Melanie McHenry

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Speedway
Hometown:
Speedway, IN

2018: Honorable Mention All-American 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 matches 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 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 1,131 career kills. McHenry earned All-Purdue Invitational 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 1,131 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 Challenge and All-Cardinal Classic. She was the first Cardinal player to record 30 kills since 2011, when she had 30 versus North Carolina, 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 Academic 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 Bowling 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 247 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 Cardinals from Speedway, Indiana, where she played for head coach Sadie Dizney at Speedway High School. A member of PrepVolleyball'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 seasons. 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, Melanie 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.

Favorites:
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
What has been your biggest obstacle to overcome: Overcoming Lemierre’s Syndrome
Hobbies and outside interests: Reading, eating
Pre-competition superstitions: Going to bed early
Favorite movies: The Replacements
Favorite TV show: Grey’s Anatomy
Favorite music group: Rascal Flatts
Favorite food: Carrots, pizza
Favorite class: Art
Favorite books: Nicolas Sparks books
Favorite funny movie quote: “Clifford Franklin is down again”
Favorite professional team: Green Bay Packers
Favorite sports announcer: Charles Barkley
Person you’d most Like to meet: Charles Woodson
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
What people should know about me, but probably don’t: I played football in high school
If you could have dinner with three people, who would they be: Brett Favre, Albert Pujols, Carrie Underwood
Best part about being an athlete: The thrill of the game
The moment I realized I was good at my sport: When colleges started recruiting me
If I won the lottery, I would use the money for: Charity
Favorite place ever visited: Clearwater, Florida

Career Highs
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