Career
Dynamic all-around player who closed out her career firmlyentrenched in a number of school career categories ... Finished No.4 on the school's all-time list with 1,534 kills and held down theNo. 1 spot with an all-time total of 4,090 attack attempts ...Played in a total of 523 sets, second most in Emory history, andshe tied for the No. 11 spot with 154 matches ... Ninth on theEagles' all-time chart with 974 digs ... Recorded 73 matchesof double-figure kills ... 47 performances of 10 or more digs... 35 career double-doubles (kills/digs).
Fifth-year Senior (2011):
Turned in another fine season that saw her captured Second TeamAll-America acclaim ... Selected to the All-UAA First Team for thethird straight year ... Named to the AVCA All-South Region Team ...Saw action in 38 of the team's 41 matches and totaled 124 sets ...Her 3.94 kills-per-set average topped the UAA, ranked 24thnationally and was No. 3 on Emory's seasonal chart ... Establisheda school seasonal record with 1,278 attack attempts ... Finishedthe campaign with 489 kills, good for the No. 5 position on theschool's seasonal list ... Posted 27 outings ofdouble-figure kills including three of 20 or more ... Blastedout a career-high 23 kills, which represented the high-water markby an Emory player during the season, and recorded a .400 hittingmark (23-3--25) in a 3-1 victory over No. 5 Eastern University(Sept. 10) ... Led or shared for the team lead in kills in 27matches ... Paced the Eagles with 19 terminations and set anindividual match record with 71 attack attempts in a five-gamebattle vs. Lee University (Oct. 29) ... 19 efforts of double-digitdigs and chalked up 14 double-doubles (kills/digs) ... Second onthe team and 12th among UAA players in digs (2.98 dps) with heraverage tying for 15th on Emory's seasonal ladder ... Named the MVPof the Emory National Tournament (Oct. 7-8) after averaging 4.08kills and 2.91 digs per set in helping the team to four 3-0victories ... Topped all players with 15 kills and hit .480(15-3--25) in a 3-0 triumph over Ohio Northern (Oct. 7) ... Tabbedas the UAA Player of the Week (Oct. 17) after a big performance atthe UAA Round Robin II after averaging 4.0 kills and 2.9 digs perset and hitting .402 (44-7--92) as Emory went 3-0 ... Named UAACo-Player of the Week (Sept. 12) after being named the MVP of theDoc Partin Classic, playing in all 13 sets over four matches andleading the squad with 72 kills (5.54 kps) while registering a .395hitting mark (72-12-152) ... Pounded out a team-high 19 kills enroute to a .405 attack percentage (19-4--37) and finished with 12digs in a 3-0 decision over No. 16 Trinity (Sept. 9) ... Hit .300or higher in 22 matches ... Team-high 12 terminations and hit .579(12-1--19) in a 3-0 victory over Carnegie Mellon (Oct. 15) ...Hammered out a match-best 19 terminations and hit .395 in a 3-0decision vs. Randolph-Macon (Nov. 12) in the NCAA Tournament ...Earned a spot on the Newport News NCAA Regional All-Tournament Teamafter averaging 4.88 kills and hitting .378 (44-8--95) over threematches ... Team-high 22 kills in a 3-2 win over No. 16 Chicago(Oct. 1) represented her second-highest career total ... Endedthe year with eight of the nine top individual killstotal by an Eagle.
Senior (2010):
Honor-filled campaign that saw her named as National Division IIIPlayer of the Year by the AVCA, just the second player in programhistory to earn that distinction ... Named by the AVCA as a FirstTeam All-American ... First Team All-UAA and was named by the UAACoaches as the league's Most Valuable Player ... Named to the AVCAAll-South Region ... Played in 142 sets over 40 matches and led theteam while standing fifth in the UAA in kills (3.39 kps) ... Member of the NCAA Atlanta Regional All-Tournament Team ... Herfinal total of 481 kills placed her sixth on the school's seasonallist ... Hit .284 (481-136--1215), good for 11th place on the UAAchart ... Recorded a team-high 31 matches of double-figureterminations ... Either led or shared for team honors in kills in19 matches ... Turned in a pair of career-high tying 20-killperformances, the first coming against Chicago (Oct. 17) in a 3-1win at the UAA Round Robin II, and the second in a 3-1 triumph overNo. 1-ranked Washington University (Nov. 6) in the UAAChampionships match ... Named both the UAA and Import Sports/AVCANational Player of the Week (Oct. 25) for a strong effort at theWid Guisler Invitational (Oct. 22-23), helping the team to a 3-0mark that included wins over a pair of squads that were ranked inthe Top 5 in the nation ... Averaged a team-high tying 3.5kills per set along with a fine 34.1 hitting percentage(35-7—82) over that weekend ... In addition, she doledout a team-high tying six service aces and averaged 3.60 digs perset ... Totaled 10 kills and a team-high 19 digs in a 3-1 triumphover No. 1 Juniata (Oct. 22) ... The following day, she chalked upa match-high tying 14 kills, hit .448 (14-1--29) and totaled 12digs vs. No. 5 Eastern ... Named UAA Co-Player of the Week (Oct.12) after averaging team highs in both kills (3.67 kps) anddigs (3.78 dps) in matches vs. USC-Aiken (Oct. 7) and LeeUniversity (Oct. 8) ... Led the Eagles with 18 kills andestablished a career-high with 21 digs in a 3-2 win over thePacers of USC-Aiken ... Second high on the team with 16terminations and added 17 digs in a 3-2 verdict over CalLutheran (Nov. 14) in the Atlanta Regional championship match ...Chalked up 24 matches of double-figure digs ... Totaled 20double-doubles (kills/digs) ... Named MVP of the Emory NationalInvitational (Oct. 29-30) after hitting .298 (41-12--98) whilecontributing 47 digs in helping the Eagles to a 4-0 mark ... Ledthe team with 17 kills and 17 digs in a 3-0 triumph over eventualNCAA Tourney member Randolph-Macon (Oct. 30) ... Racked up ateam-high 18 kills and hit .533 (18-2--30) in a 3-2 win at No. 5UW-Whitewater (Sept. 24) ... Named MVP of the Maryville CollegeTournament (Sept. 4-5) ... Named MVP of the Emory Classic (Sept.10-11) ... Her .632 hitting percentage (12-0--19) against Brandeis(Oct. 17) tied for the team's highest showing in that category forthe year ... Averaged 2.9 digs per set, good for second placeon the team and 17th among UAA performers ... Final total of 412digs placed her seventh on the school's seasonalchart.
Junior (2009):
Took to the court in 36 matches and played in 124 sets ...Second on the team with 315 kills and ranked third on the team onclub and 14th among UAA players with a 2.54 kills per-set average... Captured First Team All-UAA honors ... Second on the squad witha 2.49 kills per-set showing in league contests ... Posted nineoutings of double-figure kills ... Led the team with a season-high16 terminations against UW-Plattville (Sept. 4) and hit 41.9percent (16-3--31) in a 3-0 win ... Paced the Eagles in kills insix matches ... Huge effort at the UAA Championships (Nov. 6-7)where she hit 36.0 percent (47-7--111) and recorded 10 total blocks(5-5) in helping the team to the title ... Blasted a team-high 15kills, hit 46.4 percent (15-2--28) and contributed five totalblocks (2-3) vs. Washington University (Nov. 7) in the championshipmatch ... Earlier in the day, she produced a team-best 15terminations against Chicago in the semifinals ... Named the MVP ofthe Emory Halloween Tournament (Oct. 30-31) ... Racked up ateam-leading 14 kills and hit 59.1 percent (14-1--22) vs. BerryCollege (Oct. 30) ... Four efforts of double-figure digs includinga pair of 11-dig performances, vs. Christopher Newport (Sept. 11)and Alabama-Huntsville (Sept. 22).
Sophomore (2008):
First playing season after sitting out the 2007 campaignsaw her play in 40 matches and in a total of 133 games ... Fourthon the team with a 1.87 kills per game average ... Earned ahonorable-mention berth on the All-UAA Team ... Finished with sixperformances of double-figure kills ... Closed out the year with 10or more terminations in the team's last four matches ... Led theEagles with a personal-best 17 kills and hit a squad-best 46.7percent (17-3--30) vs. Saint Benedict (Nov. 20) in thequarterfinals of the NCAA Championships ... Second high on the teamwith 12 put-aways vs. LaVerne ( Nov. 22) in the national titleshowdown ... Tied for team honors with nine kills in a 3-0 win overNo. 1-ranked Juniata (Oct. 31) ... 11 kills and a season-high fourblocks vs. Washington University (Oct. 18) in the UAA Round RobinII ... Season-high tying seven digs vs. Colorado College (Nov. 14)in the NCAA Tourney opener.
Freshman (2007):
Sat out the year after sustaining a knee injury duringfall preseason drills.
Prior to Emory
High School: Four-year member of the volleyballteam while at Montgomery Academy ... Played for Julie Sinclair ...Enjoyed an honor-filled prep career that saw her capture theMontgomery Advertiser Class 1A-4A Metro Player of the Yearas a senior (2006) and as a sophomore (2004) ... The BirminghamNews tabbed her as the No. 3 player in its 1A-6A SuperAll-State Team ... Three-time co-captain of her squad ... As asenior, she led Montgomery Academy to a 46-8 record and theprogram's second consecutive state championship ... Three-timeRegional MVP ... Chosen as the MVP of the 3A state tournament ...Also competed in basketball (averaged 21.9 points and 12.8 reboundsas a senior) and track ... Played at the club level for the AuburnVolleyball club.
Personal: Born May 14, 1989 ... Participated inthe 2007 Alabama Kidney Foundation's annual walk-a-thon in Augustof 2007 and teamed with her mother, Faye, to raise $2,400 indonations.
Stats
Year | GP-MP | K | KPG | A | SA | DIGS | DPG |
2008 | 133-40 | 249 | 1.87 | 5 | 6 | 85 | 0.64 |
2009 | 124-36 | 315 | 2.54 | 9 | 13 | 108 | 0.87 |
2010 | 142-40 | 481 | 3.39 | 16 | 34 | 412 | 2.90 |
2011 | 124-38 | 489 | 3.94 | 20 | 16 | 369 | 2.98 |
TOTAL | 523-154 | 1534 | 2.93 | 50 | 69 | 974 | 1.86 |
Amelia McCall Career-High Kill Matches
Opponent | GP | Kills | Date |
Eastern University | 4 | 23 | 9/10/2011 |
Chicago | 5 | 22 | 10/1/2011 |
Case Western | 4 | 21 | 10/2/2011 |
Washington Univ. | 4 | 20 | 11/6/2010 |
Chicago | 4 | 20 | 10/17/2010 |
Rochester | 3 | 18 | 10/16/2010 |
Washington Univ. | 5 | 18 | 10/16/2010 |
USC-Aiken | 5 | 18 | 10/7/2010 |
UW-Whitewater | 5 | 18 | 9/24/2010 |
St. Benedict | 4 | 17 | 11/20/2008 |
UW-Platteville | 3 | 16 | 9/4/2009 |
Washington Univ. | 3 | 15 | 11/7/2009 |
Chicago | 5 | 15 | 11/7/2009 |
(Quote)
"I fell in love with Emory because I knew that I could get the bestof both worlds academically and athletically. Emory was a placewhere I felt like I could grow in every aspect of my life."