18 Melanie Merrill
Melanie Merrill
  • Height:
    5'10
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Oro Valley, AZ
  • High School:
    Ironwood Ridge High School
  • Position:
    Outside Hitter/Right-Side Hitter
  • m
    34
  • k/s
    3.03
  • h %
    .190
  • a/s
    0.06
  • b/s
    0.49
  • sa/s
    0.36
  • d/s
    2.62

Bio

2023-2024 Season

ACCAC Offensive Player of the Week 9/17-9/23: Melanie Merrill – Eastern Arizona – The freshman from Oro Valley, Ariz., tallied 8 kills in four sets last week to lead the Gila Monsters to a pair of wins. Merrill had eight kills in the 3-0 win over Central Arizona in the Gila Monsters' second win of the week

ACCAC Second Team All-Conference 2023

NJCAA Region I, DI All-Region Team 2023

ACCAC Offensive Player of the Week- Week 10 10/30/23: Melanie Merrill – Eastern Arizona – Merrill led the Gila Monsters to three wins last week and recorded 32 kills. Merrill opened the week with nine kills in a 3-0 win over Ottawa JV before tallying 13 kills in a conference win over Yavapai. Merrill finished the week with 10 more kills in a win at No. 20 Arizona Western on Friday.

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2024-25 Season

ACCAC Offensive Player of the Week 9-18-24 Melanie Merrill – Eastern Arizona: Merrill tallied 48 kills in 16 sets played during the Gila Monsters' four match weekend. Merrill had 15 kills in a 3-2 loss to No. 8 ranked Weatherford and also recorded two double-doubles, totaling 36 digs for the weekend.

ACCAC Player of the Year- Merrill finished the regular season with 335 kills which was fourth most in the ACCAC. Merrill owned a .199 hitting percentage and averaged 2.99 kills per set for the Gila Monsters.

ACCAC 1st Team All-Region

ACCAC Week 10 Player of the Week- Melanie Merrill led the Gila Monsters with a commanding 13 kills on 24 attempts, hitting at a .500 percentage in a 3-0 sweep over Southern Nevada. 

Region I Championship Tournament MVP

NJCAA DI First Team All-American

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 30 at College of Southern Nevada W, 3-0
Nov 4 Central Arizona College W, 3-2
Nov 6 at Arizona Western College W, 3-2
Nov 11 at Snow College W, 3-1
Nov 20 vs. Miami Dade College L, 3-1
Nov 21 at Odessa College L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 34 12
Sets 128 42
Kills 388 129
Kills per set 3.03 3.07
Errors 168 53
Total Attacks 1156 354
Total Attacks per set 9.03 8.43
Hitting Percentage .190 .215
Assists 8 1
Assists per set 0.06 0.02
Service Aces 46 16
Service Errors 44 13
Service Aces per set 0.36 0.38
Receptions 745 208
Reception Errors 75 20
Digs 335 124
Digs per set 2.62 2.95
Block Solo 9 1
Block Assist 54 13
Block Total 63 14
Blocks per set 0.49 0.33
Block Errors 2 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 470.0 152.5
Points per set 3.7 3.6
Matches started 34 12
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 22 vs. Indian Hills Community College L, 3-0 1 3 6 6 31 .000 0 1 3 16 1 11 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Aug 23 vs. Weatherford College W, 3-2 1 5 17 3 40 .350 0 1 1 21 2 10 0 3 0 3 0 19.5
Aug 23 vs. Tyler Junior College W, 3-1 1 4 18 3 39 .385 0 1 1 19 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 19.5
Aug 24 vs. Amarillo College W, 3-0 1 3 11 5 27 .222 0 1 1 16 1 5 0 4 0 4 0 14.0
Aug 24 vs. Odessa College W, 3-2 1 5 7 5 31 .065 0 1 1 49 5 10 1 2 1 3 0 10.0
Aug 29 at Dodge City Community College W, 3-2 1 5 14 6 58 .138 1 0 2 33 5 7 0 5 0 5 0 16.5
Aug 30 vs. Midland College W, 3-1 1 4 5 4 30 .033 1 1 1 22 6 7 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Aug 30 vs. Barton Community College L, 3-2 1 5 13 4 53 .170 0 0 2 30 3 11 2 3 0 5 0 16.5
Aug 31 vs. Otero College W, 3-1 1 4 19 1 29 .621 0 2 0 15 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 22.0
Aug 31 vs. Panola College W, 3-0 1 3 10 6 30 .133 0 2 2 29 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Sep 2 Yavapai College W, 3-0 1 3 12 4 30 .267 0 1 1 16 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 14.0
Sep 3 Mesa Community College L, 3-1 1 4 13 8 39 .128 0 1 1 24 3 16 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Sep 11 at Community Christian College   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 vs. Trinity Valley Community College L, 3-0 1 3 8 6 21 .095 0 0 3 27 2 10 1 1 1 2 0 9.5
Sep 13 vs. Weatherford College L, 3-2 1 5 15 6 45 .200 1 1 0 31 1 13 0 3 0 3 0 17.5
Sep 14 vs. New Mexico Military Institute L, 3-0 1 3 11 3 31 .258 0 2 2 29 1 6 0 3 0 3 0 14.5
Sep 14 vs. Snow College L, 3-2 1 5 14 4 41 .244 1 0 1 22 5 5 1 1 0 2 0 15.5
Sep 18 Central Arizona College W, 3-0 1 3 10 4 23 .261 1 1 2 8 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Sep 20 Arizona Western College W, 3-2 1 5 19 5 48 .292 0 1 1 21 0 16 0 2 0 2 0 21.0
Sep 21 Pima Community College W, 3-0 1 3 6 4 24 .083 0 3 2 18 3 7 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Sep 27 at Central Arizona College L, 3-0 1 3 11 3 33 .242 0 1 0 19 4 8 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 28 at Central Arizona College W, 3-1 1 4 11 6 38 .132 0 2 2 23 5 20 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Oct 4 at Arizona Western College L, 3-0 1 3 3 4 19 -.053 0 0 1 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 5 at Arizona Western College L, 3-2 1 5 11 5 32 .188 0 2 1 42 3 10 0 2 0 2 0 14.0
Oct 11 College of Southern Nevada W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 16 .250 0 2 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 12 College of Southern Nevada W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 18 .389 0 1 2 12 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Oct 16 Ottawa (AZ) W, 3-0 1 3 12 6 33 .182 0 2 2 10 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Oct 18 at Yavapai College W, 3-1 1 4 16 13 47 .064 0 1 0 22 1 16 0 4 0 4 0 19.0
Oct 19 at Yavapai College W, 3-0 1 3 8 4 26 .154 0 2 1 13 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Oct 22 at Mesa Community College W, 3-2 1 3 7 6 27 .037 0 0 1 16 3 11 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Oct 25 Community Christian College   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Community Christian College   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at College of Southern Nevada W, 3-0 1 3 13 1 24 .500 0 2 1 11 2 12 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Nov 4 Central Arizona College W, 3-2 1 5 20 7 52 .250 1 2 2 32 0 16 0 2 0 2 0 23.0
Nov 6 at Arizona Western College W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 at Snow College W, 3-1 1 4 18 7 43 .256 1 4 0 18 1 12 2 0 0 2 0 24.0
Nov 20 vs. Miami Dade College L, 3-1 1 4 7 9 49 -.041 1 0 2 18 3 17 0 4 0 4 0 9.0
Nov 21 at Odessa College L, 3-0 1 3 8 6 29 .069 0 5 1 42 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
  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
2023-24 36 119 318 2.67 149 880 .192 5 0.04 24 0.20 554 64 244 2.05 6 39 45 0.38 367.5 3.1
2024-25 34 128 388 3.03 168 1156 .190 8 0.06 46 0.36 745 75 335 2.62 9 54 63 0.49 470.0 3.7
Total 70 247 706 2.86 317 2036 .191 13 0.05 70 0.28 1299 139 579 2.34 15 93 108 0.44 837.5 3.4
    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 34 128 388 3.03 168 1156 .190 8 0.06 46 0.36 745 75 335 2.62 9 54 63 0.49 470.0 3.7
Conference 12 42 129 3.07 53 354 .215 1 0.02 16 0.38 208 20 124 2.95 1 13 14 0.33 152.5 3.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 32 107 3.34 42 283 .230 2 0.06 14 0.44 145 10 92 2.88 1 8 9 0.28 126.0 3.9
Away 11 40 120 3.00 61 376 .157 2 0.05 19 0.47 256 29 116 2.90 2 17 19 0.47 149.5 3.7
Neutral 14 56 161 2.88 65 497 .193 4 0.07 13 0.23 344 36 127 2.27 6 29 35 0.63 194.5 3.5
Result Wins 22 82 268 3.27 104 733 .224 5 0.06 33 0.40 428 44 219 2.67 5 31 36 0.44 321.5 3.9
Losses 12 46 120 2.61 64 423 .132 3 0.07 13 0.28 317 31 116 2.52 4 23 27 0.59 148.5 3.2
Month August 10 41 120 2.93 43 368 .209 2 0.05 10 0.24 250 29 83 2.02 4 22 26 0.63 145.0 3.5
September 11 41 130 3.17 53 373 .206 3 0.07 13 0.32 238 25 120 2.93 3 16 19 0.46 154.0 3.8
October 9 30 85 2.83 43 242 .174 0 0.00 12 0.40 147 14 80 2.67 0 9 9 0.30 101.5 3.4
November 4 16 53 3.31 29 173 .139 3 0.19 11 0.69 110 7 52 3.25 2 7 9 0.56 69.5 4.3

Photos

Melanie Merrill action photo 1
  • Ottawa (AZ) vs. Eastern Arizona College
Melanie Merrill action photo 2
  • Ottawa (AZ) vs. Eastern Arizona College
Melanie Merrill action photo 3
  • Ottawa (AZ) vs. Eastern Arizona College
Melanie Merrill action photo 4
  • Ottawa (AZ) vs. Eastern Arizona College
Melanie Merrill action photo 5
  • Ottawa (AZ) vs. Eastern Arizona College
Melanie Merrill action photo 6
  • Ottawa (AZ) vs. Eastern Arizona College
Melanie Merrill action photo 7
  • Ottawa (AZ) vs. Eastern Arizona College