2026 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Mallory Merz
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Viera High School
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Fla.
NIL OPPORTUNITIES
Sophomore (2025)
* CSC Academic All-District Team
* Spring Term Dean's List & AD Honor Roll
* Fall Term Dean's List & AD Honor Roll
- Played in all 29 matches for the Mocs.
- Appeared in 104 sets
- Ranked fourth on the team in digs with 211 and 2.03 digs per set.
- Also was fourth on the team in assists with 61 on the year.
- Tallied 17 service aces for the season.
- Posted a career-high 13 digs in a win vs. The Citadel (11/14) and in the SoCon Tournament Quarterfinal loss against UNCG (11/21).
- Eight games with 10 or more digs.
- Tallied a career-high 10 assists in a defeat to Jacksonville State (9/6).
- Tied her career high of two service aces in three consecutive games from 10/11-10/18, all of which were SoCon wins for the Mocs.
Freshman (2024)
* Fall Term Dean's List & AD Honor Roll
* Spring Term Dean's List & AD Honor Roll
- Played in a total of seven matches over the course of her rookie campaign.
- Saw action in 13 total sets.
- Ended her freshman season with nine assists, six digs and five aces.
- Made her collegiate debut on September 10 at home against Jacksonville State.
- Finished that match with four assists, a total that still stands as her career-high for the stat.
- Recorded a career-high of two aces on October 24 against Wofford.
- She also finished with a career-high two digs in that same match against the Terriers.
- Ended up logging multiple assists in a total of three matches on the year.
- Tallied at least one ace in a total of four matches on the year.
Viera High School (FL)
*Three-time First Team Space Coast Conference: 2021, 2022, 2023
*Three-time First Team Cape Coast Conference: 2021, 2022, 2023
*Brevard Sports Network Offensive Player of the Year: 2022
*Three-time District 8 champion: 2021, 2022, 2023
*Two-time Class 6A Florida State Finals appearances: 2021, 2023
*Viera High School record for most career assists (1,917)
- A member of the 1K career assists club
- Earned mutliple conference honors over her career
- Finished her career with a 78-25 record with the Hawks
- Ended her career with a school record 1,917 career assists (6.70 assists/set), including logging 702 her junior season
- Also tallied 526 digs (1.84 digs/set), 135 kills (0.47 kills/set) and 121 aces (0.42 aces/set) in her career
- Was on the Honor Roll all four years at Viera High School
Personal
- Born July 13, 2006
- Daughter of Mark and Robyn Merz
- Has one sister: Kelly Merz
- Mark (father) played college baseball at Indian River Community College (1993-95) followed by Florida Tech (1995-97)
- Kelly (sister) currently plays as a setter for the Florida Tech volleyball team
- Intends on majoring in Business Management while at UTC.
