward Sanders was born on Aug. 10, 1998 in San Diego, Calif. to parents Marc and Cyrise ... Has one older brother named Ben and a younger sister named Kodie ... Roots for the San Antonio Spurs and the Washington Redskins ... Calls Last of the Mohicans his favorite movie ... Catcher in the Rye is his favorite novel ... Likes to listen to Lonely Island ... Parks and Rec is his favorite show.
