SUNY Cortland Athletics

2025: Sanaiya played in 111 sets across 32 matches for the Red Dragons...Recorded 139 kills on a .122 hitting percentage, 72 digs, 67.0 blocks, and 19 service aces for the year...Finished with a season-high 10 kills and added five digs against Swarthmore...Registered eight kills on a .300 hitting percentage at Scranton...Had seven kills on a .429 attack percentage, and added two digs and two blocks, in a three-set sweep at home against Potsdam...Tallied seven kills and five blocks in a four-set win over Buffalo State...Had six kills and three blocks in a three-set sweep over Oswego in the SUNYAC Finals...Contributed seven kills against Juniata...Notched seven kills and four blocks against Stevens...Tallied six kills and four blocks against Ithaca...Finished with six kills and two blocks in a three-set sweep at Oswego...Had a season-high five aces in a three-set sweep over Misericordia...Finished with three kills, three aces, five digs, and two blocks in a four-set win over Brandeis.

High School: 2025 graduate of Franklin D. Roosevelt...Received the HPTA Scholarship and the Katie Filiberti Memorial Scholarship...Class Treasurer from 2021-23...Member of the National Honor Society from 2023-25...Scholar Athlete for volleyball, basketball, and softball...Four-year starter on the volleyball team...Named to the all-state team...Three-time Poughkeepsie Journal All-Star...Two-time Poughkeepsie Journal Athlete of the Week...Four-year member of the basketball team, including three years as a starter...Team captain in 2024-25...All-New York State honoree in 20255...Named to the Section 9 All-Star team...Four-year member of the softball team, including two years as a starting outfielder...Earned all-star honorable mention in 2024...Lists winning the section title in 2023 as her greatest sports thrill in high school.

Other: Daughter of Samara...Has one sibling, Shanasia.