The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2021 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Melanie Parra
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- UANL Tigres
- Hometown:
- Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
- Major:
- Youth & Community Studies
HONORS AND AWARDS
2021: First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021
Played in all 29 matches and 99 sets, with two starts during the 2021 season…led Texas with 60 service aces and set a program record with 0.61 aces per set…finished fourth on the team with 156 digs and averaged 1.58 digs per set…also had 29 kills, 10 assists and seven block assists.
2020
Played in nine matches, with eight starts and 27 total sets in the second half of the 2020 season…finished with 76 kills, five assists, 11 aces, 47 digs and nine blocks…had six double-digit kill matches…had one double-double, with 10 kills and 11 digs at Texas State (3/16)…had a career-high 13 kills against Rice (3/23).
Prior to Texas
Bronze medalist at the 2016 U18 NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Puerto Rico…led the Mexican National Team to a first-place finish in its pool at the 2017 NORCECA Volleyball Championship…member of the senior Mexican National Team that competed at the 2018 FIVB World Championship…helped the Mexican National Team to a fourth-place finish at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Personal
Daughter of Olga Sofía Quintero Zazueta and Guadalupe Parra Quintero…sister, Olga, plays volleyball for the University of Nuevo Leon in Mexico and previously represented Mexico internationally in 2013.
