Shayla Meyer

Photo by: Ole Miss Athletics

Photo by: Ole Miss Athletics

Photo by: Ole Miss Athletics

Photo by: Ole Miss Athletics

Ole Miss Volleyball vs. Tennessee Tech on September 9, 2023 at the Gillom Performance Center in Oxford, Mississippi during the Ole Miss Invite.

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Photo by: Hannah Morgan White

Class:
Junior
Position:
OH
Height:
5-11
Experience:
2L
Hometown:
Superior, Neb.
High School:
Superior
Major:
Allied Health Studies

2024 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in 29 of 30 matches, making 26 starts over 113 sets played … Tallied 303 kills on a .165 hitting percentage, while leading the team with 34 service aces and adding 285 digs and 44.0 total blocks … Tallied her first double-double of the season with 14 kills on .414 hitting and 13 digs in a win over Drake (9/13) … Set a new career-high with 21 kills, while securing a double-double with 13 digs in a win over FGCU (9/14) … Finished with a double-double of 12 kills and 12 digs in a win at Houston (9/20) … Recorded back-to-back double-doubles to open SEC play, with 10 kills and 12 digs at Arkansas (9/29) and 14 kills and 11 digs in a win over Tennessee (10/4) … Shined with 20 kills and 12 digs on .271 hitting at Georgia (10/13) … Recorded a career-high 21 digs alongside 13 kills to help the Rebels roll past Auburn (10/30) … Notched 20 kills for the third time, alongside 11 digs against Oklahoma (11/8) … Tallied double-doubles in two of the final three home SEC matches against Arkansas (11/15) and No. 25 Missouri (11/22) … Recorded 16 kills and 14 digs in a five-set thriller at No. 14 Texas (11/30) … Playing her native Nebraska, recorded 13 kills, 16 digs and four blocks to help the Rebels win the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament game over No. 21 Florida State (12/5) … Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

2023 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in 17 matches, making 11 starts on the right side … Played in over 50 sets for Ole Miss … Was one of seven Rebels to record at least 100 kills, finishing with 102 on a .170 clip … Averaged nearly 2.00 kills per set … Tallied 119 digs, 2.25 per set, and 25 total blocks … Added 10 assists and seven aces … Posted four double-doubles on the season … Helped Ole Miss run one of the conference’s top defenses, ranking third with 13.95 digs per set while holding opponents to a .210 hitting percentage (fifth best) … Made her collegiate debut at FGCU, with eight kills on a .583 clip and seven digs (8/26) … Racked up seven kills to help Ole Miss tie the single match program record for hitting percentage with a .488 mark against Alcorn State (9/7) … Recorded back-to-back double-doubles against Sam Houston and SFA, including a career-high 17 digs, in the final non-conference tournament of the season (9/15-16) … Tallied a career-best four blocks in Ole Miss’ SEC opener against Alabama (9/22) … Finished with a double-double at Missouri, adding two aces (10/15) … Posted a career-high 12 kills at Georgia to go along with 12 digs in a five-set thriller (10/18).

2022 (FRESHMAN): Did not appear in any matches due to injury and was redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Letter winner in volleyball, basketball and track at Superior High School … Racked up over 1,700 career kills … Led the Wildcats as a junior with a total of 475 kills … Added a season-best 349 digs in 2021 … Named first team All-Conference three years in a row … First team C-2 Volleyball All-State in 2020 … Earned a spot on the Volleyball Super State Second team in 2020.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Andy and Peggy Meyer … Born February 18, 2004 … Father Andy was a thrower at Nebraska … Mother Peggy played volleyball for the Huskers … Sisters Alex and Leah were both throwers at Nebraska … Sister Kalynn is a sophomore middle blocker on the Nebraska volleyball team … Plans on majoring in allied health studies with the intention of becoming a sports psychologist in her future.