When everything broke, this Memphis volleyball player’s faith held
Memphis outside hitter Amanda Hardt soars for a kill in a match against UT-Martin. (Sam Shoemaker/The Daily Memphian)
As her father underwent open-heart surgery, Memphis volleyball star Amanda Hardt faced her own battle — a torn ACL suffered in the third set of a Sept. 16 match against Ole Miss.
At the time of her injury, the junior ranked fifth in the nation with 166 kills and was the two-time reigning American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week. Her 31 kills and 33 points in the Tigers’ Sept. 11 win over Chattanooga were the most by a Memphis player since 2002.
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Sam Shoemaker
Sam Shoemaker was born and raised in Memphis and attends the University of Memphis, double majoring in journalism and philosophy. He has covered Tiger football since his junior year of high school for various online publications, most recently On3.
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