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A 6-5 left-handed attacker who gained valuable experience this past summer, helping Serbia to bronze medals at both the FINA World League Championships in Montenegro and the World University Games in Belgrade...scored four goals in six matches at the World University Games...
AS A FRESHMAN (2008): Scored 24 goals in 19 matches with 23 assists, 22 steals, 10 ejections earned and three field blocks...had a team-high two goals against UCLA and notched a goal against UC Irvine at the MPSF Tournament...tallied a team-high three goals versus Stanford during the NorCal Tournament and had three goals versus Pacific...
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Won a bronze medal as a member of the Serbian team at the 2008 European Junior Championships in Istanbul, Turkey...along with fellow Cal sophomore Ivan Rackov led Serbia to the gold medal at the 2007 European Youth (Under 18) Championships in Malta...also with Rackov led Serbia to a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Junior World (Under 20) Championships in Long Beach, Calif....the tandem combined for 43 goals at the 2007 Junior World Championships, including 11 (Rackov, six; Saponjic, five) in the medal round matches - a 17-16 semifinal overtime loss to eventual World Champion Hungary and a 12-8 bronze medal loss to Croatia...also won gold medals with Serbia at the 2005 (Sofia, Bulgaria) and 2006 (Oradea, Romania) European Junior Championships...undeclared major...parents are Nebojsa and Tatjana Saponjic... born January 6, 1990, in Belgrade, Serbia.
GOALS 2008 24
