2019 Women's Volleyball

19 Vela McBride

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-2
  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Hometown Reston, Va.
  • High School South Lakes
  • Club Metro

Biography

2019 - Had more than three blocks for three matches in a row (four at Loyola Maryland, three vs. Holy Cross and five vs. Lafayette)… Missed 11 matches from 9/6 to 10/4 due to an ankle injury... Finished her career with 295 total blocks, ranking 10th all-time in program history... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2018 - Back-to-back matches with double figures in kills (11 vs. Colgate, season-high 12 vs. Navy) at PL Tournament earned her second straight All-Tournament selection... Finished second on team in blocks (90), solos (12), block assists (78), BPS (0.91) to Loren McKenzie... 17 matches with at least three blocks, six with at least five... Matched her career high with 10 blocks (1-9) on 10/27 at Loyola... Led or tied for team-best in blocks in seven matches... Finished fourth on team in kills (168), with five matches in double figures, including both matches in PL Tourney... Attack percentage of .267 was 6th in Patriot League... Career-high 5 digs in PL final vs. Navy... Career-high 3 aces twice, last at Lehigh on 10/9... Also earned All-Tourney at the Kansas Invitational, finishing three matches with 24-6-49, .367, 8 blocks... Went 11-5-24 to lead Eagles vs. Auburn (9/8) and had 7-0-10 attack line at Kansas on 9/7.

2017 - Honorable Mention AVCA All-East Region... Second Team All-Patriot League for a second straight season… Voted to PL All-Tournament Team (12-2-19, .526, in two matches)… Led Patriot League and ranked 10th in NCAA D-1 with a .412 hitting percentage… Mark was second on Eagles’ single-season list (.421, Courtney Mulford, 2004)… Hit .471 during Eagles’ 18-match winning streak… Finished second on the team with 91 blocks (Orsi 102)… Had at least three blocks in 16 matches, including 8 matches with at least five blocks… Season-best 8 blocks (2-6) came on 10/20 in home win vs. Navy… Also hit 14-0-18 (.778) in that match, matching career-high in kills… Had 3 blocks at BYU in NCAA Tournament match (12/1)… Finished 6th in PL with 0.97 BPS… Led or tied for team lead in blocks during 13 matches, including 7 in PL action… Had five matches with double figures in kills… Also career-high 24 swings in that match… Career-best 8-0-10 (.800) percentage vs. Lafayette on 10/7… Went 7-0-7 vs. Bucknell (11/12)… Strong match vs. Stony Brook on 9/2 with 11 kills and 7 blocks… Patriot League Player of the Week on 10/23 after wins at Loyola Maryland and at home vs. Navy (.710 with 23 kills, 11 blocks).

2016 - Started in 31 of her 32 matches ... Averaged 1.92 kills and 0.76 blocks per set ... Led the Eagles with a .354 hitting percentage ... Notched four double-digit kills against George Mason (8/27), Washington (8/28), Navy (10/4), and Colgate (10/8) ... Had a season-best ten block assists against Howard (8/27) ... Helped lead the Eagles to a four-set win over Navy (10/4) with a career-high 14 kills ... Contributed five kills Picked for the second team All-Patriot League team ... Earned Patriot League Rookie of the Year. 

HIGH SCHOOL - Two-time team captain … first-team all-conference and Liberty Conference all-tournament team in 2015 … second-team all-region in 2015 … second-team all-conference as a junior … set school record for most digs in a single set (26) … played for the Virginia Elite Volleyball Club for five years and Metro Volleyball Club of DC for two years.

PERSONAL - Majoring in health promotion... Active in many volunteer efforts including an internship with the Capital Area Food Bank... Took a trip to Paraguay in May, 2019 with Eagles in Service.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2016Freshman

    MB
    6'2"
    19
  • 19

    2017Sophomore

    MB
    6'2"
    19
  • 19

    2018Junior

    MB
    6'2"
    19
  • 19

    2019Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    19