The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2026 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Rella Binney
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Punahou
- Hometown:
- Lanikai, Hawaii
- Major:
- Marketing
CAREER HIGHS
- Kills: 1 (4x) // last at SMU, 09/09/26
- Attacks: 3 // last at SMU, 09/09/26
- Assists: 54 // vs. Tennessee, 09/25/26
- Service Aces: 2 (3x) // last vs. Marquette, 08/24/26
- Digs: 21 // vs. Wisconsin, 09/13/26
- Blocks: 4 // vs. Kentucky, 09/27/26
- Blocks Solos: N/A
- Block Assists: 4 // vs. Kentucky, 09/27/26
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District
- SEC Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2025)
- 2024-25 First-Year SEC All-Academic Team
2026 (Junior)
Has appeared in and started all eight matches with 30 sets played … Dished out 22 assists and had four digs in the season opener against No. 12 Arizona State at the AVCA First Serve in Milwaukee … Recorded her first career double-double with career highs of 36 assists and 11 digs, while adding two service aces in a win over Marquette at the AVCA First Serve … Had 21 assists and 10 digs for her second straight double-double in a victory over No. 18 TCU at the Players Era Showcase in Las Vegas … Collected 26 assists, eight digs and one kill against No. 1 Nebraska at the Players Era Showcase … Tallied 31 assists, nine digs, one kill and one ace in the home-opening win over No. 15 USC … Registered 27 assists and eight digs against No. 6 Louisville at the Broadway Block Party in Nashville … Collected a career-best 42 assists and added 10 digs for her third double-double of the season, while adding one kill at No. 8 SMU … Had career highs of 44 assists and 21 digs for her fourth double-double of the season in a win over No. 6 Wisconsin at Moody Center.
2025 (Sophomore)
Played in all 30 matches and 103 of 110 sets … Finished with 278 assists (2.70 per set), 106 digs and 10 service aces … Appeared in both Opening Spike Classic victories over No. 12 Creighton and No. 8 Wisconsin … Recorded career highs with 10 assists and nine digs in the win over Stanford … Matched her career high with 10 digs in the victory over No. 4 Louisville … Posted a career-high 36 assists in the win over Vanderbilt … Added 18 assists and five digs in the win at Florida … Recorded 20 assists, two service aces and six digs against South Carolina … Posted 14 assists and five digs in the win at Auburn … Added 11 assists in both the wins at LSU and at No. 9 Texas A&M … Recorded 10 assists and three digs with one service ace in the NCAA First Round win over Florida A&M … Registered nine assists in the NCAA Second Round victory over No. 25 Penn State … Recorded seven assists in both the NCAA Regional Semifinal win over No. 15 Indiana and the Regional Final against No. 10 Wisconsin.
2024 (Freshman)
Played in 14 matches and 42 sets … Ranked seventh on the team with six service aces while adding 18 digs.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year setter for Hawai‘i Sports Hall of Famer coach Tita Ahuna at Punahou School … Named to the 2023 Sacred Hearts All-Tournament Team and Most Valuable Player ... Ranked No. 5 on ESPN Honolulu’s Top 15 players in Hawai’i … Earned 2023 and 2024 AAU Transpacific Tournament All-Tournament Team honors … Helped Punahou finish as the 2023 Hawai’i state runner-up.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jennifer and Peter Binney…has one brother, Ka'iwa.
