Hall of Fame Induction Video
Interview
Sarah Obras (Steele) – Ball State (Volleyball)
Sarah (Obras) Steele completed her four-year playing career at Ball State as the Mid-American Conference’s all-time leader in career kills (1,975) and attempts (5,699). The first player in MAC history to reach 1,500 career kills before the end of her junior season, she is also its first to register both 1,500 career kills and 1,500 career digs.
The MAC Freshman of the Year in 2002, Obras helped guide Ball State to MAC regular season and tournament championships as well as a berth in the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament. In 2003, she smashed a Ball State and then-MAC single-season record 695 kills as a sophomore. She was a first-team All-MAC selection in each of her first three college seasons and earned honorable mention honors as a senior after battling back from injury.
Inducted into the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018, Obras was also a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection. She still holds program records for career matches with double-figure kills (101) and 20-or-more kills (37), while five of Ball State’s top ten single-match kill totals still bear her name.
In addition to her current job in finance and business operations, she is an assistant coach at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, Indiana, where the Royals won back-to-back IHSAA state volleyball titles in 2022 and 2023.
