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2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

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18 Marian Ovalle

  • Position Rightside Hitter
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
  • High School Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Chihuahua
  • Prev School NMMI
  • Major Business

Biography

CUSA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2023)
CUSA Fall Spirit of Service Award (2022)

2023 | SENIOR

  • Started 6/33 matches (108 sets) 
  • Concluded her career with 1,037 kills (NMMI+UTEP) 
  • Ranked third on the team in attack percentage (.288) among players with at least 200 kills, fourth in kills and fifth in blocks 
  • Recorded 5 double-digit kills  
  • Career-highs:  
    • 21 kills and 28 attacks at Sam Houston (10/14) 
    • 6 blocks versus Clemson (12/6) 
  • Helped the Miners to a team program record for total block assists (613) and aces (255) 
  • Contributed to UTEP’s No. 2 national ranking in team total blocks (355.5) and service aces (255) 
  • Hit for. 300 or better on 17 occasions 
  • National Invitational Volleyball Championship Runner-Up (12/12) 

2022 | JUNIOR

  • Played in 79 sets over 25 matches while making three starts 
  • Selected to the Oral Roberts All-Tournament Team (9/10) 
  • Recorded double-digit kills on four occasions 
  • Achieved a season-high kills twice this season: reached 12 kills versus New Mexico (9/1) and Abilene Christian (9/9) 
  • Hit for. 300 or better on six occasions 
  • Rounded out the season with 135 kills, 46 digs and 34 total blocks 

2020-22 | NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE

  • Played her junior college career at New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) from 2020-22 (two seasons) 
  • Named the American Volleyball Coaches Association's Two-Year College National Player of the Year (2021) 
  • Earned AVCA first-team All-America recognition (2021) 
  • Tallied 452 kills with a hitting percentage of .322 in her final season – eighth in the country amongst all junior college players  
  • Achieved a career-high of 29 kills in a five-set victory over Iowa Western Community College 
  • Named NJCAA Offensive Player of the Week honors 
  • Three-time WJCAC Player of the Week 
  • Named AVCA Two-Year College Player of the Week 
  • Ovalle ranked fifth in the nation in kills (511), fourth in points-per-set average (4.6), and third in points (615), and also had 396 digs, 40 service aces, and 116 total blocks 
  • Finished her Bronco career with 625 kills, 131 total blocks and 548 digs 
NATIONAL TEAM | 23U MEXICAN NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL TEAM
  • Silver medalist at the Pan American Cup in Aguascalientes, Mexico
  • Earned "Best Opposite Hitter" at the PAC tournament by the North, Central America, and Caribbean Volleyball Federation

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2022Junior

    Rightside Hitter
    5'10"
    18
  • 18

    2023Senior

    Rightside Hitter
    5'10"
    18