The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2025 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Ella Swindle
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Rock Bridge
- Hometown:
- Columbia, Mo.
- Major:
- Advertising
Honors and Awards:
2025: Setter of the Week (9/22) (10/13) (10/20)
2024: Preseason Volleyball All-SEC Team
2023: AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the Year... NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team... AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the Year... AVCA Honorable Mention All-Region... Big 12 All-Rookie Team
2025:
Played in 17 of the 18 matches and 61 of the 64 sets during the season...Led the team in both matches in assists at the Opening Spike Classic and totaled 51 assists, 5 blocks and 12 digs... Led the team with 36 assists and recorded four digs in the win against Rice... Tallied 32 assists, five digs, one block and one kill in the win against Stanford... Posted a season high 37 assists and nine digs in the 3-2 win against No. 4 Louisville... Recorded her first double-double of the season in the win against No. 9 ASU with a team-high 12 digs and 29 assists... Notched team-leading 35 assists, along with two kills, one service ace, and five digs in the win against No. 9 TCU... Recorded season-high 37 assists and led the team with ten digs in the win against No. 21 Missouri... Matched her season high with 37 assists, eight digs, two kills and one ace in the win at Georgia... Recorded a career high 48 assists, three kills and 12 digs in the win over No. 17 Tennessee... Notched 32 assists, three blocks, three digs and two kills in the win against Alabama... Led the match in assists with 41, along with four aces and six digs in the win over Oklahoma... Registered team-leading 41 assists, along with seven digs and two blocks in the win at Ole Miss.
2024:
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
NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team…third true freshman setter to lead her team to a National Championship and the first since 2016…AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the Year…AVCA Honorable Mention All-Region…Big 12 All-Rookie team…led the team with 1,088 assists (9.54 a/s), quarterbacking the Longhorns to the national title…started all 32 matches and played in all 114 sets…finished with the fourth-most service aces on the team with 30…also the team’s third-leading blocker with 92 total blocks and 0.81 blocks per set…added 227 digs and 96 kills…had a career-high 46 assists in the four-set win over Wisconsin in the NCAA Semifinal…posted career-high seven blocks in wins over Florida Gulf Coast and Texas Tech…career-high for service aces was four against Minnesota.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Four-year starter and All-State setter for head coach Trevor Koelling at Rock Bridge High School…2021-22 Gatorade Missouri Volleyball Player of the Year…named a 2022 Under Armour All-American…2022 AVCA First Team All-American…AVCA Best & Brightest First Team in 2022…participated in 2022 Missouri/Kansas Challenge All-Star game…VolleyballMag All-America Honorable mention in 2022…named the All-Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2020 and 2021…Rock Bridge High School record holder in assists, blocks and aces…notched more than 3,000 career assists, putting her in the top five in the state of Missouri all-time…named All-State, Academic All-State, All-District and All-Conference in 2019-21…competed for USA Volleyball U-21 National Training Team in 2022… USA Youth National Training team in 2021…member of 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, golfed at Stanford (1982-86).
