The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2011 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
McNeal, Sha'Dare
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Jersey Number 14
Sha'Dare McNeal
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Fallbrook
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
Bio
McNeal earned 2012 AVCA All-Central Region honors ... named to 2012 NCAA Volleyball All-Tournament Team ... named to 2012 All-Big 12 First Team ... earned 2010 Academic All-Big 12 second team honors ... she was named to the 2010 Texas Invitational and Burnt Orange Classic all-tournament teams ... she came to Texas as the No. 5 rated recruit in the nation according to Prep Volleyball (2009). 2012
She made 30 starts in 32 matches as a member of the Longhorns[apos] national championship squad, registering 219 kills (1.99 kps) while hitting .364 with 79 assists (0.72 aps), 18 aces (0.16 saps), 265 digs (2.41 dps), 93 blocks (0.85 bps) and 289.0 points (2.63 pps) ... in her final match as a Longhorn, she registered eight kills without an error for a .471 performance (8-0-17) with four digs, four blocks and one assists in the national championship match on Dec. 15 against No. 5 seed Oregon ... hit .524 on 13 kills with 12 digs and four blocks on Dec. 13 in the five-set win against Michigan in the national semifinal ... recorded 10 kills while hitting .412 with seven digs and two blocks in the NCAA Austin Regional final on Dec. 8 against No. 6 seed USC ... hit .533 on eight kills with two assists, seven digs and four blocks on Dec. 7 in the regional semifinal against No. 14 seed Florida ... had six kills while hitting .364 with nine digs on Nov. 30 in the four-set win against Texas A&M in an NCAA second-round match ... hit .727 on eight kills (8-0-11) with six digs in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 29 against Colgate ... recorded a career-high 22 digs to go with 11 kills and a .391 night on Nov. 24 at No. 18 Iowa State ... tallied seven kills with three aces and three blocks on Nov. 17 against West Virginia ... hit .500 on seven kills with five assists and six digs on Nov. 14 against Texas Tech ... posted nine kills and 14 digs on Nov. 10 at No. 23 Kansas ... hit .462 on eight kills (8-2-13) with 11 digs and two blocks on Nov. 2 against No. 16 Kansas State ... posted 10 kills without an error to hit .476 with 12 digs and seven blocks on Oct. 17 against No. 22 Iowa State ... registered 13 kills and 20 digs on Oct. 8 at No. 15 Louisville ... had nine kills with 13 digs and a career-high nine blocks on Sept. 22 vs. Oklahoma ... had five kills, eight digs and five blocks on Sept. 7 against No. 14 Minnesota ... opened the season with back-to-back nine-kill efforts on Aug. 24 against LSU and Aug. 25 against Cal Poly.
2011
She played in 20 matches for the Longhorns as a junior ... she had 117 kills (1.75 kps) while hitting .425 with 21 assists (0.31 aps), eight service aces (0.12 saps), 137 digs (2.04 dps), 38 blocks (0.57 bps) and 145.5 points (2.16 pps) ... finished the season with seven kills against No. 4 UCLA at the NCAA Lexington Regional final while hitting .312 with seven digs and two blocks ... recorded a season-high 14 digs to go with eight digs at No. 16 Kentucky on Dec. 9 in the NCAA Lexington Regional semifinal ... hit .545 (7-1-11) on seven kills in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Dec. 3 against Michigan State ... tallied 10 kills without a hitting error on Nov. 23 at Texas A&M for a .588 hitting clip with eight digs and two blocks ... compiled a season-high 15 kills without a hitting error for a .750 (15-0-20) night on Nov. 19 at Missouri with 11 digs and four blocks ... hit .727 (9-1-11) on nine kills on Nov. 16 in a 3-0 sweep of Baylor ... earned her first double-double of the season with 13 kills and 11 digs on Nov. 12 against Kansas State while hitting .667 (13-1-18) ... posted 12 digs with four kills and three blocks on Nov. 9 at Texas Tech ... on Oct. 22 against Missouri, she had six kills for a perfect night (6-0-6) with four digs and four blocks ... opened the season against Pepperdine on Aug. 26 with five kills, two digs and two blocks.
2010
She started all 33 matches and appeared in all 118 sets ... ranked fourth on the team with a 1.99 kills per set average and ranked seventh in the conference during Big 12 play with a .302 hitting percentage ... finished the season with 235 kills (1.99 kps) while hitting .300 with 60 assists (0.51 aps), 24 aces (0.20 saps), 245 digs (2.08 dps), 90 blocks (0.76 bps) and 307.5 points (2.60 pps) ... recorded eight kills, six digs and three assists, while hitting .429 in Texas[apos] 3-1 win against No. 24 Purdue in the NCAA Austin Regional final on Dec. 11 ... on Dec. 4, she totaled eight kills, seven digs and four blocks, while hitting .583 as Texas beat No. 9 UCLA, 3-1 in the NCAA second round match ... posted a career-high 16 kills and hit .353 with six digs and four blocks as UT downed No. 16 Iowa State, 3-1 (Nov. 27) ... hammered out eight kills on 10 error-free swings and added a season-best 15 digs in the Horns[apos] sweep of Texas A&M (Nov. 24) ... notched a kill/dig double-double with her 11-kill, 12-dig effort and added a career-best seven blocks in a 3-1 win at Baylor (Nov. 10) ... tallied eight kills on .375 hitting and added 13 digs in a 3-1 win over No. 2 Nebraska (Oct. 27) ... notched a kill/dig double-double with 10 kills, 10 digs, a .381 attack mark and five blocks to lift UT to a 3-1 win at Oklahoma (Oct. 13) ... registered seven kills, two service aces, six digs and three blocks in the Horns[apos] sweep of Baylor (Sept. 18) ... connected for 14 kills on .308 hitting and added 13 digs and two blocks in a 3-2 win over No. 23 Long Beach State (Sept. 4) ... posted eight kills on 12 error-free swings in UT[apos]s 3-0 win over McNeese State (Aug. 28) ... recorded the first kill/dig double-double of her career with 10 kills and 10 digs in the season-opening sweep of TCU (Aug. 27). 2009
She started nine matches, appearing in 29 matches and 67 sets ... recorded 66 kills (0.99 kps) while hitting .338 with three assists (9.04 aps), 13 service aces (0.19 saps), 41 digs (0.61 dps), 40 blocks (0.60 bps) and 101.5 points (1.51 pps) ... notched five kills on seven attempts in UT[apos]s sweep of TCU in the NCAA Second Round (Dec. 4) ... hammered out four kills on seven swings and hit .429 in a sweep of Kansas (Nov. 28) ... registered a career-high three service aces in a 3-1 win over Texas Tech (Nov. 11)... connected for four kills on five swings in UT[apos]s sweep of No. 8 Nebraska (Oct. 30) ... tallied five kills in each of Texas[apos] victories over Texas A&M and Kansas State (Sept. 30 & Oct. 2) ... posted a career-high eight digs and added three blocks in a 3-1 win at No. 6 Nebraska (Sept. 26) ... notched four kills, two service aces and three blocks in UT[apos]s sweep at Colorado (Sept. 23) ... recorded five stuff blocks in Texas[apos] 3-1 win over No. 4 Hawaii at the Wahine Classic (Sept. 5) ... totaled seven kills on 11 swings with zero errors (.636), while notching four total blocks in a sweep of No. 15 San Diego (Aug. 30).
She made 30 starts in 32 matches as a member of the Longhorns[apos] national championship squad, registering 219 kills (1.99 kps) while hitting .364 with 79 assists (0.72 aps), 18 aces (0.16 saps), 265 digs (2.41 dps), 93 blocks (0.85 bps) and 289.0 points (2.63 pps) ... in her final match as a Longhorn, she registered eight kills without an error for a .471 performance (8-0-17) with four digs, four blocks and one assists in the national championship match on Dec. 15 against No. 5 seed Oregon ... hit .524 on 13 kills with 12 digs and four blocks on Dec. 13 in the five-set win against Michigan in the national semifinal ... recorded 10 kills while hitting .412 with seven digs and two blocks in the NCAA Austin Regional final on Dec. 8 against No. 6 seed USC ... hit .533 on eight kills with two assists, seven digs and four blocks on Dec. 7 in the regional semifinal against No. 14 seed Florida ... had six kills while hitting .364 with nine digs on Nov. 30 in the four-set win against Texas A&M in an NCAA second-round match ... hit .727 on eight kills (8-0-11) with six digs in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 29 against Colgate ... recorded a career-high 22 digs to go with 11 kills and a .391 night on Nov. 24 at No. 18 Iowa State ... tallied seven kills with three aces and three blocks on Nov. 17 against West Virginia ... hit .500 on seven kills with five assists and six digs on Nov. 14 against Texas Tech ... posted nine kills and 14 digs on Nov. 10 at No. 23 Kansas ... hit .462 on eight kills (8-2-13) with 11 digs and two blocks on Nov. 2 against No. 16 Kansas State ... posted 10 kills without an error to hit .476 with 12 digs and seven blocks on Oct. 17 against No. 22 Iowa State ... registered 13 kills and 20 digs on Oct. 8 at No. 15 Louisville ... had nine kills with 13 digs and a career-high nine blocks on Sept. 22 vs. Oklahoma ... had five kills, eight digs and five blocks on Sept. 7 against No. 14 Minnesota ... opened the season with back-to-back nine-kill efforts on Aug. 24 against LSU and Aug. 25 against Cal Poly.
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She played in 20 matches for the Longhorns as a junior ... she had 117 kills (1.75 kps) while hitting .425 with 21 assists (0.31 aps), eight service aces (0.12 saps), 137 digs (2.04 dps), 38 blocks (0.57 bps) and 145.5 points (2.16 pps) ... finished the season with seven kills against No. 4 UCLA at the NCAA Lexington Regional final while hitting .312 with seven digs and two blocks ... recorded a season-high 14 digs to go with eight digs at No. 16 Kentucky on Dec. 9 in the NCAA Lexington Regional semifinal ... hit .545 (7-1-11) on seven kills in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Dec. 3 against Michigan State ... tallied 10 kills without a hitting error on Nov. 23 at Texas A&M for a .588 hitting clip with eight digs and two blocks ... compiled a season-high 15 kills without a hitting error for a .750 (15-0-20) night on Nov. 19 at Missouri with 11 digs and four blocks ... hit .727 (9-1-11) on nine kills on Nov. 16 in a 3-0 sweep of Baylor ... earned her first double-double of the season with 13 kills and 11 digs on Nov. 12 against Kansas State while hitting .667 (13-1-18) ... posted 12 digs with four kills and three blocks on Nov. 9 at Texas Tech ... on Oct. 22 against Missouri, she had six kills for a perfect night (6-0-6) with four digs and four blocks ... opened the season against Pepperdine on Aug. 26 with five kills, two digs and two blocks.
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She started all 33 matches and appeared in all 118 sets ... ranked fourth on the team with a 1.99 kills per set average and ranked seventh in the conference during Big 12 play with a .302 hitting percentage ... finished the season with 235 kills (1.99 kps) while hitting .300 with 60 assists (0.51 aps), 24 aces (0.20 saps), 245 digs (2.08 dps), 90 blocks (0.76 bps) and 307.5 points (2.60 pps) ... recorded eight kills, six digs and three assists, while hitting .429 in Texas[apos] 3-1 win against No. 24 Purdue in the NCAA Austin Regional final on Dec. 11 ... on Dec. 4, she totaled eight kills, seven digs and four blocks, while hitting .583 as Texas beat No. 9 UCLA, 3-1 in the NCAA second round match ... posted a career-high 16 kills and hit .353 with six digs and four blocks as UT downed No. 16 Iowa State, 3-1 (Nov. 27) ... hammered out eight kills on 10 error-free swings and added a season-best 15 digs in the Horns[apos] sweep of Texas A&M (Nov. 24) ... notched a kill/dig double-double with her 11-kill, 12-dig effort and added a career-best seven blocks in a 3-1 win at Baylor (Nov. 10) ... tallied eight kills on .375 hitting and added 13 digs in a 3-1 win over No. 2 Nebraska (Oct. 27) ... notched a kill/dig double-double with 10 kills, 10 digs, a .381 attack mark and five blocks to lift UT to a 3-1 win at Oklahoma (Oct. 13) ... registered seven kills, two service aces, six digs and three blocks in the Horns[apos] sweep of Baylor (Sept. 18) ... connected for 14 kills on .308 hitting and added 13 digs and two blocks in a 3-2 win over No. 23 Long Beach State (Sept. 4) ... posted eight kills on 12 error-free swings in UT[apos]s 3-0 win over McNeese State (Aug. 28) ... recorded the first kill/dig double-double of her career with 10 kills and 10 digs in the season-opening sweep of TCU (Aug. 27). 2009
She started nine matches, appearing in 29 matches and 67 sets ... recorded 66 kills (0.99 kps) while hitting .338 with three assists (9.04 aps), 13 service aces (0.19 saps), 41 digs (0.61 dps), 40 blocks (0.60 bps) and 101.5 points (1.51 pps) ... notched five kills on seven attempts in UT[apos]s sweep of TCU in the NCAA Second Round (Dec. 4) ... hammered out four kills on seven swings and hit .429 in a sweep of Kansas (Nov. 28) ... registered a career-high three service aces in a 3-1 win over Texas Tech (Nov. 11)... connected for four kills on five swings in UT[apos]s sweep of No. 8 Nebraska (Oct. 30) ... tallied five kills in each of Texas[apos] victories over Texas A&M and Kansas State (Sept. 30 & Oct. 2) ... posted a career-high eight digs and added three blocks in a 3-1 win at No. 6 Nebraska (Sept. 26) ... notched four kills, two service aces and three blocks in UT[apos]s sweep at Colorado (Sept. 23) ... recorded five stuff blocks in Texas[apos] 3-1 win over No. 4 Hawaii at the Wahine Classic (Sept. 5) ... totaled seven kills on 11 swings with zero errors (.636), while notching four total blocks in a sweep of No. 15 San Diego (Aug. 30).
INTERNATIONAL
Member of the 2008 U.S. Women[apos]s Junior National Team with classmate Bailey Webster ... helped her team capture a gold medal at the 2008 NORCECA Women[apos]s Continental Championship in Saltillo, Mexico.
BEFORE TEXAS
A 2008 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruit ... ranked No. 5 recruit nationally by PrepVolleyball.com ... UnderArmour High School All-America pick and honorable mention Mizuno/Volleyball All-America selection in 2008 ... three-time All-Avocado League selection ... 2008 All-North County Times and North County Times Player of the Year selection ... paced her Fallbrook High School squad with 3.5 kills per-set and a .424 hitting percentage as a senior ... named to the 2009 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics All-Tournament Team as a member of her Coast club team ... helped her club teams claim fifth-place finishes at the 2007 and 2009 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics ... led her Epic club squad to a first-place finish at the 2007 Lone Star Classic Junior Olympic qualifier and a first-place finish at the Big South qualifier ... named to the North County Times All-Academic Team in 2007.
PERSONAL
Full name is Sha[apos]Dare L. McNeal ... born May 2, 1991 in Camp Pendleton, Calif. ... daughter of Darrell and Suzie McNeal ... is an only child ... two-time Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll selection ... majoring in applied learning and development with a minor in communication.
