< Previous28 University of Louisville n gocards.com 2019 L OU ISVI LLE CAR DI NAL S V OLLE YB ALL Dan Meske, former head coach at Augustana and assistant coach at Nebraska, begins his third year as the associate head coach for Cardinal volleyball at the Uni- versity of Louisville. “I was beyond thrilled to wel- come Dan and Laurel Meske to the UofL family,” said Louisville head coach Dani Busboom Kelly. “I worked with Dan for three years at Nebraska and have always regarded him as one of the most talented coaches in the country. He has played and coached at the highest levels and will be a huge asset to our defensive system as well as recruiting. Dan has the ability to make others around him better players and better people.” In 2018, the Cardinals made their 27th appearance in the NCAA and returned to the national polls with the Cardinals punching in at a high of No. 21 in the AVCA. The Cards earned an RPI of 37 led by UofL’s setter, Wilma Rivera, who was named ACC Setter of the Year and led the conference in assists. Melanie McHenry, Wilma Rivera and Molly Sauer earned First Team All-ACC honors fol- lowed by AVCA All-East Region Honors with those three also earning HM All-American status. The Cardinals finished the season at 22-9. The Cardinal coaching staff gathered the No. 16 ranked recruiting class in the nation. Piper Roe and Tori Dilfer were named to the US Collegiate National Team, with Roe competed in Anaheim and Dilfer headed to the World University Games in Napoli, Italy. In the 2017 season, the Cardinals were picked eighth in the ACC pre-season poll but battled their way to an ACC Champion- ship, posting a 24-7 record, going 18-2 in the league. In charge of the defense and middle blockers, Meske helped the Cardi- nals lead the league in opponent hitting percentage (.159) and garner All-Confence awards for both starting middles. The lightly regarded team won two of the conference’s major postseason awards as well with junior setter Wilma Rivera being named as the 2017 ACC Setter of the Year and teammate Molly Sauer picking up her second ACC Defensive Player of the Year award. Louis- ville outside hitter Melanie McHenry joined Wilma Rivera on the First Team All-ACC win- ners, with Molly Sauer, Tess Clark, Maggie DeJong and Jasmine Bennett earning Second Team All-ACC. Rivera was named as an AVCA honorable mention All American with Head Coach Dani Busboom Kelly taking the AVCA East Region Coach of the Year honor. McHenry and Rivera were both named to the AVCA All-East Region teams. Amanda Green and Molly Sauer both earned a berth on the US Col- legiate National Team and toured Europe and China respectively. Busboom Kelly was named the head coach of the USCNT-Europe Tour. In all, six Cardinals were named to the Academic All-ACC team. At Augustana, Meske led the Vikings to a 45-17 record over two seasons. In 2016, the Vikings made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008, finishing the year at 27-6. Augustana won its first NCAA Tourna- ment game since 2006 with a first-round victory over #2 Nebraska-Kearney. The 2016 season proved to be a year of landmark wins for the Vikings as they knocked off the AVCA #1, #2, and #3 teams throughout the year with wins over #1 Minnesota- Duluth, #2 Nebraska-Kearney, and #3 Palm Beach Atlantic. Meske’s team concluded the 2016 season ranked eighth in the Ameri- can Volleyball Coaches Association Top-25 poll and being ranked in the AVCA Top-10 for 10 straight weeks. Tahlyr Banks was named NSIC Libero of the Year for the Vikings. In all, he coached 16 Academic All- NSIC honorees and 5 All-NSIC Selections. In 2015, Meske guided the Vikings to an 18-11 overall record and an 11-9 record in the NSIC including a berth in the NSIC Conference tournament. He made winning at home a point of emphasis for his team that year, going 11-3 in the Elmen Center. Dur- ing the 2015 season, Meske led both Ashley Wilson and Tahlyr Banks to second team All- NSIC honors. Banks set a school record for digs in a match with 50 against Washburn which was also the best mark in Division II. Meske spent eight seasons at the Uni- versity of Nebraska as a graduate assistant, volunteer assistant and a full-time assistant coach. He was in charge of coordinating the Huskers’ blocking defense as well as video scouting, team managers and assist- ing with camps. He worked primarily with Nebraska’s middle blockers. In his eight seasons at Nebraska, the Huskers compiled a record of 216-44 and won three Big 12 Championships, a Big Ten Championship and made eight NCAA Tour- nament appearances. Meske also helped oversee the inauguration and emergence of the Huskers’ sand volleyball program and helped the team become a top-10 program in just its third year in existence In junior volleyball, Meske worked as a club camp coach for Sports Performance Vol- leyball Club in Chicago from 2004 to 2009. He led his Sports Performance 16s team to a club silver medal in the 2009 AAU National Championships and in 2012, Meske led his Nebraska 14s team to an open silver medal in the 2012 AAU National Championships. Meske is a 2007 graduate of Ohio State University where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in construction management. He played four seasons for Coach Pete Hanson, appearing in 117 career matches for the Buckeyes and helping OSU to a national semifinal appearance in 2005. Ohio State won 88 matches and a pair of Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association titles during his career. He was All-MIVA in 2007, a three-time academic All-Big Ten selection and a four-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete during his collegiate career. Meske, a native of Willow Springs, Ill., spent one season playing professionally in Indonesia, helping BNI Taplus Volleyball to a regular-season title and a national runner-up finish in 2008. He received his master’s degree in lead- ership and development from Nebraska in 2010. Dan and his wife, Laurel, are the parents of three sons, Ryne, Maddox and Hendricks. Coaching Staff n University of Louisville Associate Head Coach Dan Meskegocards.com n University of Louisville 29 2019 L OU ISVI LLE CAR DI NAL S V OLLE YB ALL Todd Chamberlain, long-time assistant coach at Kansas, joined the Cardinal coaching staff in January of 2018. Chamberlain, a Louisville native and Trinity High School grad, worked primarily with the Jayhawks’ outside and right-side hitters, and served as the team’s video coordinator and camp director, while assisting with recruitment. In his first year as on the Cardinal staff In 2018, he saw UofL make its 27th appear- ance in the NCAA and returned to the national polls with the Cardinals punch- ing in at a high of No. 21 in the AVCA. The Cards earned an RPI of 37 led by UofL’s setter, Wilma Rivera, who was named ACC Setter of the Year and led the conference in assists. Melanie McHenry, Wilma Rivera and Molly Sauer earned First Team All-ACC hon- ors followed by AVCA All-East Region Hon- ors with those three also earning HM All- American status. The Cardinals finished the season at 22-9. The Cardinal coaching staff gathered the No. 16 ranked recruiting class in the nation. Piper Roe and Tori Dilfer were named to the US Collegiate National Team, with Roe competed in Anaheim and Dilfer headed to the World University Games in Napoli, Italy. In four of Chamberlain’s seven seasons, he helped KU head coach Ray Bechard earn the Big 12 Coach of the Year award (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016) and helped former asso- ciate head coach Laura Kuhn earn AVCA National Assistant of the Year (2015). The Kansas offense progressed in each of Chamberlain’s years with the program – but none more so than 2015 when the team broke two program records with a .299 attack percentage and 15.1 kills per set. In his role with the hitters, Chamberlain has guided one of the program’s breakout play- ers – All-American Kelsie Payne. Chamber- lain helped transition Payne from a middle blocker in 2014 to a right-side hitter in 2015, and she went on to become the program’s first AVCA First Team All-American, with teammate set- ter Ainise Havili, and set KU’s record for kills in a season (496). With the help of an All-American setter, the 2015 Jayhawk hitters recorded a program-record .299 attack percentage. Chamberlain has also guided Sara McClinton and Chelsea Albers, the duo who became the first hitters in KU history to reach All-America status with AVCA honor- able mention recognition in 2013 and both were named to the All-Big 12 First Team. Albers was the first Jayhawk to amass 300+ kills, 200+ digs and 100+ blocks in a season since 1993. The previous fall, McClinton became just the fourth Jayhawk volleyball player to break the 600-kill plateau in only two seasons (601, 2011-12). She ranked in the top-five in both kills (3.29) and points (3.50) per set In 2011, Chamberlain helped outside hit- ter Allison Mayfield turn in a Big 12-best 4.16 kills per set en route to becoming the Jay- hawks’ all-time kills leader in a single season (462). In 2010, Chamberlain’s first season, the Jayhawks broke the 1,500-kill mark as a team. Chamberlain arrived at Kansas following a one-year stint as the volunteer assistant coach at the University of Kentucky in 2009, when the Wildcats finished 29-5 overall, appeared in the NCAA Tournament for the fifth-consecutive year and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1992. While at UK, three players earned All-America honors, including honorable mention out- side hitter Sarah Mendoza. Mendoza fin- ished the season as the Southeastern Confer- ence leader with 4.12 kills per set. Chamberlain played volleyball for four seasons at Ball State University, where he earned first-team All-Midwestern Intercol- legiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) honors as a senior after pacing the squad with 3.29 kills per set. Ball State was nationally ranked for portions of all four of Chamberlain’s sea- sons; the Cardinals compiled a 78-39 (.667) record during those years. For two seasons, Chamberlain worked as an assistant coach under Steve Shondell at Burris High School in Muncie, Ind. The Burris squad captured the 2-A state champi- onship in both 2008 and 2009. Chamberlain also worked with Mike Lingenfelter as an assistant coach for the Munciana Samurai 18-1 Club team that both the 2009 AAU national championship, but also the 2009 JVDA national championship. In addition to his collegiate playing career, Chamberlain was a left side attacker on the 2006 Youth National team that played internationally in Cabo Frio, Brazil. In 2007, Chamberlain was a left side attacker for the Junior National training team that practiced at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Chamberlain graduated in 2009 from Ball State with a bachelor’s degree in communi- cations. He began his volleyball career as a stand-out athlete at Louisville’s Trinity High School. Todd and his fiancée, Lauren Dorris have a spring wedding planned. University of Louisville n Coaching Staff Assistant Coach Todd Chamberlain30 University of Louisville n gocards.com 2019 L OU ISVI LLE CAR DI NAL S V OLLE YB ALL Coaching Staff n University of Louisville Sarah Drury Petkovic Director of Operations Sarah Drury Petkov- ic, a former stand- out volleyball player for the Cardinals and USA National Team mem- ber, is in her eighth year as the director of operations for the Uni- versity of Louisville. She began her career as a Cardinal as a walk-on student-athlete. She not only earned an athletic scholarship her last two years but went on to become a member of the USA National Team for five years, becoming UofL’s Cinderella story. On the court, she began as a defensive specialist prior to the implementation of the libero position. She was widely regarded as the best passers and diggers in the league. She was a team captain and set the school’s single season dig record with 534. She also set the school record for digs in a match with 39 versus Cincinnati. She was a member of the 2002 All-Midwest Region team and the 2002 All-C-USA First Team. She was able to balance volleyball with athletics and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in Management while being a fixture on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. The Louisville native is a graduate of Pleasure Ridge Park High School where she lettered in volleyball, basketball and track. After Louisville, Sarah continued her playing career as a member of the USA National Volleyball Team from 2003-2008. While there, she was named captain in 2007 and won a gold medal in the 2005 NORCECA Continental Championship and a silver medal at the 2008 NORCECA Cham- pionship. In 2006, she was ranked fourth in the world as a libero at the World Champi- onships. She also received the distinction of being named an alternate for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. After her five year run with the National Team, she returned to the Louisville area and began giving private lessons while acting as assistant coach for Assumption High School. In 2009, she also was named head coach at the Kentucky Indiana Volleyball Academy and joined Indiana University Southeast as an assistant volleyball coach under her sister, head coach Lesley Prather who was a highly-regard- ed former middle blocker for the Cardinals from 1998-2002. She coaches at KIVA as well. She and her husband, Sash, have two daughters, Hyla and Alexana as well as a son, Beckett. Evan Feltz Volunteer Assistant Evan Feltz, a gradu- ate of St. Francis University joins the University of Louis- ville volleyball coach- ing staff as a volunteer assistant. Feltz, a native of Westerville, Ohio, played Division I volleyball at St. Francis for four years. As a senior, the 6-3, outside hitter made 14 starts in his final season. In all, he played 202 sets with 34 aces, 99 digs and 33 blocks. He hit .265 as a senior and scored 268.5 points as the Red Flash went 15-14 in 2019. On his final home match at DeGol Arena, he had career high 22 kills, hitting .565 against College of Charleston. He ended his final season with 138 kills, 24 aces, 69 digs, and 18 blocks. As a junior, he appeared in 28 of the 29 matches played and recorded 62 kills, 7 service aces, and 22 digs. He posted a season-high 13 kills and 5 digs in 1-3 loss to Princeton. He attended St. Francis De Sales High School in Columbus, Ohio where he also played club for Vanguard. There he was the 2014 Player of the Year, Ohio, made the 2013 USAV Youth A1 High Performance Roster and was named both 2013 East Region Player of the Year and 2013 First Team All-State. He graduated from St. Francis in Loretto, Pennsylvania with a degree in business. Merideth Jewell Graduate Manager Louisville native Mer- ideth Jewell returns home to act as the University of Louisville graduate manager, who will handle the film duties for the Cardinals. Jewell played high school volleyball at Mercy and was named the Kentucky Gato- rade Player of the Year and earned Miss Ken- tucky Volleyball honors after winning 2014 Kentucky state championship and a 2014 club national championship. After graduation, she began her collegiate career at Morehead State where she was named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year, and All-OVC honors, while ranking No. 17 in the nation in totally attacks. As a sophomore, she was First Team All-Ohio Valley Conference and ranked No. 41 in the nation in kills and No. 12 in total attacks. After transferring to Kentucky, as a junior, she appeared in 27 matches as the Wildcats made the postseason, where she played in every NCAA match and earned All-SEC Academic honors. As a senior, she made three starts and was a part of Kentucky’s undefeated run through the SEC regular season slate. She was named All-SEC Academic that year as well. She graduated in May of 2019 with a degree in Integrated Strategic Communica- tion with a minor in Coaching. Jason Bond Stat Crew Brent Lamkin Facilities Chelsea Beamis Marketing Sam Keaton Tickets Support Staffgocards.com n University of Louisville 31 Team Behind the Team 2019 L OU ISVI LLE CAR DI NAL S V OLLE YB ALL Sean Smith n Sports Performance Sean Smith, a native of Louisville, KY, joined the University of Louisville in 2016 and serves as a Performance Coach, overseeing the strength and conditioning training for volleyball and track and field. Prior to arriving at the University of Louis- ville, Smith worked as an intern strength and conditioning coach at the University of Michigan. Smith earned his master’s degree in Strength and Conditioning from Edith Cowan University and a bachelor’s degree in Health and Human Performance from the University of Louisville. He is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Associa- tion (NSCA), Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Asso- ciation (CSCCA), and the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA).” He served as a graduate assistant coach in the 2017-18 and served as a sports performance intern in 2016-17 with the Cardi- nals. Prior to coming to UofL, he was a strength and conditioning intern at the University of Michigan in 2016. He earned a bachelor of science degree in exercise physiology form the University of Louisville in 2016 and got his masters in Strength and conditioning at Edith Cowan University in 2018. Allegra Lucia n Sports Medicine Allegra Lucia joined the University of Louis- ville as an assistant athletic training staff in 2013. She oversees volleyball after spending four seasons with the women’s basketball team. Lucia came to Louisville after three-and-a-half years at Butler University, where she served as an assistant athletic trainer for men’s soccer and softball. Prior to her time at Butler, Lucia spent one year as an intern ath- letic trainer at Virginia Commonwealth and two years as a graduate assistant at East Carolina. Lucia graduated in 2007 with a degree in health and human per- formance from Iowa State, where she was a student athletic trainer for four years. She earned her master’s degree in exercise and sport science from East Carolina in 2009. A Chicago, Ill., native, Lucia is a member of the Kentucky Ath- letic Trainers Society, the Indiana Athletic Trainers Association, and the National Athletic Trainers Association. She is BOC certified since 2007 and has added a certification in functional movement screening (FMS) and licensed to practice in the state of Kentucky. She is also a certified healthcare provider for CPR and AED by the American Heart Association. Kristia Worthy n Academic Advisor Kristia Worthy begins her fourth year as Assis- tant Director of Academic Services for Ath- letics. In this position, Worthy is responsible for managing the academic support services for vol- leyball, men’s soccer, and lacrosse and will serve as the advisor of S.C.O.R.E. (Student-athletes of Color Combining Opportunity and Responsibility for Excellence) by providing educa- tional, social, and community outreach opportunities for minority student-athletes. Prior to joining the Cardinals, Worthy worked at Michigan State University in Student-Athlete Support Services as the Aca- demic Coordinator for the men’s track and field/cross country, men’s tennis, women’s soccer, and women’s gymnastics programs and was the Tutorial Coordinator (2014-2017). In her time at MSU, Worthy served as one of the coordinators for the Multicul- tural Program which provided quality diversity and leadership programming to all Spartan athletes. Additionally, she was a key player in the partnership with the non-profit organization RISE, facilitating educational activities around diversity and inclusion to over 150 student-athletes. A two-time graduate from the University of Louisville, Worthy received her Bachelor’s Degree in Middle School Math Education (2012) and Master’s Degree in College Student Personnel (2014) where she completed her graduate assistantship in Academic Ser- vices for Athletics. She is a 2014 graduate of N4A’s Professional Development Insti- tute, a trained NCAA DiSC facilitator and a member of the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Profes- sionals (N4A), Women Leaders in College Sports (formerly NAC- WAA), and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Nancy Worley n Sports Information Nancy Worley is in her 36th year as associate sports information director at Louisville. Her duties include the coordination of sports informa- tion for volleyball, women’s tennis, swimming, lacrosse, and the Spirit Groups as well as serving on the UofL Athletic Hall of Fame Committee. Before arriving in Louisville, Worley served as assistant sports information director at Illinois State for a year and a half while working on a master’s. She also served as Sports Information Direc- tor at Valparaiso University for two years. Her publications and writing have won numerous CoSIDA awards, most recently, her swim guide was voted the best in the nation. The native of Elm- hurst, Ill. was named as an Outstanding Young Woman in America. She served as chair for the CoSIDA Writing Contest. She worked at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games where she covered beach volleyball, indoor volleyball and road cycling. She was the recipi- ent of the CoSIDA 25 Year Award, one of the few women to be named to this award. She was awarded a Grant Burger Award for her work in social media. She graduated from Valparaiso University in 1980 where she served as sports editor of the school newspaper and her column won the Indiana Collegiate Press Association Award for humor. Worley and her husband, Mike, have four children, Jayne, Jaffe, Alec and Holly and a grandson, Jonathan. Nick Yonko n Nutritionist Nick Yonko joined the Cardinals Sports Per- formance staff in 2015, coming to Louisville from Baylor University where he served as a research coordinator at the Baylor School of Med- icine for four years. He did his post baccalaure- ate work at the University of Houston from 2008-11 and earned a bachelor of science in exercise and sports science in 2007. He is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian. He is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist32 University of Louisville n gocards.com 2019 Volleyball Rosters 2019 L OU ISVI LLE CAR DI NAL S V OLLE YB ALL Numerical 3 Nena Mbonu OH 6-0 Fr. Spring, TX (Klein) 4 Alexa Hendricks L/DS 5-7 Fr. Louisville, KY (Assumption) 5 Piper Roe MB 6-2 R-Jr. Roanoke, VA (Cave Spring) 7 Emily Scott MB 6-2 So. Appleton, WI (Kimberly) 8 Alexis Hamilton L 5-7 Jr. Louisville, KY (Assumption) 9 Claire Chaussee OH 5-11 So. Sun Prairie, WI (Sun Prairie) 10 Melanie McHenry OH 6-2 Sr. Speedway, IN (Speedway) 11 Anna Stevenson MB 6-1 Jr. Laurens, SC (Laurens) 12 Tori Dilfer S 5-10 So. San Jose, CA (Valley Christian) 13 Amber Stivrins OH 6-2 Fr. Scottsdale, AZ (Chaparral) 15 Aiko Jones OPP 6-1 R-Fr. Kingston, Jamaica (Wolmer) 16 Akela Yuhl DS/L 5-6 Jr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa) 17 Mia Stander DS 5-3 So. Atlanta, GA (Marist) 29 Shannon Shields S 5-10 Fr. Phoenix, AZ (Xavier Prep) 22 Jamie Vasilou S 5-5 So. Bloomington, IL (Normal Community) 25 Amaya Tillman MB 6-3 Fr. Topeka, KS (Shawnee Heights) Alphabetical 9 Claire Chaussee OH 5-11 So. Sun Prairie, WI (Sun Prairie) 12 Tori Dilfer S 5-10 So. San Jose, CA (Valley Christian) 8 Alexis Hamilton L 5-7 Jr. Louisville, KY (Assumption) 4 Alexa Hendricks L/DS 5-7 Fr. Louisville, KY (Assumption) 15 Aiko Jones OPP 6-1 R-Fr. Kingston, Jamaica (Wolmer) 3 Nena Mbonu OH 6-0 Fr. Spring, TX (Klein) 10 Melanie McHenry OH 6-2 Sr. Speedway, IN (Speedway) 5 Piper Roe MB 6-2 R-Jr. Roanoke, VA (Cave Spring) 7 Emily Scott MB 6-2 So. Appleton, WI (Kimberly) 29 Shannon Shields S 5-10 Fr. Phoenix, AZ (Xavier Prep) 17 Mia Stander DS 5-3 So. Atlanta, GA (Marist) 11 Anna Stevenson MB 6-1 Jr. Laurens, SC (Laurens) 13 Amber Stivrins OH 6-2 Fr. Scottsdale, AZ (Chaparral) 25 Amaya Tillman MB 6-3 Fr. Topeka, KS (Shawnee Heights) 22 Jamie Vasilou S 5-5 So. Bloomington, IL (Normal Community) 16 Akela Yuhl DS/L 5-6 Jr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa)Meet the 2019 Cardinals#18 | 6-2 | OH | R-So. | Skokie, Ill. | Niles North HS | Marquette McHENRY Melanie #10 | 6-2 | Outside Hitter | Sr. | Speedway, IN | Speedway gocards.com n University of Louisville 35 Louisville Cardinals Volleyball 2019 L OU ISVI LLE CAR DI NAL S V OLLE YB ALL 2018: Honorable Mention All-Ameri- can Melanie McHenry earned First Team All-ACC honors and AVCA First Team All- East Region. She led the team in kills with 383 and attacks with 938 hitting .230 with 20 assists. She notched 19 service and had 11 block solos and 28 block assists. In all, she scored a team-high 427 points. She missed two matches late in the season (Miami and FSU) but was back for the final stretch run of the season. She had 22 match- es with double digit kills, nine matches with double digit digs. She had a season-high 22 kills versus Syracuse, had three matches with three aces, and three matches with three or more blocks. She was named ACC Player of the Week when she led Louisville to a sweep of Georgia Tech in the regular season finale. She racked up 20 kills on a .462 hitting percentage in the match, added four digs, a block and averaged 6.66 kills per set in the match. She joined the 1,000 Kill Club where she is ranked No. 17 with 1,141 career kills. McHenry earned All-Purdue Invita- tional honors when she had 49 kills in three matches including a 17 kill, 18 dig effort against Purdue, Lipscomb and Xavier. She ranks 98th in career kills NCAA Division I Volleyball players with 1,141 career kills. 2017: Melanie McHenry picked up her sophomore year right where she left off in 2016 as the starting outside hitter for the Cardinals. She played in every set, in every match and led the team in kills (408) and attacks (1135), adding 21 assists, 22 aces, 244 digs and 69 blocks. She was named First Team All-ACC, ACC Player of the Week twice, HERO of the Week, All-UNLV Chal- lenge and All-Cardinal Classic. She was the first Cardinal player to record 30 kills since 2011, when she had 30 versus North Caro- lina, in the match that had her with career high 66 swings. She had season highs of three aces versus Kennesaw State and 15 digs at Notre Dame. She had a season-high seven blocks versus WKU. Competitive in the classroom, McHenry was named Aca- demic All-ACC as well as being named to the ACC Honor Roll, the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and a Red and Black Scholar. 2016: Earning a starting role during her freshman campaign, McHenry led the team in kills with 344, averaging 3.07 kills per set, and aces with 38. The outside hitter captured a career-high 24 kills in the season-opening win versus Oakland. Melanie served four aces twice, with one coming against Bowl- ing Green on Aug. 26, while the other came against Syracuse on Nov. 23. In the four-set victory over Notre Dame, she had 14 kills and a career-high 18 digs. Melanie finished the season averaging 2.21 digs per set thanks to 252 digs on the season, which was second best on the team. She also finished with 44 assists, 40 block assists, and 10 solo blocks. Prep: Melanie McHenry joined the Car- dinals from Speedway, Indiana, where she played for head coach Sadie Dizney at Speedway High School. A member of Pre- pVolleyball’s Class of 2015 Senior Aces, Melanie was named third-team Under Armour All-American in 2014 and led the state in kills in both the 2014 and 2015 sea- sons. She was named 2014 ICC Player of the Year and three-time team MVP. Melanie was a finalist for Prep Volleyball Freshman of the Year and Prep Volleyball Sophomore of the Year. A four-time All-County selection and three-time All-Conference selection, Mela- nie was named an Underclass All-American and Small Schools All-American in both 2013 and 2014. A four-time AVCA Player of the Week selection, Melanie played club volleyball for Circle City Volleyball Club and was named AAU All-American in 2014 and the 2013 President’s Day Tournament MVP. Melanie is the first female football player in Lucas Oil Field history and was a four-year kicker for the football team as well as a four-year varsity tennis player, including MVP honors in 2015. Personal: Born September 19, 1997. Daughter of Michael and Marsha McHenry. Major is early elementary education. Kills: 30 vs. North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2017 Attacks: 66 North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2017 Digs: 19 vs. Notre Dame Oct. 10, 2018 Blocks: 7 vs. Western Kentucky, Sept. 1, 2017 Aces: 4 (twice) vs. Bowling Green, Aug. 27, 2016 vs. Syracuse, Nov. 23, 2016 Assists: 4 vs. Boston College Oct. 26, 2018 Career Highs Post college ambition: Playing professionally; elementary teacher Person with greatest influence on athletic career: Father Biggest thrill in sports: When you are the underdogs Athlete you most admire: Abby Wambach What impresses you most about your Coach: Her passion for the game Hobbies and outside interests: Reading, eating Pre-competition superstitions: Early to bed Favorite movies: The Replacements Favorite TV show: Grey’s Anatomy Favorite music group: Rascal Flatts Favorite food: Carrots, pizza Favorite class: Art Favorite funny movie quote: “Clifford Franklin is down again” Favorite professional team: Green Bay Packers Favorite sports announcer: Charles Barkley Words that describe me best: Competitive, loud, funny, clumsy Best advice I gave gotten about sports: You don’t have to be perfect to be great If you could have dinner with three people, who would they be: Brett F avre, Albert Pujols, Carrie Underwood Best part about being an athlete: The thrill of the game Favorites Year SP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE 2016 112 350 209 1047 .135 21 38 56 33 252 11 41 8 2017 114 408 180 1135 .201 21 22 42 7 244 9 60 5 2018 107 383 167 938 .230 20 19 56 22 245 11 28 1 Totals 333 1141 556 3120 .187 62 79 164 62 741 31 129 14 Melanie McHenry Career StatsROE Piper #5 | 6-2 | Middle Blocker | R-Jr. | Roanoke, Va. | Cave Springgocards.com n University of Louisville 37 Louisville Cardinals Volleyball 2019 L OU ISVI LLE CAR DI NAL S V OLLE YB ALL 2018: Piper Roe earned a starting role at middle blocker in 2018 and hit .301 with 121 kills. She recorded 69 blocks with a season-high 10 at Notre Dame. She had seven matches where she hit .500 or better including her match against Tennessee-Mar- tin when she hit .727 (8-0-11). She hit .571 at Pitt when she connected on nine of 14 attempts with just one hitting error. She was named to the US Collegiate National Team and competed for Team USA in the summer of 2019. An outstanding student, Piper was a member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the ACC Honor Roll. 2017: Piper appeared in 10 matches and a total of 14 sets last season. She had seven kills on nine swings for a .778 hitting percentage against Kent State and had a kill against Illinois and Virginia. She had a total of seven blocks, with five against Kent State. 2016: Piper did not see any action during her freshman season as a red-shirt. Prep: Piper came to Louisville from Cave Spring High School in Roanoke, Virginia, where she broke the Virginia High School League record for career blocks and also sur- passed the 1,000 kills milestone as a senior. Under head coach Tamalyn Tanis’ tutelage, Cave Spring High School was the 2014 3A State runner-ups after being named 3A West Region Championships and Conference 32 Champions. As a junior on the state runner- up squad, Piper was named 2014 first team 3A All-State as well as first team All-3A West Region and first team All-Conference 32. In her sophomore campaign, Piper was named first team All-Conference 32. As a freshman, she was named second team All-River Ridge District. Piper also plays club for Lynchburg Volleyball Academy for coach Elizabeth Ellinger . She was also named to PrepVol- leyball’s Class of 2016 Senior Aces. Personal: Born January 8, 1998. Daugh- ter of Thomas and Kimberly Roe. Major is chemistry. Kills: 9 vs. Notre Dame, Oct. 10, 2018 Total Attacks: 20 vs. Boston College, Oct. 26 2018 Block solos: 3 vs. Boston College, Oct. 26 2018 Block assists: 10 vs. Notre Dame, Oct. 10, 2018 Digs: 1 vs. 5 opponents Career Highs Post college ambition: Play pro, career: Medical field/research Person with greatest Influence on athletic career: High school coach Tamalyn Tanis Biggest thrill in sports: When I get a huge block/kill and hear everyone go crazy Athlete she most admires: Kerri Walsh Jennings Hobbies and outside interests: Hiking/ random excursions with friends Pre-competition superstitions: Wear same headbands/socks Favorite movies: Harry Potter series Favorite TV shows: Friends, Gossip Girl Favorite music group: Arctic Monkey Favorite food: My mom’s pancakes Favorite class: Math or science Favorite book: Harry Potter series Person she’d most like to meet: Matt Anderson Words that describe her best: Awkward, competitive, loud Best advice: You have to be confident and trust in yourself and your abilities What people should know about her,: The longer I know people, they see how loud I really am If she could have dinner with three people (real or imaginary), who would they Be: Harry Potter, Steph Curry, Sandra Bullock Best part about being an athlete: The rush I get when playing The moment I realized I was good at my sport: When I was offered a scholarship If she won the lottery, I would use the money to: Support my whole family, travel the world Favorite place ever visited: Tie between Paris and Italy Favorites Year SP K E TA PCT A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE 2017 14 9 0 14 .643 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 7 2018 86 121 37 279 .301 0 0 1 1 5 4 65 14 Totals 100 130 37 293 .317 0 0 2 1 5 5 71 21 Piper Roe Career StatsNext >