The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2026 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Ella Swindle
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Rock Bridge
- Hometown:
- Columbia, Mo.
- Major:
- Advertising
- 2023 AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the Year
- 2023 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team
- 2023 AVCA Honorable Mention All-Region
- 2023 Big 12 All-Rookie Team
- 2024 Preseason All-SEC Team
- 3x SEC Setter of the Week (9/22/25, 10/13/25, 10/20/25)
- 2x SEC Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Fall 2025)
2025 (Junior)
Played in 29 of 30 matches and 107 of 110 sets, finishing with a team-leading 955 assists, 53 kills, 18 service aces and 40 blocks … Led Texas in assists in both matches at the Opening Spike Classic, totaling 51 assists, 12 digs and five blocks … Recorded 36 assists in the win over Rice … Added 32 assists, five digs, one block and one kill against Stanford … Posted a season-high 37 assists and nine digs in the five-set win over No. 4 Louisville … Recorded her first double-double of the season with 29 assists and a team-high 12 digs against No. 9 Arizona State … Finished with a team-leading 35 assists, two kills, one service ace and five digs in the win over No. 9 TCU … Matched her season high with 37 assists and recorded 10 digs against No. 21 Missouri … Equaled her season high with 37 assists while adding eight digs, two kills and one service ace at Georgia … Recorded a then career-high 48 assists and added three kills and 12 digs in the win over No. 17 Tennessee … Finished with 32 assists, three blocks, three digs and two kills against Alabama … Tallied 41 assists, four service aces and six digs in the win over Oklahoma … Added 41 assists, seven digs and two blocks at Ole Miss … Posted 22 assists, seven digs, one block and one service ace at LSU … Recorded her fifth double-double of the season with a career-high 49 assists, 10 digs, four kills and one service ace at No. 9 Texas A&M … Finished with 33 assists, five digs and two blocks against No. 3 Kentucky … Registered 31 assists, seven digs, two blocks and one kill at Florida … Led the match with 43 assists while adding three kills, seven digs and three blocks at Auburn … Recorded 25 assists and four digs against South Carolina … Posted 28 assists and three kills while helping Texas hit .475 against Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals … Added 25 assists, four kills, five digs and two blocks in the SEC Tournament semifinal win over No. 6 Texas A&M … Recorded 47 assists, a career-high 17 digs, four kills and four blocks against No. 3 Kentucky in the SEC Tournament championship … Added 22 assists and three kills in the NCAA First Round win over Florida A&M … Finished with 21 assists in the NCAA Second Round victory over No. 25 Penn State … Recorded 30 assists in the NCAA Regional Semifinal win over No. 15 Indiana … Closed the season with 27 assists, three blocks, four digs and two kills against No. 10 Wisconsin in the NCAA Regional Final.
2024 (Sophomore)
Played in 20 of 27 matches and 64 sets during the season … sixth on the team with digs and 1.08 digs per set … second on the team with 265 assists and 4.14 assists per set…had a season-high 37 assists in the win against Houston (9/11) … season-high seven digs against Texas A&M (9/27).
2023 (Freshman)
Named AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the Year, AVCA Honorable Mention All-Region, NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team and Big 12 All-Rookie Team … Became just the third true freshman setter to lead her team to an NCAA National Championship and the first since 2016 … Started all 32 matches and played in all 114 sets while helping Texas win the NCAA National Championship … Led the team with 1,088 assists (9.54 per set), quarterbacking the Longhorns to the national title … Finished with 96 kills, 227 digs, 92 total blocks and 30 service aces … Recorded a career-high 46 assists in the NCAA Semifinal win over Wisconsin … Posted career highs with seven blocks against Florida Gulf Coast and Texas Tech … Recorded a career-high four service aces against Minnesota.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Four-year starter for head coach Trevor Koelling at Rock Bridge High School … Named the 2021-22 Gatorade Missouri Volleyball Player of the Year … Earned 2022 Under Armour All-America and AVCA First Team All-America honors … Named to the 2022 AVCA Best and Brightest First Team and VolleyballMag All-America Honorable Mention … Competed in the 2022 Missouri/Kansas Challenge All-Star Game … Named conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2020 and 2021 … Finished her career as Rock Bridge High School’s record holder in assists, blocks and service aces … Recorded more than 3,000 career assists, ranking among the top five in Missouri history … Earned All-State, Academic All-State, All-District and All-Conference honors from 2019-21 … Competed with the USA Volleyball U-21 National Training Team in 2022, the USA Youth National Training Team in 2021 and the USA Youth National Team in 2020.
PERSONAL
???????Daughter of Jason and Sarah Swindle … Has two siblings, Claire and JP … Sister, Claire, is a student at SMU … Grandfather, Skip Grossnickle, played football at Missouri (1964-67) and is a member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame … Uncle, Don Walsworth, played golf at Stanford (1982-86).
