The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2025 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Cari Spears
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Prestonwood Christian Academy
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
Honors and Awards:
2025:
- AVCA National Player of the Year Watch List (Oct.)
- AVCA National Player of the Week (9/22)
- 4x SEC Freshman of the Week (9/8), (9/15), (9/22), (10/6)
- 2x SEC Player of the Week (9/15), (9/22)
2025:
Started all 12 matches and played in all 41 sets... Started both matches against No. 12 Creighton and No. 8 Wisconsin and led the team in kills with 11 against Wisconsin and clipped an impressive .476 attack percentage... Recorded 11 kills and a season high eight digs in the win against Rice... Gathered 14 kills, six digs and one block in the win against Stanford... Added a then-career high 16 kills and five blocks in the 3-2 win against No. 4 Louisville... Led Texas in kills with 18, finished with four blocks, two digs and one assists in the win against No. 9 ASU... Registered 10 kills and five digs in the win against No. 9 TCU... Led the Longhorns in kills with 18, along with one assist, one service ace, and four digs in the win against No. 21 Baylor... Totaled nine kills and five digs in the win against Vanderbilt... Notched 14 kills and three digs in the win against No. 21 Missouri... Finished with 15 kills, three digs, one block and one ace in the win at Georgia... Totaled ten kills and seven digs in the win over Mississippi State... Registered her first career double-double in the win against No. 17 Tennessee with 14 kills and 11 digs, while also adding two assists.
Prior to Texas
Prep Volleyball 2025 top 150, ISL Player of the year, ISL All-League, MVP Flint Hill Volleyball Invitational, Tiger Paws Invitational MVP, VISAA 1st team All-State, VISAA Player of the Year, All-Met 1st team, ISL AA Tournament Champions, VISAA D1 State Champion 2021, VA Gatorade player of the year nominee, Prep Dig 2025 #1 player, NEQ 16 All-tournament team... Was a gold medalist at the 2022 Pan Am Games for USA... Named to the 2022 Prep Volleyball fall tournament team... VolleyPalozza All tournament hitter... TAPPS 6A-1 MVP, First Team All-State, All-tournament Team and Team Champion in 2022-23... Max prep 1st team All American & underclass First Team All-American... 2022's Vball recruiter sophomore player of the year... V-ball Magazine 2022 top player in Texas... Was Prep Volleyball's Player of the Year in 2022 and was a HS Second Team All-American... Was named the Gatorade Player of the Year (Texas) in 2022... Maxpreps Texas player of the year and First Team All-American in 2023...Dallas Morning News all area hitter of the year in 2023...PrepDig ranked #1 for 2025 class in Texas...Maxpreps POY watchlist and First Team All-America in 2024... Prep volleyball 18U Club All-Americans... In 2024, TAPPS MVP, First Team All-District, First Team All-State... 2024 MAX Preps MVP, First Team All-American and Player of the Year... 2024 Dallas morning news player of the year... 2024 Vball recruiter POY... 2024 AVCA High School POY... 2024 Texas Gatorade POY
Personal
Full name Macaria Spears... Daughter to Aiysha and Marcus Spears... Sister to Mike and Marcus Spears... Mom played basketball at LSU and played in the WBNA and dad played football at LSU and NFL... Now is an NFL analyst... Chose Texas because of the experienced staff, academics, and culture of the program... Thought the coaches saw her than more than just a volleyball player.
