| Melissa Marek |
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2004 Season (Junior at UTA)
After playing in just 91 games prior to the 2004 season, Marek played in 111 last season, setting new career marks in almost every category...led the squad with 121 total blocks, the third best total in the Southland Conference...averaged 1.09 blocks per game...recorded 22 solo blocks and 99 block assists...averaged 1.76 kills per game and compiled a .234 attack percentage...put up a career-best 12 blocks at McNeese State Sept. 24...slammed career-high 14 kills in four-game win over Nicholls State Oct. 8...started every match for the Mavericks...named to SLC all-academic first team...represented volleyball on the UTA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
2003 (Sophomore at UTA)
Named to Academic All-America District VI second team...Southland Conference All-Academic first team...appeared in 64 games for the Mavericks...totaled 36 blocks, averaging 0.56 per game...averaged 1.13 kills per game...set new career marks with eight kills, one service ace and two assists at Louisiana-Monroe Sept. 30...set a career high with 20 attempts vs. Nicholls State...received the 2003 UTA Volleyball Coaches award.
2002 (Freshman at UTA)
Appeared in nine games for the Mavericks...averaged 0.44 blocks per game in limited action...collected a season high three kills in five attempts for a .600 attack percentage in three-game sweep of Louisiana-Monroe Oct. 29.
2001 (RS Freshman at UTA)
Received medical redshirt following 2001 season...recipient of the B.G. Wilson Scholar Athlete of the Year award, the highest academic honor awarded by the UTA Athletic Department...appeared in six matches early in the season...did not play after Sept. 22 due to a stress fracture in her foot...set a career high with six kills vs. Idaho State Sept. 7 and tied the mark Sept. 21 at McNeese State...hit .455 (6-1-11) in the Idaho State match...hit .273 in the 2001 regular season...collected career-high nine blocks at McNeese State Sept. 21...averaged 1.22 blocks per game in limited action.
Cameron Yoe High School
Won three letters during four-year volleyball career at Cameron Yoe ...team put together a 66-27 record in her three years with varsity squad...Cameron Yoe won one district title and one bi-district crown, while appearing in a pair of area finals during Marek's three years...averaged 1.8 kills, 1.4 digs and 1.7 blocks per game as a senior...named first team all-district as a junior and senior...team captain as a senior...named to Super Cen-Tex and All-Brazos Valley first teams in 2000...earned Hutto All-Tournament honors during senior campaign...an academic all-state and academic all-district selection in 2000...second team honoree on the All-Brazos Valley Team in 1999...the Bryan Eagle named her to its Brazos Valley All-Academic Team during junior season...honorable mention to the Waco Tribune's Super Cen-Tex in 1998 and 1999...1998 District 17-3A Newcomer of the Year...member of the track team all four years, lettering in her final three...sixth in Region III meet in 100 meters...also played basketball as a freshman...graduated first in her class of 125...National Merit Commended Student in 2000...served as secretary of school's National Honor Society chapter...KWTX Channel 10 Classroom Champion in 2000...earned Perfect Attendance Award in 1999...listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students and Who's Who in Sports...member of accounting team, winning UIL regional individual crowns in 2000 and 1999, and district individual championships in 2001 and 2000, and finishing district runner-up in 1999...finished fourth in 2000 state accounting competition, and fifth in 1999, while team took home state runner-up award in 1999...team won 1999 regional accounting championship and finished second in region in 2000, while winning district titles in 1999, 2000 and 2001...finished third individually in district number sense competition in 2000 and 2001, sixth in 1999 and fourth in 1998...second individually in district math competion in 2001, sixth in 2000 and fourth in 1998...four year member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and served as chapter's vice president in 2000-01...two year member of the Science Club and Christian Club...attended Leadership in Free Enterprise Camp in 2000.
Personal
Daughter of Monica and Dennis Marek...born Jan. 24, 1983...a business major at UTA.
