10 Melanie Williams
Melanie Williams
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Morgan Hill, CA
  • High School:
    Valley Christian
  • Position:
    OH/OPP
  • Major:
    Applied Mathematics
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna
  • m
    9
  • k/s
    2.37
  • h %
    .271
  • a/s
    0.00
  • b/s
    0.74
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.53

Bio

At CMS
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.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 29 Redlands W, 3-0
Nov 2 at La Verne W, 3-2
Nov 7 La Verne W, 3-1
Nov 9 Chapman W, 3-0
Nov 15 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1
Nov 16 vs. Carthage L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 9 5
Sets 19 12
Kills 45 31
Kills per set 2.37 2.58
Errors 13 9
Total Attacks 118 68
Hitting Percentage .271 .324
Assists 0 0
Assists per set 0.00 0.00
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 15 0
Reception Errors 1 0
Digs 10 7
Digs per set 0.53 0.58
Block Solo 3 3
Block Assist 11 7
Block Total 14 10
Blocks per set 0.74 0.83
Block Errors 1 1
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 53.5 37.5
Points per set 2.8 3.1
Matches started 3 1
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 Carroll (Wis.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 30 Dallas W, 3-0 - 2 5 1 13 .308 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Aug 31 Augsburg L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 St. Olaf W, 3-1 1 3 7 1 25 .240 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Sep 6 vs. UC Santa Cruz W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 vs. Linfield W, 3-0 1 1 1 2 9 -.111 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Sep 7 vs. Concordia (Tex.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 vs. University of Puget Sound W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 13 vs. Emory W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 vs. Juniata L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Redlands W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 La Verne W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Cal Lutheran W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 Whittier W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 1 at Chapman L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Caltech W, 3-0 - 3 5 1 12 .333 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Oct 8 Occidental W, 3-0 - 1 2 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Oct 11 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Cal Lutheran W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Whittier W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Chapman W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Caltech W, 3-1 1 4 18 5 35 .371 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 7 0 22.5
Oct 25 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Occidental W, 3-0 - 3 5 2 15 .200 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6.0
Oct 29 Redlands W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at La Verne W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 La Verne W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Chapman W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 vs. Carthage L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2018-19 4 8 9 1.13 3 22 .273 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 1 2 0.25 0 4 4 0.50 11.0 1.4
2019-20 9 19 45 2.37 13 118 .271 0 0.00 0 0.00 15 1 10 0.53 3 11 14 0.74 53.5 2.8
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 31 109 331 3.04 85 787 .313 9 0.08 1 0.01 6 0 101 0.93 4 58 62 0.57 365.0 3.3
Total 44 136 385 2.83 101 927 .306 9 0.07 1 0.01 22 2 113 0.83 7 73 80 0.59 429.5 3.2
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 9 19 45 2.37 13 118 .271 0 0.00 0 0.00 15 1 10 0.53 3 11 14 0.74 53.5 2.8
Conference 5 12 31 2.58 9 68 .324 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 7 0.58 3 7 10 0.83 37.5 3.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 10 20 2.00 4 56 .286 0 0.00 0 0.00 13 1 7 0.70 0 5 5 0.50 22.5 2.3
Away 2 7 23 3.29 7 50 .320 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.43 3 5 8 1.14 28.5 4.1
Neutral 2 2 2 1.00 2 12 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.50 2.5 1.3
Result Wins 9 19 45 2.37 13 118 .271 0 0.00 0 0.00 15 1 10 0.53 3 11 14 0.74 53.5 2.8
Losses - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Month August 2 5 12 2.40 2 38 .263 0 0.00 0 0.00 13 1 3 0.60 0 3 3 0.60 13.5 2.7
September 3 3 3 1.00 2 15 .067 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.33 3.5 1.2
October 4 11 30 2.73 9 65 .323 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 7 0.64 3 7 10 0.91 36.5 3.3

News Mentions

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