2009 Volleyball Roster

35 Mari O'Neal

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool North Mesquite HS
  • Hometown Mesquite, Texas

Biography

2008 Season: An outside hitter who appeared in all 32 matches while starting 14...led the Warhawks with a team-high 219 kills (2.31 per set)...finished third on the team with 52 blocks (0.55 per set)...added 50 digs (0.53 per set), eight assists and nine assists on the season...tied a career-high 16 kills in a home match against New Orleans to go along with six blocks...finished the season with double-digit kills in nine matches...had a six match stretch when she recorded 56 kills...smashed 13 kills, served three aces and added three assists along with a block against Arkansas-Pine Bluff...led the team with 261.5 points (2.75 per set)
 
2007 Season: A mainstay in the Warhawk lineup as she started 21 matches and appeared in 32 matches for the season splitting time between middle blocker and outside hitter...finished second on the team with 176 kills (1.89 per game) and 222 points (2.39 per game) for the Warhawks...added 36 total blocks, 25 aces, and 47 digs for the season...broke the school record for hitting percentage in a three-game match with an .824 attack percentage (15k-1e-17att) vs. Texas Southern and added four aces and four total blocks...posted a season high and career high of 16 kills vs. New Orleans to go along with four total blocks...totaled nine kills, three aces, three digs, and two total blocks in match vs. Northwestern State...finished the season with three matches with 10 or more kills

2006 Season: Jumped immediately into starting line-up for the Warhawks at middle blocker and started all 34 matches...led ULM with 55 service aces and a 0.46 per game average good enough for sixth in the Sun Belt and 77th nationally...finished the year fourth on the team with 237 kills (1.99 per game)...was third with 0.39 blocks per game and a team-best 18 solo blocks...added 78 digs and 18 assists...totaled 10 or more kills nine times, including a career-best 14 kills to end the season at UALR...posted 10 or more kills in four out of ULM's last five matches...posted first career double-double with season-best 12 kills and 10 digs against Prairie View A&M...totaled nine kills and three service aces in match with Nicholls State...against New Mexico totaled a season-best six total blocks (one solo/five assist)...recorded 10 kills and four service aces against Grambling...finished with a career-high seven service aces against Denver and added 12 kills in the match

Prep: Two-sport athlete in high school, earning four letters in volleyball and one letter in basketball...played for volleyball coach Wanda Burgin at North Mesquite H.S. in Mesquite, Texas...one of three captains as a senior...two-time all-district honoree (2004 and 2005)...district Defensive Player of the Year...named volleyball team's most improved as a freshman...led team to district championship in 2005

Personal: Born September, 1987...daughter of Kathy Jones Hayes...has two siblings, a brother, Quinshun, and a sister, Myka...major is general studies

Statistics

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2009

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2007Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    35
  • 35

    2008Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    35
  • 35

    2009Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'1"
    35