custom33Lnumber32positionMBhighschoolAssumption HSfirst_nameSidneyyearSeniorhometownLouisville, Ky.height6-2last_nameBennett<b>2004 (Junior):</b><p> Bennett had a breakout season in 2004-05 appearing in 109 games, averaging 3.42 kills, 1.14 blocks, 0.67 digs and 0.30 service aces per game ... Following the season, Sidney was named an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention ... Bennett represented the United States as a member of the Bring It Promotions USA Select Team on its tour of Argentina June 7-19 ... Bennett finished the season with a career-high 373 kills and a hitting percentage of .332 ... Sidney matched her career-high with 22 kills and added nine blocks and three digs as Pacific defeated San Francisco in four games in the championship match of the Community Bankers Classic on Nov. 27 ... She also pounded 22 kills and added two aces, three digs, and three blocks in Pacific's five-game loss to Cal State Northridge on Oct. 15 ... Sidney hit .415 (27-5-53), averaging 3.86 kills and 1.57 blocks per game, in Pacific's victories over Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 7) and UC Riverside (Oct. 9) ... She earned Big West Conference Player of the Week honors the week of Sept. 27, after hitting .451 (30-7-51) and averaging 5.00 kills and 1.83 blocks per game in Pacific's sweeps of No. 18 Long Beach State (Sept. 23) and UC Irvine (Sept. 25) ... Sidney recorded her first career intercollegiate double-double with 12 kills and a record-setting 15 blocks in Pacific's five-game victory at Utah State on Sept. 18 ... Her 15 blocks against the Aggies tied the Pacific program record for blocks in a single match ... Sidney averaged 3.60 kills and 1.00 block per game, including 15 kills against Fordham on Sept. 12, as the Tigers claimed the tournament championship at the Arizona State/Tempe Buttes Invitational Sept. 10-12 ... She pounded 11 kills and added two aces, five digs, and two blocks in Pacific's season-opening five-game loss to Arkansas on Sept. 3.<b>2003 (Sophomore):</b> <p>Bennett appeared in 46 games for Pacific as a sophomore and averaged 0.67 kills, 0.39 assists, 0.98 digs, and 0.26 blocks per game ... She matched her career-high with five kills against Cal State Northridge on Nov. 15 ... She served up a career-high six service aces against Radford and collected a career-best nine digs against Penn at the Nike Invitational Sept. 12-13 ... Sidney pounded five kills and recorded her first two intercollegiate blocks against Wichita State at the Aston Imua Wahine Volleyball Challenge on Sept. 5 ... She hit .379 (13-2-29) over her final six matches of the 2003 campaign ... Bennett earned Pacific and Big West Conference Scholar-Athlete status for the 2003-04 academic year and was selected to the 2003 Big West Academic All-Conference Team.<b> 2002 (Freshman):</b><p>Bennett got a taste of international competition during the summer of 2003, earning a bronze medal at the Sibillini International Under-20 Tournament, an eight-team international tournament in Italy from June 26 through July 6 ... Bennett was a member of the VolleyHut.com team, one of two teams representing the United States at the tournament ... Sidney competed in 10 games for the Tigers during her freshman campaign, averaging 0.40 kills and 0.50 digs per game ... She recorded her first career service ace at Sacramento State on Oct. 1 ... Sidney set season-best marks with three kills, two assists, and three digs in two games of action against Cal State Fullerton on Sept. 27 ... She recorded her first career kill and dig against Creighton at the Carolina Volleyball Classic on Sept. 6.<b>High School/Club: </b> <p> Bennett attended Assumption High School in Louisville, Ky., where she made the All-State, All-Region, and Nike Challenge All-Tournament teams and was an AAU All-American her senior season ... She was rated No. 13 in the country by Volleyball Magazine in the publication's Fab 50 list of recruits following her senior campaign ... Her team won the state championship and was ranked No. 1 in the nation by Vball.com and StudentSports.com after compiling a 40-0 record ... Sidney was also an AAU All-American in her junior season and helped lead her team to a No. 1 ranking in the nation according to highwire.com ... In her sophomore season, she received the Coaches Award, and in her freshman season, she received the Assumption High School Rocket Award ... Bennett played for the Kentucky Indiana Volleyball Academy at the club level.<b>Personal:</b> <p>Sidney Bennett is the daughter of David and Sandy Bennett and has one sister, Mary Nell ... Sidney is a business major in her fourth year at Pacific.