Jacksonville State University Athletics

2013: Started on the front row in all 31 matches for the Gamecocks as a junior and was on the floor for all but one of the team’s 105 sets during the season…had 101 blocks and was third in the Ohio Valley Conference with an average of 0.97 blocks per set…was second on the team with 269 kills and 2.59 kills per set, while leading the Gamecocks with a .266 attack percentage…also averaged 0.51 digs per set…recorded 13 service aces and also dished eight assists on the year…in OVC matches, averaged 2.5 kills and 0.91 blocks…was named the OVC’s Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 16 after being named to the ASU ISTAP All-Tournament Team by finishing the four-match week with 36 kills on a .435 attack percentage…recorded a season-high 17 kills vs. Austin Peay on Sept. 27…had seven blocks twice, at Tennessee on Sept. 21 and on Sept. 27 vs. APSU…had a season-high three solo blocks twice, vs. Tennessee State on Oct. 12 and at Belmont on Oct. 26.
 
2012: Played in all 31 matches and 119 of the Gamecocks’ 121 games played in 2012…led the team with 118 blocks and 0.99 blocks per set…finished second on the team with 257 kills and fourth with 2.16 kills per set…finished OVC play with 156 kills and 2.44 kills per set…finished second on the team with a .251 attack percentage…recorded 11 service aces…added nine assists and 64 digs on the season…posted double-digits in kills nine times on the year, including a career-high 18 kills against Eastern Kentucky on Oct. 13…set a new career with 11 blocks against Jackson State.? 
 
2011: Played in 25 of the Gamecocks 31 matches played on the season and saw action in 89 of the 115 sets as a true freshman…finished with 98 kills on the season for an average of 1.10 kills per set…recorded 43 digs on the season…recorded a season high 13 kills on Oct. 4 against Tennessee Tech…recorded 9 kills against Austin Peay on Sept. 30…finished with a season high seven digs against Murray State on Oct. 21 and then against on Nov. 16 against UT Martin.? 
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four seasons for head coach Amanda Neis at Salem High School in Canton, Mich…was an all-state honoree as a senior and an all-district and all-region selection in each her sophomore, junior and senior seasons…the SHS team captain in her junior and senior seasons, was also the team MVP in each of her last three seasons after being named most improved as a freshman…led her team to the 2010 National 17 Championship and was named the MSHAA Player of the Game…played club volleyball for seven seasons for the Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy.? 
 
PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 21, 1993, in Cary, Ill…the daughter of Rob and Nina Merget…has a younger brother, Max…was an honor student at Salem HS…majoring in nursing at JSU.