2023 Volleyball Roster
Downing, Mallory
Jersey Number 24
Mallory Downing
- Position:
- Libero/Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Winter Park HS
- Hometown:
- Winter Park, Fla.
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Bio
Career Honors & Awards
• 2020-21 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023
Appeared in all 30 matches, playing in 110 sets… Began the season as the starting libero before appearing as a defensive specialist… Recorded 208 digs for a 1.89 digs per set average… Season-best 14 digs came at Coastal Carolina (9/2)… Recorded a career-best nine assists at #24 Auburn (10/1)… Recorded 10 double-digit dig matches… Put up 2.48 digs as the libero… First career kill came against #23 Kentucky (9/29).
2022
Appeared in all 31 matches and all but one set, making 23 starts… Concluded the season with 129 digs with a 1.08 digs per set clip… Put up a season-best nine digs twice: at Mississippi State (9/21), at LSU (11/25)… Handed out 51 assists… Had a season-best four assists twice: vs. Texas A&M (10/1), at Tennessee (11/11)… Recorded seven aces on the season including two at Northeastern (9/9)… Member of SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2021
Made appearances in 98 sets in 26 matches… Donned the libero jersey in 12 matches and 49 sets… Finished the season with a total of 186 digs (1.90/set)… When she was the libero, she recorded 2.76 digs per set (135 total digs)… Topped double-digit digs seven times including one 20-dig performance… Career-best 22 digs came against Omaha (9/4)… Had a string of five-straight double-digit dig matches… Handed out 44 assists on the season, eight of which came in the Florida State (9/9) match… Aced opponents four times, twice against Arizona State (9/3)… Member of 2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21
Appeared in 43 sets across 11 matches… Made four total starts including two as the Libero… Recorded 63 digs (1.47 digs/set)… Picked up two double-digit dig performances including 10 in NCAA debut against Arkansas (2/4) and 12 against Texas A&M (3/12)…Picked up eight services aces with three coming against Ole Miss (3/24)… Handed out 11 assists… Member of First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll and 3.5-3.99 J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
High School/Club
Played for Winter Park High School… In her rookie campaign, she earned first team all-metro conference honors while breaking the digs record at Winter Park… She followed it up as a sophomore by breaking her own season digs record while breaking the digs per set, digs in a match, and career digs records en route to first team all-conference accolades once again… Off the court, she was an active member of student government and National Honor Society… Did not play her final two prep seasons to focus on her club, Top Select Volleyball, where she competed in two Junior National Championships where she won a silver medal at USAV Nationals and AAU Nationals.
Personal
Daughter of Lynda and Grant Downing… Has three older brothers: Brad Downing, Kyle McClanahan, and Bryce McClanahan… Brother, Kyle, played basketball at Florida from 2008-12… Born Jan. 26, 2002… Majoring in Real Estate at Georgia.
• 2020-21 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023
Appeared in all 30 matches, playing in 110 sets… Began the season as the starting libero before appearing as a defensive specialist… Recorded 208 digs for a 1.89 digs per set average… Season-best 14 digs came at Coastal Carolina (9/2)… Recorded a career-best nine assists at #24 Auburn (10/1)… Recorded 10 double-digit dig matches… Put up 2.48 digs as the libero… First career kill came against #23 Kentucky (9/29).
2022
Appeared in all 31 matches and all but one set, making 23 starts… Concluded the season with 129 digs with a 1.08 digs per set clip… Put up a season-best nine digs twice: at Mississippi State (9/21), at LSU (11/25)… Handed out 51 assists… Had a season-best four assists twice: vs. Texas A&M (10/1), at Tennessee (11/11)… Recorded seven aces on the season including two at Northeastern (9/9)… Member of SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2021
Made appearances in 98 sets in 26 matches… Donned the libero jersey in 12 matches and 49 sets… Finished the season with a total of 186 digs (1.90/set)… When she was the libero, she recorded 2.76 digs per set (135 total digs)… Topped double-digit digs seven times including one 20-dig performance… Career-best 22 digs came against Omaha (9/4)… Had a string of five-straight double-digit dig matches… Handed out 44 assists on the season, eight of which came in the Florida State (9/9) match… Aced opponents four times, twice against Arizona State (9/3)… Member of 2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21
Appeared in 43 sets across 11 matches… Made four total starts including two as the Libero… Recorded 63 digs (1.47 digs/set)… Picked up two double-digit dig performances including 10 in NCAA debut against Arkansas (2/4) and 12 against Texas A&M (3/12)…Picked up eight services aces with three coming against Ole Miss (3/24)… Handed out 11 assists… Member of First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll and 3.5-3.99 J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
High School/Club
Played for Winter Park High School… In her rookie campaign, she earned first team all-metro conference honors while breaking the digs record at Winter Park… She followed it up as a sophomore by breaking her own season digs record while breaking the digs per set, digs in a match, and career digs records en route to first team all-conference accolades once again… Off the court, she was an active member of student government and National Honor Society… Did not play her final two prep seasons to focus on her club, Top Select Volleyball, where she competed in two Junior National Championships where she won a silver medal at USAV Nationals and AAU Nationals.
Personal
Daughter of Lynda and Grant Downing… Has three older brothers: Brad Downing, Kyle McClanahan, and Bryce McClanahan… Brother, Kyle, played basketball at Florida from 2008-12… Born Jan. 26, 2002… Majoring in Real Estate at Georgia.
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