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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2021 Women's Volleyball

10 Melanie Williams

  • Height 6-4
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Morgan Hill, CA
  • High School Valley Christian
  • Position RS
  • Major Applied Mathematics

Biography



At CMS
2021 (Senior)
AVCA Second-Team All-American ... AVCA All-West Region ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... Two-Time SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week ... NCAA All-Region Team selection ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... 
Appeared in 31 matches, totaling 331 kills (3.04 per set) on a .313 hitting percentage, which ranks No. 7 in CMS history for a single season ... Began the year with 16 kills against UC Santa Cruz and 16 against Wisconsin-Oshkosh to earn SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week honors, as well as a spot on the Pacific Coast Classic All-Tournament team ... Had 15 kills against No. 1 Trinity and 13 against No. 2 Emory to help the Athenas defeat the top two teams in the country on the same day ... Had 16 kills in 20 attempts with no errors, hitting .800, to earn SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second time ... Also hit .800 against Redlands (8-0-10) ... Had 13 kills in 25 attempts in a win over No. 4 Hope, while adding a season-high five blocks ... Tallied 14 kills in a SCIAC Championship match win over Chapman ... Had 13 kills in 25 attempts in a win over Bethel in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... Totaled 15 kills in a five-set win over Wartburg in the NCAA Regional Finals.

2019 (Sophomore)
Played in nine matches totaling 19 sets ... Totaled 45 kills on a .271 hitting percentage ... Had seven kills in a win over St. Olaf at the Pacific Coast Classic ... Set personal-bests in a four-set win over Caltech with 18 kills (hitting .371) and seven blocks.  

2018 (First-Year)
Appeared in only three matches as her rookie season was sidetracked by injury ... Had eight kills in 19 attempts against Caltech. 

Prior to CMS
Attended Valley Christian High School, where she was a member of the volleyball team ... Also played for Vision Volleyball Club ... First-Team All-League as a senior ... Earned Mercury News Athlete of the Week as a junior in 2016 ... Most Influential Player at Las Vegas Durango Fall Classic 2015 ... Helped her team to a state championship in 2015, a NorCal title in 2016, and back-to-back CCS Championships in 2015 and 2016 ...Earned Quest Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Physics, as well as being a member of the Latin Honors Society and earning honor roll and scholar-athlete distinction ... Participated in numerous community service activities.

Personal
Majoring in applied mathematics with a data science sequence ... Lists "Have A Little Pun" as her favorite book.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2018Freshman

    OH/OPP
    6'4"
    10
  • 10

    2019Sophomore

    OH/OPP
    6'4"
    10
  • 10

    2020Junior

    OH/OPP
    6'4"
    10
  • 10

    2021Senior

    RS
    6'4"
    10