Melia Johnson

Class:
Freshman
Position:
OH
Height:
6-2
Experience:
HS
Hometown:
West Bend, Wis.
High School:
Slinger
Major:
Freshman Studies

2025 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Competed in 22 matches, making 13 starts over 74 sets played … Recorded 195 kills on .198 hitting, while adding 63 digs, 18.0 total blocks and seven assists … Exploded for 15 kills on .480 hitting in her collegiate debut, leading the Rebels past Arkansas State (8/29) … Rolled to 17 kills on .452 hitting, while adding three digs in a win over Wyoming (9/6) … Missed nearly three weeks due to injury … Tallied a career-high 10 digs as well as four kills at Missouri (10/17) … Picked up 10 kills and seven digs against No. 2 Texas (10/24) … Exploded for a career-high 21 kills on .432 hitting and added three blocks at LSU (11/2) … Shined in the regular season finale, tallying 16 kills on .367 hitting with five digs against Florida (11/14) … Added 13 kills on .292 hitting and two digs in an SEC Tournament win over LSU (11/21) … Tallied nine kills on .350 hitting in the SEC Tournament quarterfinal against No. 3 Texas (11/23).

2024 (FRESHMAN): Did not appear in any matches due to injury and was redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Slinger High School in West Bend, Wisconsin … Racked up 686 kills and 746 digs in 227 sets played in her career with the Owls … Served as team captain of her club team, the Milwaukee Sting and guided them to a third-place finish in the 17U National Division at the USA Volleyball 2023 Girls Junior National Championship … Helped lead Slinger to a 19-12 record and a perfect 9-0 mark in conference play as a senior … Tallied 321 kills on 686 swings, registering a .290 hitting percentage … Totaled 317 digs and 29 blocks on the defensive side … Capped of the 2023 season with North Shore Conference Player of the Year and first team all-conference honors … Recorded 102 kills and 179 digs as a junior, earning a second team all-conference nod … Received an invite to the summer, fall and winter USA Volleyball National Team Development Program series in 2022 … Finished the 2021 season with 160 kills and 142 digs en route to First Team North Shore Conference honors … Secured honorable mention all-state honors in 2020 as a freshman.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Lisa and Scott Johnson … Born March 14, 2006 … Has two siblings, Maddi and Mitch … Father, Scott, played basketball at Milwaukee from 1986-1990 and was a member of the university's first D1 volleyball team in 1991 ... Plans on majoring in freshman studies.