Molly McCage
Position: Middle Blocker
Height: 6-3
Weight: 165
Hometown/Residence: Spring, Texas/Spring, Texas
Birth Date: Feb. 2, 1994
Club Team/Coach: Woodlands Wave (The Woodlands, Texas)/Ray Hedden
High School/Grad Year: Klein Collins High School (Spring, Texas)/2012
College Status: Verbal commitment to University of Texas
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2010 – NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship (Gold).
USA VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 – Selected to the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team that will compete at the 2011 FIVB Girls’ Youth World Championship. 2010 – Captain of U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team which won the gold medal at the NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship, thus earning a berth into 2010 Youth Olympic Games and 2011 FIVB Girls’ Youth World Championship…Named Best Blocker of the NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship with 20 blocks for a 1.25 set average...Produced 59 total points during the NORCEA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship, including 35 kills on 75 attacks for a 46.7 kill percent (would have been tournament leader, but did not qualify for consideration with 15 percent of team’s kills)…Participated in USA Volleyball High Performance Holiday Camp. 2009 – Attended U.S. Girls’ Youth National Training Team Camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in December…Named to U.S. Girls’ Select A1 Red Team which finished first in bronze and seventh-place overall.
CLUB/PREP HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 – Named as PrepVolleyball.com Class of 2012 Top 50 Junior Recruits…Tabbed to Volleyball Magazine’s Top 25 Underclassmen to Watch. 2010 - Named to PrepVolleyball.com Soph 79 List…Selected to the GVCHA Top 25 Houston Area…Named to the Lone Star Volleyball All-Texas Team. 2009 – Named all-district first-team as a sophomore at Klein Collins High School in Texas…Tabbed team most valuable player for Klein Collins High School…Selected academic all-district. 2008 – Helped Texas Team to a fifth-place finish in the 14 Open Division of the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships…Chosen second-team all-district while playing for Klein Collins High School…Picked as academic all-district. 2007 – Started playing club volleyball for Woodland Stars (now called Texas Team). 2005 – started playing volleyball for junior high school team.
PERSONAL: Born Mallory Grace McCage on Feb. 2, 1994, in Hobart, Indiana… Parents are Larry and Denise McCage…Father Larry played basketball at Rice University and Sam Houston State University… Brothers are Ryan (1984), Nathan (1988) and Collin (1992)…Sisters are Miranda (1985) and Carly (deceased)…Brother played football at the University of Texas at El Paso…Uncle played football at LSU…Hobbies include sand volleyball, swimming, dancing, reading, Facebook, working out, attending volleyball and basketball games…Favorite foods are shrimp penne paste, Caesar salad and French Onion bread bowl…Favorite book is Harry Potter series…Favorite music types are slow, smooth, rock…Favorite musicians are Natasha Bedingfield, Eminem, Jack Johnson…Favorite professional team is the Indianapolis Colts…Favorite athletes are Gabrielle Reece and Kerri Walsh…Most admired person is big sister Miranda because “she is so strong and independent and nothing stops her.”…Happiest moment in life was “When I was selected as captain of the Youth National team and competed internationally. When I committed to the University of Texas.”
Updated Aug. 8, 2011
