Madilyn Mercer

Middle/Pin Training & 16U Coach

Education:

  • Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Health & Society, California Polytechnic State University, 2017-2021

Playing Experience:

  • 2014-2016, San Juan Hills High School Varsity and T-Street Volleyball Club, As a senior middle blocker, was chosen as an Under Armour All-American Honorable Mention, in addition to making CalHi Sports’ All-State Second Team after leading the Stallions to an unbeaten (8-0) South Coast League championship while going 24-3 overall … squad reached the Southern Section Division 1 playoffs en route to a No. 11 statewide ranking from MaxPreps … set a single-season school record with 84 solo blocks, earning All-SCL and All-Orange County Register First Team honors … hit .327 in 2016, compiling 147 kills … the league title was SJHS’ second in a row, as she helped the squad go 20-6 overall and 7-2 in conference play as a junior captain … played club volleyball for T-Street … won a bronze medal at the 2015 Junior Olympics.

  • 2017-2019, Cal Poly (NCAA D1), Played in 2017, 2018, & 2019 NCAA D1 Volleyball Tournament, As a freshman appeared in 36 sets, starting the final six matches of the season … named to the Big West All-Freshman Team after averaging a team-high .81 blocks per set (29 total) … recorded five blocks five times during the season … also named to the Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Her sophomore year she earned All-Big West First Team honors after she led the conference in blocks with a 1.12 average … finished with five or more total blocks in a match seven times, including a career-high 11 (Oct. 26) against Hawai’i … her 11 block assists were just two shy of tying the program record for most block assists in a match … that performance earned her the first Big West Defensive Player of the Week honor of her career … posted a career-high 10 kills against Loyola Marymount (Aug. 31) at the Utah State Invite … was fourth on the team in kills with 158 and 10th in the Big West in hitting percentage at .289 … also earned Big West All-Academic honors. In her junior season she earned Honorable Mention All-Big West after playing in all 110 sets and starting all 30 matches, averaging 1.78 kills per set and was third on the team with 196 kills … was second on the team and ninth in the Big West with .94 blocks per set … finished sixth on the team in service aces with 13 … tied her career-high of 10 kills three times during the season … had a season-high 10 total blocks in a four set win over Oregon State (Sept. 21) … was named to the Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll for her strong work in the classroom.

Coaching Experience:

  • 2024-Present: Varsity Assistant Head Coach, Choctaw HS, FL
  • 2024-Present: Head Coach, Choctaw HS Varsity Beach Team, FL
  • 2023: Beach Developmental Training, San Clemente, CA
  • 2021: 14-1 Assistant Coach, T-Street Volleyball Club, Irvine, CA
  • 2017-2021: Developmental Program Coach, T-Street Volleyball CLub, Irvine, CA
  • 2018-2019: Cal Poy Summer Camp Coach