2024 Beach Volleyball Roster
Biography
2024 (Senior): Named Sun Belt Conference Pair of the Year with Gabby LaPata ... First-team All-Sun Belt ... Played in all 34 duals and posted a 26-8 record ... Dropped both matches against nationally-ranked opponents ... Went 4-1 at the SBC tournament as UNCW fell in the semifinals.
2023 (Junior): First-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection ... Named Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators ... Earned SBC Pair of the Week with Gabby LaPata (3/22) ... Played in all 29 duals at the top pairing in the lineup ... Posted a record of 16-12 alongside Gabby LaPata ... Represented UNCW at the 2022 AVCA Fall Beach Volleyball Championships ... Teamed with Grace Sistrunk to win their bracket following wins over Santa Clara, New Orleans and Oregon.
2022 (Sophomore): Earned second-team All-ASUN honors ... Played in all 36 duals and appeared in the top two pairings in each ... Was 10-8 in the top pairing and 8-10 at the second to finish with an 18-18 record ... Was 5-5 in ASUN play.
2021 (Freshman): Played in 11 duals and went 6-5 ... All 11 appearances were at the second pairing ... Teamed with both Casey Goodwin and Chrissy Augustine at that position ... Fashioned a five-match winning streak, including a win over 16th-ranked South Carolina ... Added wins over Jacksonville, Charleston, Stevenson (twice) and Erskine.
Prior to UNCW: Three-time first-team All-Star for Corning Painted Post ... Earned AVCA All-Region honors in 2019 ... Earned All-STAC (Indoor) first team honors ...  Finished first at Volley America Nationals ... Placed first in USA Beach Qualifier in Rochester, N.Y. ... Also earned a bid to Siesta Key Championship at the Ocean City tournament ... Played for the Iroquois Empire Regional team ... Also played for Paradigm Volleyball Club.
Personal: Full name: Sadie Elizabeth Sharkey ... Daughter of Amy Alberg and Brent Sharkey ... Mother played collegiate volleyball at Charlotte.
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