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."