- "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: 8 – (3x, most recent, vs. Gettysburg – 10/27/13)
Assists: 1 – (4x, most recent, vs. Meredith – 8/29/14)
Service Aces: 2 – (2x, most recent, Christopher Newport – 9/23/14)
Digs: 3 – (vs. Nazareth – 10/11/14)
Total Blocks: 10 – (at Eastern Mennonite – 9/17/14)
2014-15 ODAC All-Academic Team
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.
First-Year (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
