The Citadel Athletics

HONORS AND AWARDS
2x Southern Conference Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19)

JUNIOR (2019): Appeared 30 matches, making 22 starts and playing 113 sets ... Finished the year second on the team with 302 kills, an average of 2.67 kills per set ... Tallied 26 service aces on the year, the third most on the team ... Put up 296 digs, second most on the team ... Tied for fourth on the team with six solo blocks ... Finished the season with 28 total blocks ... Against Southern (09/20), logged a season-high 19 kills ... At the same tournament, against Florida A&M (0921), corralled a season-high 20 digs.

SOPHOMORE (2018): Appeared in 26 matches, making 26 starts and playing in 91 sets …  Finished the year second on the team with 247 kills, an average of 2.71 kills per set … Tallied 17 service aces on the year, the fourth most on the team … Corralled in 195 digs, also fourth most on the team … Was third on the team with nine solo blocks … Finished the season with 25 total blocks … Had five double-doubles on the year, including two in the last three matches … Had a season-high 20 kills at home against Furman (Oct. 26) … Notched her first double-double of the season against Bethune-Cookman with 18 kills and 11 digs … At Chattanooga (Oct. 5), corralled in a season-high 19 digs to go along with 13 kills … At home against Chattanooga (Nov. 3), recorded 14 kills and 12 assists for her third double-double of the season … In the regular-season finale at home against Florida A&M (Nov. 10), finished with 13 kills and 13 digs … In the opening round of the 2018 Southern Conference Championships against Western Carolina (Nov. 16), recorded 14 kills and 13 digs.

FRESHMAN (2017): Appeared in all 34 matches, making 23 starts while playing 127 sets … Was third on the team with 239 kills, an average of 1.88 per set with an attack percentage of .100 … Was second on the team with 85 total blocks, including 80 block assists, also second on the team … Recorded double-digit kills in six matches, including a season-high 16 against Jacksonville State (Sept. 15) … In the match against the Gamecocks, hit .387 and added a pair of block assists and two digs … Finished the season on a high note with 12 kills in four sets against Mercer (Nov. 17) in the Southern Conference Tournament … Recorded 11 kills in matches against Charleston Southern (Sept. 16), South Carolina State (10/10) and at Chattanooga (Oct. 28) … Finished with 10 kills against Samford (Oct. 21) … Had five block assists in her second collegiate match at Campbell (Aug. 25) … Put down six block assists at Columbia (Sept. 2) … Had a string of nine straight matches with at least one block from Sept. 8 to Sept. 22 … Had a stretch of 15 straight matches with at least one block from Sept. 27 to Nov. 11 … Had a season-high eight block assists against Chattanooga (Sept. 29).

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2017 graduate of Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas … Two-time letterwinner in volleyball … Earned four letters for track and field … Member of the TAV 17 Blue squad, helping the team place second at nationals.

PERSONAL: Full name is Mellanie Nicole King … Daughter of Shawn and Angela Bartholomae … Major is criminal justice.