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2025 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

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21 Sarah Burton

21 Sarah Burton

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Perth, Australia
  • Prev School:
    Penrhous College

Summary

Biography

2025 (Junior)

  • Named to the all-Big West second team.
  • Teamed up with Caprice Lorenzo as the only UH pair to start all 35 matches together.
  • Finished 16-18 overall with all but one of the losses coming against ranked opponents. 
  • Tallied the most wins (16) on the team both individually and as a pair. 
  • Played all matches at the top three spots of the lineup.
  • Went 7-8 at the top flight, 3-8 at No. 2, and 6-2 at No. 3. 
  • During one stretch of the season, was victorious in eight of nine matches, including wins over three ranked teams.
  • In all, boasted victories over five pairs from nationally-ranked squads, highlighted by wins over the top pairs of USC and Texas.
  • Named academic all-Big West.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioners Honor Roll

2024

  • Played in 14 matches.
  • Finished 8-6, playing exclusively at the No. 5 flight.
  • After dropping first five matches—all versus Top 5 competition—was victorious in eight of her final nine appearances.
  • Went 4-2 with Julia Thelle, including a pair of wins over No. 19 Grand Canyon.
  • Went a perfect 4-0 with Caprice Lorenzo at the Big West Championship to help lead the BeachBows to their first conference title in six years including two giant wins over host and No. 7 Long Beach State.
  • The duo was the only pair in the tournament field to go unscathed.
  • Had eight-match win streak halted in the NCAA first-round loss to LMU while partnering with Thelle.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2023 (Freshman)
  • Played in eight matches as a true freshman.
  • Went 3-5 on the season while playing at the No. 4 and 5 flights.
  • Extended pairs from No. 1 UCLA and No. 9 Stanford to three sets with partner Caprice Lorenzo in her first two career collegiate matches. 
  • Appeared in each of the final five matches of the season with partner Lea Kruse.
  • Picked up a straight-set win over No. 20 Arizona at the No. 4 flight.
  • Competed at the No. 5 flight in UH’s NCAA Tournament match against Loyola Marymount.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Prep:
  • A 2020 graduate of Penrhos College in Perth, Australia. 
  • Earned a top-10 national ranking and won medals in multiple circuits, including the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour (ABVT)
  • Placed third in both the 2019 Australian Junior Beach Volleyball Championships U18 and U23 divisions. 
  • In 2021, joined the Australian Volleyball Academy (AVA) in Canberra
  • Trained with the Australian Senior National indoor team during the summer of 2022. 
  • Led Penrhos to back-to-back first-place finishes in the Western Australia Schools Cup (2019-2020).
Personal:
  • Born in Perth, Australia.
  • A psychology major.
  • Has one older sister.
  • Parents are Paul and Michele Burton of Perth, Western Australia. 

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Historical Player Information

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    2023Freshman

    6'1"
    21
  • 21

    2024Sophomore

    6'1"
    21
  • 21

    2025Junior

    6'0"
    21