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Jersey Number 23
Melanie Parra
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- UANL Tigres
- Hometown:
- Sinaloa, Mexico
- Prev School:
- Texas
Bio
Career Honors
2024 AVCA First Team All-American
2024 AVCA National Player of the Year Semifinalist
2024 AVCA Southwest Region Player of the Year
2024 AVCA All-Southwest Region Team
2024 Big 12 Player of the Year
2024 All-Big 12 First Team
2024 AVCA National Player of the Year Watchlist
2024 Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year
2023 AVCA Third Team All-American
2023 AVCA All-Southwest Region First Team
2023 All-Big 12 First Team
Senior (2024)
Closed out her career as one of the best to ever wear a TCU uniform … Became TCU's first ever AVCA First Team All-American ... Named Big 12 Player of the Year and AVCA Southwest Region Player of the Year … Was a unanimous First Team All-Big 12 selection and All-Southwest Region Team member … Semifinalist for AVCA D1 National Player of the Year … Was the first ever back-to-back AVCA/GameChanger Player of the Week in women’s D1 volleyball history (Sept. 8 and 15) … One of 24 players in the Big 12 history to register 500+ kills in a single season in the rally scoring era … Ended the season ranked top-five nationally in six offensive categories, including kills and points per set … Helped TCU earn its first ever national ranking in the AVCA coaches poll in program history and first 20-win season since 2011 … Broke the TCU single season points record with 669.5 and tallied the most kills in school history in the rally scoring era (573) … Was a six time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, tied for the most in conference history … Led all Power 4 players with 573 kills on the season … Recorded double digit kills in 28 matches, including 14 with at least 20 kills … Tallied a team best 15 double-doubles on the year … Helped the Horned Frogs post their second-best hitting percentage in program history, attacking at a .252 clip … Hit .300 or better herself in 11 matches … Recorded 59 service aces, the most in a single season in TCU history … Started 29 of 30 matches and played in all but one set for the Frogs … Totaled 20 kills on a .429 clip and seven aces against Oklahoma (8/30) … Took a school record 92 swings, finishing with 30 kills in TCU’s five-set win over No. 18 Minnesota (9/7) … Had a season-high 33 kills against UCLA (9/13) … Registered a career-high six blocks at Houston (10/2) … Tallied 25 kills and 11 digs in the Frogs’ win over No. 14 Baylor (10/6) … Helped TCU become the 11th team in the last 10 years to knock off BYU in Smith Fieldhouse, racking up 26 kills (10/12) … Picked up her 1,000th career kill against Cincinnati (10/19) … Had 24 kills, 14 digs and seven aces against Houston, helping the Frogs tally the third-most digs in a five-set match in school history (11/20) … Recorded her 500th kill of the season at West Virginia (11/27) … Became the 14th player in TCU history to reach 1,000 kills in purple at Cincinnati (11/29) … Broke her own three-set school record with 24 kills in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament against Hawaii (12/5).
Junior (2023)
Had one of the best single seasons of any player in program history … Named to the AVCA All-Southwest Region Team for the first time in her career … Was a unanimous selection to the First Team All-Big 12 team for the first time in her career … Garnered AVCA National Player of the Week honors (Sept. 19) after recorded school-record 34 kills in four sets in TCU’s 3-1 win over Florida State … Became the first player in school history to have two 34-kill matches in program history … Also garnered Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors twice in 2023 … Over 29 matches, Parra recorded 482 kills, 47 aces, 266 digs, 70 blocks and 569 points … Her 569 points is the new school record for most points in a single season … Her 4.38 kills per set is tied for third in program history … She also ranks fourth in program history for single-season total kills (482) and aces per set (0.44) … Started in 29 matches in her first season with the Purple and White … Recorded 10+ kills in 23 matches and 20+ kills in eight matches of the year … Finished the season with a team-leading 13 double-doubles … Tallied 13 kills in her TCU debut against No. 7 Minnesota (Aug. 25) … Recorded her first career double-double with 19 kills and 10 digs at Coastal Carolina (Aug. 31) … Led TCU with 19 kills in TCU’s 3-0 sweep over Utah State (Sept. 8) … Hit .453 with 27 kills and seven digs in TCU’s 3-1 win over Hawaii (Sept. 14) … Hit .388 with 34 kills and 10 digs in TCU’s 3-1 win over Florida State (Sept. 15) … Also had 15 kills in TCU’s 3-0 sweep of Western Carolina (Sept. 16) … Named the Fight in the Fort Tournament MVP after leading TCU to a 3-0 weekend … Totaled 76 kills, averaging 6.91 kills per set, and hit .394 over the three matches to earn AVCA National Player of the Week honors (Sept. 19) … Became just the second player in program history to earn AVCA National Player of the Week … Hit .500 with 17 kills in TCU’s 3-0 sweep over Texas Tech (Sept. 28) … Posted her second 34-kill match of the season and added 14 digs in TCU’s 3-2 win over Texas Tech (Sept. 29) … Recorded 20 kills against No. 6 Texas (Oct. 18) … Led the Horned Frogs with 23 kills with 15 digs in the Frogs’ 3-1 win at No. 20 Baylor (Nov. 10) … Posted 16 kills and 14 digs in TCU’s reverse sweep of the No. 20 Bears (Nov. 11) … Started both matches of TCU’s NCAA Tournament run … Led TCU with 23 kills at a .304 clip with 11 digs in TCU’s 3-1 win over No. 22 Florida State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 1) … Recorded 14 kills and 12 digs at No. 9 Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 (Dec. 2).
Texas (2020-2022)
Tallied 192 digs, 93 kills, 68 service aces and 15 total blocks over her three-year tenure in Austin … Played all six rotations for the Longhorns … Helped Texas capture the 2022 NCAA Volleyball Championship her sophomore year … Appeared in 21-of-29 matches during the Longhorns’ championship run … Landed a career-high 15 kills in a sweep of UC Davis on Sept. 7 … Set a single-season school record with a team-leading 60 service aces as a freshman in 2021 … Averaged 0.61 aces per set … Also finished fourth on the squad with 158 digs … Utilized her redshirt season in 2020.
Prior to TCU
Member of the Senior Mexican National Team in 2018 … First competed for the Mexican National Team at the 2018 FIVB World Championship … Went on to help the Mexican National Team notch fourth place finishes at the Central American and Caribbean Games that same year … Received international acclaim when she earned a call-up to the U-18 Mexican National Team as a 13-year-old in 2013 … Was discovered in her home state of a Sinaloa in a nationwide tournament at age-12 … Helped Mexico to a bronze medal at the U18 NORCECA Volleyball Championship in 2016 … Guided Mexico to a first place finish in its pool at the 2017 NORCECA Volleyball Championships in 2017.
Personal
Daughter of Olga Sofía Quintero Zazueta and Guadalupe Parra Quintero … Her older sister, Olga, plays volleyball for the University of Nuevo Leon in Mexico and represented Mexico on the international stage in 2013 … Intends to major in youth and community studies at TCU.
2024 AVCA First Team All-American
2024 AVCA National Player of the Year Semifinalist
2024 AVCA Southwest Region Player of the Year
2024 AVCA All-Southwest Region Team
2024 Big 12 Player of the Year
2024 All-Big 12 First Team
2024 AVCA National Player of the Year Watchlist
2024 Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year
2023 AVCA Third Team All-American
2023 AVCA All-Southwest Region First Team
2023 All-Big 12 First Team
Senior (2024)
Closed out her career as one of the best to ever wear a TCU uniform … Became TCU's first ever AVCA First Team All-American ... Named Big 12 Player of the Year and AVCA Southwest Region Player of the Year … Was a unanimous First Team All-Big 12 selection and All-Southwest Region Team member … Semifinalist for AVCA D1 National Player of the Year … Was the first ever back-to-back AVCA/GameChanger Player of the Week in women’s D1 volleyball history (Sept. 8 and 15) … One of 24 players in the Big 12 history to register 500+ kills in a single season in the rally scoring era … Ended the season ranked top-five nationally in six offensive categories, including kills and points per set … Helped TCU earn its first ever national ranking in the AVCA coaches poll in program history and first 20-win season since 2011 … Broke the TCU single season points record with 669.5 and tallied the most kills in school history in the rally scoring era (573) … Was a six time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, tied for the most in conference history … Led all Power 4 players with 573 kills on the season … Recorded double digit kills in 28 matches, including 14 with at least 20 kills … Tallied a team best 15 double-doubles on the year … Helped the Horned Frogs post their second-best hitting percentage in program history, attacking at a .252 clip … Hit .300 or better herself in 11 matches … Recorded 59 service aces, the most in a single season in TCU history … Started 29 of 30 matches and played in all but one set for the Frogs … Totaled 20 kills on a .429 clip and seven aces against Oklahoma (8/30) … Took a school record 92 swings, finishing with 30 kills in TCU’s five-set win over No. 18 Minnesota (9/7) … Had a season-high 33 kills against UCLA (9/13) … Registered a career-high six blocks at Houston (10/2) … Tallied 25 kills and 11 digs in the Frogs’ win over No. 14 Baylor (10/6) … Helped TCU become the 11th team in the last 10 years to knock off BYU in Smith Fieldhouse, racking up 26 kills (10/12) … Picked up her 1,000th career kill against Cincinnati (10/19) … Had 24 kills, 14 digs and seven aces against Houston, helping the Frogs tally the third-most digs in a five-set match in school history (11/20) … Recorded her 500th kill of the season at West Virginia (11/27) … Became the 14th player in TCU history to reach 1,000 kills in purple at Cincinnati (11/29) … Broke her own three-set school record with 24 kills in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament against Hawaii (12/5).
Junior (2023)
Had one of the best single seasons of any player in program history … Named to the AVCA All-Southwest Region Team for the first time in her career … Was a unanimous selection to the First Team All-Big 12 team for the first time in her career … Garnered AVCA National Player of the Week honors (Sept. 19) after recorded school-record 34 kills in four sets in TCU’s 3-1 win over Florida State … Became the first player in school history to have two 34-kill matches in program history … Also garnered Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors twice in 2023 … Over 29 matches, Parra recorded 482 kills, 47 aces, 266 digs, 70 blocks and 569 points … Her 569 points is the new school record for most points in a single season … Her 4.38 kills per set is tied for third in program history … She also ranks fourth in program history for single-season total kills (482) and aces per set (0.44) … Started in 29 matches in her first season with the Purple and White … Recorded 10+ kills in 23 matches and 20+ kills in eight matches of the year … Finished the season with a team-leading 13 double-doubles … Tallied 13 kills in her TCU debut against No. 7 Minnesota (Aug. 25) … Recorded her first career double-double with 19 kills and 10 digs at Coastal Carolina (Aug. 31) … Led TCU with 19 kills in TCU’s 3-0 sweep over Utah State (Sept. 8) … Hit .453 with 27 kills and seven digs in TCU’s 3-1 win over Hawaii (Sept. 14) … Hit .388 with 34 kills and 10 digs in TCU’s 3-1 win over Florida State (Sept. 15) … Also had 15 kills in TCU’s 3-0 sweep of Western Carolina (Sept. 16) … Named the Fight in the Fort Tournament MVP after leading TCU to a 3-0 weekend … Totaled 76 kills, averaging 6.91 kills per set, and hit .394 over the three matches to earn AVCA National Player of the Week honors (Sept. 19) … Became just the second player in program history to earn AVCA National Player of the Week … Hit .500 with 17 kills in TCU’s 3-0 sweep over Texas Tech (Sept. 28) … Posted her second 34-kill match of the season and added 14 digs in TCU’s 3-2 win over Texas Tech (Sept. 29) … Recorded 20 kills against No. 6 Texas (Oct. 18) … Led the Horned Frogs with 23 kills with 15 digs in the Frogs’ 3-1 win at No. 20 Baylor (Nov. 10) … Posted 16 kills and 14 digs in TCU’s reverse sweep of the No. 20 Bears (Nov. 11) … Started both matches of TCU’s NCAA Tournament run … Led TCU with 23 kills at a .304 clip with 11 digs in TCU’s 3-1 win over No. 22 Florida State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 1) … Recorded 14 kills and 12 digs at No. 9 Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 (Dec. 2).
Texas (2020-2022)
Tallied 192 digs, 93 kills, 68 service aces and 15 total blocks over her three-year tenure in Austin … Played all six rotations for the Longhorns … Helped Texas capture the 2022 NCAA Volleyball Championship her sophomore year … Appeared in 21-of-29 matches during the Longhorns’ championship run … Landed a career-high 15 kills in a sweep of UC Davis on Sept. 7 … Set a single-season school record with a team-leading 60 service aces as a freshman in 2021 … Averaged 0.61 aces per set … Also finished fourth on the squad with 158 digs … Utilized her redshirt season in 2020.
Prior to TCU
Member of the Senior Mexican National Team in 2018 … First competed for the Mexican National Team at the 2018 FIVB World Championship … Went on to help the Mexican National Team notch fourth place finishes at the Central American and Caribbean Games that same year … Received international acclaim when she earned a call-up to the U-18 Mexican National Team as a 13-year-old in 2013 … Was discovered in her home state of a Sinaloa in a nationwide tournament at age-12 … Helped Mexico to a bronze medal at the U18 NORCECA Volleyball Championship in 2016 … Guided Mexico to a first place finish in its pool at the 2017 NORCECA Volleyball Championships in 2017.
Personal
Daughter of Olga Sofía Quintero Zazueta and Guadalupe Parra Quintero … Her older sister, Olga, plays volleyball for the University of Nuevo Leon in Mexico and represented Mexico on the international stage in 2013 … Intends to major in youth and community studies at TCU.
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Tuesday, September 10
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Thursday, June 20
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Thursday, May 09
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