- "I made Virginia Wesleyan my top choice because it was closest to my current home and was slightly less expensive than the other school that gave me an offer for a spot on the volleyball team"
- Selected Virginia Wesleyan over University of Texas-San Antonio and University of LaVerne
Career Highs
Kills: 9 – (2x, most recent, vs. DeSales - 10/10/15)
Assists: 1 – (9x, most recent, vs. Emory & Henry - 10/18/15)
Service Aces: 2 – (2x, most recent, Christopher Newport – 9/23/14)
Digs: 3 – (2x, most recent, vs. FDU-Florham - 10/9/15)
Total Blocks: 10 – (at Eastern Mennonite – 9/17/14)
2016-17 ODAC All-Academic Team
2015-16 ODAC All-Academic Team
2014-15 ODAC All-Academic Team
Senior (2016): Appeared in eight matches, making one start for the Marlins…Posted four kills against St. Joseph’s (Brooklyn) on October 8…Contributed a block against Elizabethtown on September 10 and against Southern Virginia on October 18.
Junior (2015): Played in 30 matches and 100 sets despite missing the final five matches of the season… An integral part of the team’s success as the primary middle… Posted a career-high nine kills against DeSales in the championship match of the Worthington Classic on October 10… Had at least one block in all but two of her matches played.
Sophomore (2014): Appeared in 27 matches and 72 sets as a sophomore for the Marlins… Finished the year with 61 kills and 46 blocks… Contributed a kill in each of the first five matches of the season and 18-of-19 to start the 2014 campaign… Blocked 10 balls at Eastern Mennonite University on September 17.
Freshman (2013): Played in 29 matches and 100 sets as a first-year… Ended with 118 kills while blocking 54 balls... Had at least one kill in all but one match that she played in.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient
Before VWC: Helped West Springfield to a 10-10 record as a senior… Also competed for La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Personal: Daughter of Deanna and Robert McMurry… Dad attended the University of Texas at Austin and mom attended South Dakota State University… Has two siblings: Jacob, a student at New Mexico Tech, and Kellen.
Get to Know Madelyn
- Enjoys all types of music and spending vacation time in Hawaii or Australia
- Favorites include the Harry Potter book series, the movies "Italian Job" and "Avatar," and the TV series "Burn Notice" and "White Collar"
- A fan of volleyball standout April Ross and the USA national volleyball team
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "being part of a family that works toward the same goal"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "defense"
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to be the best player I can be. I hope to one day be able to touch 10 feet"
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "outgoing, driven, athletic, determined"
- If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "April Ross. She is my idol and I hope to one day be just like her and play professional beach volleyball around the country, and maybe the world, and possibly one day go to the Olympics!"
- People might be surprised to know: "I love to cook. I especially love to bake, making desserts is my specialty and I haven't come across something I can't bake yet!"
- It's the year 2030 and: "I am in California playing professional beach volleyball, but also doing shark research"
- The most important advice I've received is: "always give it your all and do all you can to make yourself noticed" -- my dad
