9 Amelia McCall
9 - Amelia McCall
Height: 5-10
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Montgomery, AL
High School: Montgomery Academy
Position: OH
Major: Economics

Career
Dynamic all-around player who closed out her career firmly entrenched in a number of school career categories ... Finished No. 4 on the school's all-time list with 1,534 kills and held down the No. 1 spot with an all-time total of 4,090 attack attempts ... Played in a total of 523 sets, second most in Emory history, and she tied for the No. 11 spot with 154 matches ... Ninth on the Eagles' all-time chart with 974 digs ... Recorded 73 matches of double-figure kills ... 47 performances of 10 or more digs ... 35 career double-doubles (kills/digs).

Fifth-year Senior (2011):
Turned in another fine season that saw her captured Second Team All-America acclaim ... Selected to the All-UAA First Team for the third straight year ... Named to the AVCA All-South Region Team ... Saw action in 38 of the team's 41 matches and totaled 124 sets ... Her 3.94 kills-per-set average topped the UAA, ranked 24th nationally and was No. 3 on Emory's seasonal chart ... Established a school seasonal record with 1,278 attack attempts ... Finished the campaign with 489 kills, good for the No. 5 position on the school's seasonal list ... Posted 27 outings of double-figure kills including three of 20 or more ... Blasted out a career-high 23 kills, which represented the high-water mark by an Emory player during the season, and recorded a .400 hitting mark (23-3--25) in a 3-1 victory over No. 5 Eastern University (Sept. 10) ... Led or shared for the team lead in kills in 27 matches ... Paced the Eagles with 19 terminations and set an individual match record with 71 attack attempts in a five-game battle vs. Lee University (Oct. 29) ... 19 efforts of double-digit digs and chalked up 14 double-doubles (kills/digs) ... Second on the team and 12th among UAA players in digs (2.98 dps) with her average tying for 15th on Emory's seasonal ladder ... Named the MVP of the Emory National Tournament (Oct. 7-8) after averaging 4.08 kills and 2.91 digs per set in helping the team to four 3-0 victories ... Topped all players with 15 kills and hit .480 (15-3--25) in a 3-0 triumph over Ohio Northern (Oct. 7) ... Tabbed as the UAA Player of the Week (Oct. 17) after a big performance at the UAA Round Robin II after averaging 4.0 kills and 2.9 digs per set and hitting .402 (44-7--92) as Emory went 3-0 ... Named UAA Co-Player of the Week (Sept. 12) after being named the MVP of the Doc Partin Classic, playing in all 13 sets over four matches and leading the squad with 72 kills (5.54 kps) while registering a .395 hitting mark (72-12-152) ... Pounded out a team-high 19 kills en route to a .405 attack percentage (19-4--37) and finished with 12 digs in a 3-0 decision over No. 16 Trinity (Sept. 9) ... Hit .300 or higher in 22 matches ... Team-high 12 terminations and hit .579 (12-1--19) in a 3-0 victory over Carnegie Mellon (Oct. 15) ... Hammered out a match-best 19 terminations and hit .395 in a 3-0 decision vs. Randolph-Macon (Nov. 12) in the NCAA Tournament ... Earned a spot on the Newport News NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team after averaging 4.88 kills and hitting .378 (44-8--95) over three matches ... Team-high 22 kills in a 3-2 win over No. 16 Chicago (Oct. 1) represented her second-highest career total ... Ended the year with eight of the nine top individual kills total by an Eagle.  

Senior (2010):
Honor-filled campaign that saw her named as National Division III Player of the Year by the AVCA, just the second player in program history to earn that distinction ... Named by the AVCA as a First Team All-American ... First Team All-UAA and was named by the UAA Coaches as the league's Most Valuable Player ... Named to the AVCA All-South Region ... Played in 142 sets over 40 matches and led the team while standing fifth in the UAA in kills (3.39 kps) ...  Member of the NCAA Atlanta Regional All-Tournament Team ... Her final total of 481 kills placed her sixth on the school's seasonal list ... Hit .284 (481-136--1215), good for 11th place on the UAA chart ... Recorded a team-high 31 matches of double-figure terminations ... Either led or shared for team honors in kills in 19 matches ... Turned in a pair of career-high tying 20-kill performances, the first coming against Chicago (Oct. 17) in a 3-1 win at the UAA Round Robin II, and the second in a 3-1 triumph over No. 1-ranked Washington University (Nov. 6) in the UAA Championships match ... Named both the UAA and Import Sports/AVCA National Player of the Week (Oct. 25) for a strong effort at the Wid Guisler Invitational (Oct. 22-23), helping the team to a 3-0 mark that included wins over a pair of squads that were ranked in the Top 5 in the nation ...  Averaged a team-high tying 3.5 kills per set along with a fine 34.1 hitting percentage (35-7—82) over that weekend ... In addition, she doled out a team-high tying six service aces and averaged 3.60 digs per set ... Totaled 10 kills and a team-high 19 digs in a 3-1 triumph over No. 1 Juniata (Oct. 22) ... The following day, she chalked up a match-high tying 14 kills, hit .448 (14-1--29) and totaled 12 digs vs. No. 5 Eastern ... Named UAA Co-Player of the Week (Oct. 12)  after averaging team highs in both kills (3.67 kps) and digs (3.78 dps) in matches vs. USC-Aiken (Oct. 7) and Lee University (Oct. 8) ... Led the Eagles with 18 kills and established a career-high with 21 digs in a 3-2 win over the Pacers of USC-Aiken ... Second high on the team with 16 terminations and added 17 digs in a 3-2 verdict over Cal Lutheran (Nov. 14) in the Atlanta Regional championship match ... Chalked up 24 matches of double-figure digs ... Totaled 20 double-doubles (kills/digs) ... Named MVP of the Emory National Invitational (Oct. 29-30) after hitting .298 (41-12--98) while contributing 47 digs in helping the Eagles to a 4-0 mark ... Led the team with 17 kills and 17 digs in a 3-0 triumph over eventual NCAA Tourney member Randolph-Macon (Oct. 30) ... Racked up a team-high 18 kills and hit .533 (18-2--30) in a 3-2 win at No. 5 UW-Whitewater (Sept. 24) ... Named MVP of the Maryville College Tournament (Sept. 4-5) ... Named MVP of the Emory Classic (Sept. 10-11) ... Her .632 hitting percentage (12-0--19) against Brandeis (Oct. 17) tied for the team's highest showing in that category for the year ... Averaged 2.9 digs per set, good for second place on the team and 17th among UAA performers ... Final total of 412 digs placed her seventh on the school's seasonal chart.  

Junior (2009):
Took to the court in 36 matches and played in 124 sets ... Second on the team with 315 kills and ranked third on the team on club and 14th among UAA players with a 2.54 kills per-set average ... Captured First Team All-UAA honors ... Second on the squad with a 2.49 kills per-set showing in league contests ... Posted nine outings of double-figure kills ... Led the team with a season-high 16 terminations against UW-Plattville (Sept. 4) and hit 41.9 percent (16-3--31) in a 3-0 win ... Paced the Eagles in kills in six matches ... Huge effort at the UAA Championships (Nov. 6-7) where she hit 36.0 percent (47-7--111) and recorded 10 total blocks (5-5) in helping the team to the title ... Blasted a team-high 15 kills, hit 46.4 percent (15-2--28) and contributed five total blocks (2-3) vs. Washington University (Nov. 7) in the championship match ...  Earlier in the day, she produced a team-best 15 terminations against Chicago in the semifinals ... Named the MVP of the Emory Halloween Tournament (Oct. 30-31) ... Racked up a team-leading 14 kills and hit 59.1 percent (14-1--22) vs. Berry College (Oct. 30) ... Four efforts of double-figure digs including a pair of 11-dig performances, vs. Christopher Newport (Sept. 11) and Alabama-Huntsville (Sept. 22).

Sophomore (2008):
First playing season after sitting out the 2007 campaign saw her play in 40 matches and in a total of 133 games ... Fourth on the team with a 1.87 kills per game average ... Earned a honorable-mention berth on the All-UAA Team ... Finished with six performances of double-figure kills ... Closed out the year with 10 or more terminations in the team's last four matches ... Led the Eagles with a personal-best 17 kills and hit a squad-best 46.7 percent (17-3--30) vs. Saint Benedict (Nov. 20) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships ... Second high on the team with 12 put-aways vs. LaVerne ( Nov. 22) in the national title showdown ... Tied for team honors with nine kills in a 3-0 win over No. 1-ranked Juniata (Oct. 31) ... 11 kills and a season-high four blocks vs. Washington University (Oct. 18) in the UAA Round Robin II ... Season-high tying seven digs vs. Colorado College (Nov. 14) in the NCAA Tourney opener.

Freshman (2007):
Sat out the year after sustaining a knee injury during fall preseason drills.

Prior to Emory

High School: Four-year member of the volleyball team while at Montgomery Academy ... Played for Julie Sinclair ... Enjoyed an honor-filled prep career that saw her capture the Montgomery Advertiser Class 1A-4A Metro Player of the Year as a senior (2006) and as a sophomore (2004) ... The Birmingham News tabbed her as the No. 3 player in its 1A-6A Super All-State Team ... Three-time co-captain of her squad ... As a senior, she led Montgomery Academy to a 46-8 record and the program's second consecutive state championship ... Three-time Regional MVP ... Chosen as the MVP of the 3A state tournament ... Also competed in basketball (averaged 21.9 points and 12.8 rebounds as a senior) and track ... Played at the club level for the Auburn Volleyball club.

Personal: Born May 14, 1989 ... Participated in the 2007 Alabama Kidney Foundation's annual walk-a-thon in August of 2007 and teamed with her mother, Faye, to raise $2,400 in donations.

Stats

Year GP-MP K KPG A SA DIGS DPG
2008 133-40 249 1.87 5 6 85 0.64
2009 124-36 315 2.54 9 13 108 0.87
2010 142-40 481 3.39 16 34 412 2.90
2011 124-38 489 3.94 20 16 369 2.98
TOTAL 523-154 1534  2.93 50  69  974  1.86

  
Amelia McCall Career-High Kill Matches

Opponent GP Kills Date
Eastern University 4 23 9/10/2011
Chicago 5 22 10/1/2011
Case Western 4 21 10/2/2011
Washington Univ. 4 20 11/6/2010
Chicago 4 20 10/17/2010
Rochester 3 18 10/16/2010
Washington Univ. 5 18 10/16/2010
USC-Aiken 5 18 10/7/2010
UW-Whitewater 5 18 9/24/2010
St. Benedict 4 17 11/20/2008
UW-Platteville 3 16 9/4/2009
Washington Univ. 3 15 11/7/2009
Chicago 5 15 11/7/2009

 

(Quote)
"I fell in love with Emory because I knew that I could get the best of both worlds academically and athletically. Emory was a place where I felt like I could grow in every aspect of my life."