Former Notre Dame setter Harmony Sample signs with Arizona volleyball

TEMPE, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 9: Head Coach Charita Stubbs of the Arizona State Sun Devils watches her team from the sidelines during the volleyball game between the University of Arizona Wildcats versus the Arizona State Sun Devils at Desert Financial Arena on October 9, 2024 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Bruce Yeung/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Former Notre Dame setter Harmony Sample gave her verbal commitment to Arizona volleyball in January. Her Instagram profile has linked Arizona volleyball in her bio for months. Now, she’s officially in the fold after the program announced her signing on Wednesday.

“We are thrilled to announce the addition of Harmony to this transfer class,” head coach Rita Stubbs was quoted in the press release. “Harmony is a setter who will bring experience to the group and will be ready to compete for the spot immediately. With the addition of Harmony, we have depth at the setter position and can begin training them in our system.”

Sample joins Maria Olga ‘Mo’ Siapani as transfer setters for the Wildcats. They will vie with rising sophomore Chloe Giehtbrock for the right to run the Arizona offense in 2026.

Sample was part of a 6-2 offense at Notre Dame, meaning there were two setters. It seemed like Arizona might entertain that possibility for next season after adding Siapani, who is a smaller setter at 5-foot-8, and bringing in another setter who was familiar with shared setting duties. Stubbs rejected that possibility when asked about it in late March, saying that one of the setters would win the position and run a 5-1.

Playing in a 6-2 meant that Sample’s numbers are not the same as a setter who played in a 5-1, like Siapani or former Arizona setter Avery Scoggins. She had her best season in 2025 with 324 assists, 72 digs, 24 kills, 15 total blocks, and 11 aces in 72 sets. She averaged 4.5 assists and 1.0 digs per set. Scoggins averaged 10.48 assists per set in 2024 and 10.63 in 2025 for the Wildcats.

Sample will be graduating from Notre Dame, which is why she was not on campus for spring practice and tournaments. She spent four years with the Irish, but lost almost all of her freshman season to injury and did not play as a junior. She will be a redshirt senior pursuing a master’s degree at Arizona.

Sample is from Carrollton, Tex., where she played prep volleyball for Hebron High as both a setter and right side hitter. At 5-foot-11, she is not as tall as most college right sides, so she has been a setter at Notre Dame. She played club for TAV 17 Black before leaving for college.

Sample and Siapani join pin hitter Payton Woods in this year’s transfer class. The group also adds freshmen Hayden Reeder, Gigi Whann, and Marina Vosloo. Siapani, Woods, and Reeder were on campus for spring ball.