2021 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Spies, Carly

Jersey Number 15
Carly Spies
- Position:
- Middle Blocker/Opposite Hitter
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Linn-Mar
- Hometown:
- Robins, Iowa
Bio
2022: MVC Championship All-Tournament Team ... All-MVC First Team ... Academic All-District ... MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... MVC Board of Director's and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team ... appeared in 127 sets and started 34 matches with 243 kills at 1.91 kills per set, .326 attack percentage, 133 blocks at 1.05 blocks per set, 82 digs at 0.65 digs per set, 35 aces, 22 assists, and one double-double ... first-ever double-double with season-high 16 kills and 10 blocks against Missouri State (11/12/22) ... career-high four aces versus Drake (11/23/22) ... career-high nine digs at Arizona State (8/26/22) ... team-high 1.41 blocks per set, .371 hitting, and nine aces in month of November ... UNI Tournament-high-tying 12 blocks despite playing just two matches ... 20 kills on .395 hitting with 1.20 blocks per set at Bluejay Invitational before earning all-tournament team nod ... individual milestones included 500th career kill at Valparaiso (9/23/22) and 300th career block at Evansville (10/22/22) ... finished with career totals of 646 kills, 342 blocks, 228 digs, 48 aces, and 42 assists.
2021: All-MVC Second Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention ... played in all 120 sets while starting 31 matches ... MVC Defensive Player of the Week honoree (8/30/21) ... GBD Invite All-Tournament Team ... MVC Presidents' Council Academic and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and MVC Honor Roll ... finished with 230 kills at 1.92 per set, 111 blocks at 0.93 per set, 92 digs, and 11 service aces ... double-digit blocks twice with 10 rejections at Loyola (10/4/21) and 11 rejections at Southern Illinois (10/9/21) ... double-figure kills in nine matches including highs of 15 kills against Indiana State (10/16/21) and 17 kills at Indiana State (11/12/21) ... career-best seven digs against Indiana State (10/16/21), at Bradley (10/23/21), and versus Loyola (11/20/21) ... personal-high-tying two aces at Loyola (10/4/21) and at Drake (10/29/21).
2020 (Spring 2021): Played in 84 sets ... finished the season with 148 kills, a .229 hitting percentage, and 83 total blocks ... averaged 1.76 kills per set and 0.99 blocks per set ... recorded a career-high eight block assists against Bradley (3/27/21) and a career-high 13 kills against Loyola (4/2/21) ... hit a season-high .556 with 12 kills against Loyola (3/22/21) ... finished with nine total blocks against Bradley (3/27/21).
2019: Played in 39 sets ... finished with 22 kills, 11 total blocks, eight digs, and one assist ... finished with a season-high seven kills against Green Bay (9/21/19) ... recorded four total blocks against Evansville (9/27/19).
2018: Played 12 sets for the Panthers ... recorded her first career kill against Iowa State (8/29/18) ... recorded her first career blocks versus Kentucky (8/25/18).
High School: Spies helped lead Linn-Mar High School to back-to-back trips to the state tournament in 2016 and 2017 ... Spies earned Second Team All-Metro honors in 2016 and 2017 ... she notched Second Team All-Conference status in 2015 and 2016 ... Spies posted Honorable Mention All-Conference honors as a freshman in 2014 ... she was a member of the Iowa Juniors Volleyball Club and Club Iowa Juniors (CIA) ... she helped Linn-Mar to a state tournament berth in basketball in 2015 ... Spies was a member of National Honor Society and a four-year honor roll student.
Personal: She is the daughter of Jeff and Lorina Spies ... she majors in Communication Sciences and Disorders and Gerontology.
2021: All-MVC Second Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention ... played in all 120 sets while starting 31 matches ... MVC Defensive Player of the Week honoree (8/30/21) ... GBD Invite All-Tournament Team ... MVC Presidents' Council Academic and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and MVC Honor Roll ... finished with 230 kills at 1.92 per set, 111 blocks at 0.93 per set, 92 digs, and 11 service aces ... double-digit blocks twice with 10 rejections at Loyola (10/4/21) and 11 rejections at Southern Illinois (10/9/21) ... double-figure kills in nine matches including highs of 15 kills against Indiana State (10/16/21) and 17 kills at Indiana State (11/12/21) ... career-best seven digs against Indiana State (10/16/21), at Bradley (10/23/21), and versus Loyola (11/20/21) ... personal-high-tying two aces at Loyola (10/4/21) and at Drake (10/29/21).
2020 (Spring 2021): Played in 84 sets ... finished the season with 148 kills, a .229 hitting percentage, and 83 total blocks ... averaged 1.76 kills per set and 0.99 blocks per set ... recorded a career-high eight block assists against Bradley (3/27/21) and a career-high 13 kills against Loyola (4/2/21) ... hit a season-high .556 with 12 kills against Loyola (3/22/21) ... finished with nine total blocks against Bradley (3/27/21).
2019: Played in 39 sets ... finished with 22 kills, 11 total blocks, eight digs, and one assist ... finished with a season-high seven kills against Green Bay (9/21/19) ... recorded four total blocks against Evansville (9/27/19).
2018: Played 12 sets for the Panthers ... recorded her first career kill against Iowa State (8/29/18) ... recorded her first career blocks versus Kentucky (8/25/18).
High School: Spies helped lead Linn-Mar High School to back-to-back trips to the state tournament in 2016 and 2017 ... Spies earned Second Team All-Metro honors in 2016 and 2017 ... she notched Second Team All-Conference status in 2015 and 2016 ... Spies posted Honorable Mention All-Conference honors as a freshman in 2014 ... she was a member of the Iowa Juniors Volleyball Club and Club Iowa Juniors (CIA) ... she helped Linn-Mar to a state tournament berth in basketball in 2015 ... Spies was a member of National Honor Society and a four-year honor roll student.
Personal: She is the daughter of Jeff and Lorina Spies ... she majors in Communication Sciences and Disorders and Gerontology.
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