Completed Event: Volleyball at Florida Gulf Coast on August 30, 2025 , Loss , 1, to, 3 , (19-25, 11-25, 25-16, 20-25)
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Jersey Number 11
Sierra Hahn-Ventrell
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Chevy Chase, Md.
- High School:
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase
- Major:
- Engineering and Computer Information Systems
Bio
As a senior:
- Named to the CAA All-Academic Team
- Played in all 30 matches for the Dukes with five starts
- Recorded a season-high three aces three  timesÂ
- Averaged .27 aces per set in the 2015 season with a total of 28
- Tabbed a season-high eight digs vs. UMBC
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete Award (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
- CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient
As a junior:
- Dean's List Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
- Appeared in 85 sets across 23 matches as a defensive specialist for JMU
- Racked up 141 digs, good for 1.66 digs/set
- Posted a career-high 28 digs in five-set win over Delaware
- Tallied double-digit digs five times, including 11-dig efforts against Towson and UNCW
As a sophomore:
- Appeared in 17 matches, starting one, and played in 59 sets throughout the season for the Dukes
- Collected 113 digs, 20 assists, seven service aces and a kill
- Set a career-high with 22 digs in a win over Campbell
- Had 10+ digs five times during the season
- Recorded her first career kill against Virginia
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete
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Appeared in 15 matches, recording 13 digs, four service aces and an assist
- Made her collegiate debut as a sub against Wisconsin
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete
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CAA Commissioner's Academic Award Recipient
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- Two-time Magruder Invitational All-Tournament team
- Two-time Montgomery Gazette All-County Honorable mention
- As a senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase, compiled 120 kills and 115 digs to lead the team in both categories
- Served as a captain of the Baron for two seasons
- Member of the National Honor Society and received the International Baccalaureate certificateÂ
- Daughter of Jim Hahn and Karen Ventrell
- Mother, Karen, played volleyball at Rutgers University
- Competed in the AAU Beach doubles Nationals Tournament in 2010
- Played the piano for eight years
- Served and an intern at the Smithsonian National Zoo
- Majoring in engineering and computer information systems with a minor in math
- President of Engineers Without Borders
- Member of the JMU honors program
- Studied abroad in Florence
- Published in Smithsonian Magazine
- Volunteer for Overcoming Barriers, Wounded Warriors and SPCA Harrisonburg
- WInner of the 2014 Fall Deloitte Case Competition
What do you love most about JMU?
The staff!
What is your major/minor?
Engineering/CIS with a minor in Math
What is your favorite …
Food: Cake Pops!
Movie: Winnie the Pooh and the Purple Elephants
TV Show: Monday Night Football
Song: Hakuna Matata
Athlete: my little brothers
Holiday: Christmas!
What are your favorite hobbies away from volleyball?
Sky diving, shark fishing, and mattress testing.
What is your favorite memory of JMU volleyball?
The pregame dance parties...
What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
Be the person you want to see looking back at you and touch the people you want to see standing around you.
What is one thing everyone at JMU should do before graduating?
Go to a volleyball game!
What is your dream vacation location?
Atlantis, Land of the Mermaids
If not volleyball, what other sport would you want to play at JMU?
Inner tube water polo
If you could have dinner with any three people in the world, who would they be?
Simba the Lion King, Iron Man and Tigger
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