2017 Volleyball Roster
Evans, Melissa
vs
South Carolina
Sep 10 (Wed)
6pm
Pack Volleyball Then and Now. Advice for a First Year Head Coach
Thursday, August 28
Pack Volleyball Then & Now, Player Recruiting
Tuesday, August 12
Pack Volleyball Then & Now, Recruiting for Coaches
Monday, August 11
Meet Volleyball Head Coach Megan Wargo-Kearney
Monday, January 27
Jersey Number 3
Melissa Evans
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Porter Ranch, Calif.
- High School:
- Highlands Ranch
- Height:
- 6-1
Bio
Honors / Awards
AVCA East All-Region (2020, 2021)
First Team All-ACC (2020, 2021)
Second Team All-ACC (2018, 2019)
Senior CLASS Award Candidate (2020)
Preseason All-ACC Selection (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Prep Volleyball All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention (2017)
ACC All-Freshman Team (2017)
ACC Freshman of the Week (9/25/17)
ACC Player of the Week (11/29/21)
NC State Kay Yow Award Winner (2020)
Holds the program’s rally scoring era kill record with 1,558
Holds the program’s rally scoring era attack record with 4,075
Holds the program record for most kills in a three-set match with 21 (at Miami, 10/3/21)
Ranks third all-time in career kills with 1,558
Ranks third in the program’s rally scoring era with 3.42 kills/set
Ranks fourth in the program’s rally scoring era with 456 sets played
Ranks seventh in the program’s rally scoring era with 121 matches played
Ranks 10th in the program’s rally scoring era with 221 block assists
2021 - Graduate Season
2020 - Senior Season
2019 - Junior Season
2017 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
AVCA East All-Region (2020, 2021)
First Team All-ACC (2020, 2021)
Second Team All-ACC (2018, 2019)
Senior CLASS Award Candidate (2020)
Preseason All-ACC Selection (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Prep Volleyball All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention (2017)
ACC All-Freshman Team (2017)
ACC Freshman of the Week (9/25/17)
ACC Player of the Week (11/29/21)
NC State Kay Yow Award Winner (2020)
Holds the program’s rally scoring era kill record with 1,558
Holds the program’s rally scoring era attack record with 4,075
Holds the program record for most kills in a three-set match with 21 (at Miami, 10/3/21)
Ranks third all-time in career kills with 1,558
Ranks third in the program’s rally scoring era with 3.42 kills/set
Ranks fourth in the program’s rally scoring era with 456 sets played
Ranks seventh in the program’s rally scoring era with 121 matches played
Ranks 10th in the program’s rally scoring era with 221 block assists
2021 - Graduate Season
- Played in all 29 matches
- Led the team in kills (369) and kills/set (3.62) while hitting .249
- Finished the season third on the team in blocks (50) and block assists (43)
- Recorded six double-doubles, finished her career with 20 double-doubles
- Tallied 11 service aces and 156 digs on the year
- Was seventh in the ACC in kills/set and eighth in the ACC in points/set (4.00)
- Paced the team in kills in 14 matches
- Posted three games with 20 or more kills, led by a career-high 25 kills against Rutgers (9/10)
- Had 10 or more kills in 24 of 29 matches played
- Became the program’s rally scoring era kill leader with her 1,369th career kill in the match at Miami (10/3)
- Named Rutgers 9/11 Memorial Tournament MVP
2020 - Senior Season
- Became first NC State player in program history to record four All-ACC honors
- Was fifth in the ACC and led the Wolfpack with 3.97 kills/set
- Eclipsed 1,000 career kills against North Carolina (10/18) becoming the fourth active ACC player to do so
- Recorded a career-high in the season opener with 17 digs at Duke (9/23) where she also had 14 kills and three blocks
- Second on the team with 13 service aces, including five matches with two or more
- Registered double-digit kills in 12 of the team's 17 matches, including three 20+ performances
- Had a career-high 24 kills at Wake Forest on a .354 hitting percentage
- Led all of NC State's pin hitters with 0.53 blocks/set
2019 - Junior Season
- Became one of only three players in program history to receive three All-ACC honors
- Recorded double-digit kills in 24 of 28 matches she appeared in
- Tallied three double-doubles on the season, including 20 kills and 11 digs against RV Louisville (9/27)
- Her 408 total kills are third in rally-scoring history at NC State
- Ranked second in the ACC with 24 10+ kill matches and six 20+ kill matches
- Led the team with 3.55 kills per set and 408 total kills. Additionally averaged 1.15 digs per set and 0.63 digs per set
- Was second in the ACC following the regular-season with 408 total kills
- Recorded her 1,000 career point against Miami (11/15).
- Had a career-high 23 kills against both Miami and Boston College
- Hit a season-best .407 at Furman with 13 kills, five digs and three blocks
- Had 20+ kill performances in back-to-back matches against Western Carolina (9/13) and Appalachian State (9/14)
- Started 21 of 28 matches appeared in, while being one of seven Pack players to appear in every match
- Was second on the team with 349 kills and 18 service aces. Additionally, averaged 3.17 kills/set
- Recorded double-digit kills in 20 matches, including tying a career-high 20 in the season opener against VCU
- Logged a career-high 16 kills against SMU while recording her first career double-double. Concluded the season five five double-doubles
- Hit an impressive .571 against Wright State, tallying 18 kills on 28 attempts
- Posted a career-high six blocks against Boston College
2017 - Freshman Season
- Appeared in 20 matches, starting 15 of those contests despite missing more than a month of the season due to injury
- Played a total of 71 sets
- Collected 202 kills on the year, fifth most on the team
- Prior to the injury, she was second on the team in kills with 161 through the first 13 matches
- Named ACC Freshman of the Week on Sept. 25 following the Wolfpack’s wins against UNC-Chapel Hill and Notre Dame to open ACC play
- Tallied 14 kills in her first collegiate match against No. 8 Kansas
- Logged double-digit kills in her first five matches, headlined by a career-best 20 kills against Missouri State and Auburn
- Compiled a .435 attacking percentage with 11 kills on 23 attempts with only one error versus Florida, the National Championship Runner-Up
- Tallied 15 kills in NC State’s five-set win against Oregon State in the NCAA Tournament
High School / Prep Career
- Attended Highlands Ranch High School and competed for the Front Range Volleyball Club
- Named the Colorado High School Class 5A Player of the Year as a senior
- Led all student-athletes in the class with 483 kills in 2016
- Also garnered the 2016 Colorado Community Media South Metro Player of the Year honors
- Collected all-state accolades as a junior and senior at Highlands Ranch
- Four-year varsity starter and claimed all-conference honors each season
- Earned tournament MVP as a senior in 2016 and recorded her second consecutive all-tournament team mention
- Finished her high school career with 1,341 kills
- Mother, Zeynep, played volleyball and swam for the Turkey National Team
- Sister, Jasmine, was on the Wolfpack roster from 2017-18