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2025 Volleyball Roster

16 Melissa Benkowitz

  • Height 5-9
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Chapel Hill, N.C.
  • High School Cedar Ridge
  • Position OH
  • Major Business, Organizations & Society

Biography

Career Honors

  • All-Centennial Conference Honorable Mention (2025)
  • One-time Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week (9/16/2025)


2025: All-Centennial Conference Honorable Mention selection … Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week (9/16/2025) … Appeared in a team-high 100 sets across all 300 matches with 29 starts … Recorded a team-best 322 kills, averaging 3.22 kills per set with a .200 hitting percentage … Recorded 285 digs, averaging 2.85 digs per set … Totaled 41 service aces, averaging 0.41 aces per set … Posted three solo blocks, nine block assists, 12 total blocks, and 21 assists … Had a team-best 370.5 points, averaging 3.71 points per set … Totaled 17 matches with ten-plus kills, 11 matches with ten-plus digs, and six double-double performances … Posted a career-best 20 kills in Centennial Conference Tournament Semifinal win over Haverford (Nov. 14) … Hit a career-best .611 in straight-set win over Keystone (Sept. 13) … Swung over .300 in ten matches … Recorded a career-best 23 digs in season-opening win over Lancaster Bible (Aug. 29) … Among Centennial Conference players, ranked seventh in kills per set (3.18) and sixth in points per set (3.65) … Named to the Worthington Classic All-Tournament Team at Gallaudet, totaling 51 kills (3.92 per set) with a .292 hitting percentage, 23 digs (1.77 per set), five aces (0.38 per set), three block assists, and four assists across 13 sets played and a 3-1 record across four matches played … Named Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week on September 16, averaging 4.61 points per set (41.5 total), 3.56 kills per set (32 total), 2.89 digs per set (26 total) and 1.00 aces per set (9 total) across nine sets and a 2-1 week for F&M.

2024: Appeared in 86 sets across 29 matches … Totaled 93 kills, 185 digs (2.15 digs per set), 39 service aces (0.45 aces per set), one solo block, three block assists, and 13 assists … Recorded eight matches with ten-plus digs … Recorded a career-high 13 digs in wins over Lancaster Bible (9/24) and Ursinus (10/23) … Set a season-high 11 kills in win over Montclair St. (9/14) … Had four matches with a hitting percentage over .300 (min.10 attacks) … Posted a career-high five aces in win over Clarkson (9/14) … Recorded a season-high five aces in win over Clarkson (9/14).

2023: Saw action in 33 sets over the course of 12 matches ... Racked up 61 kills on 177 attacks along with 59 digs ... Recorded double-digit in four contests ... Totaled 36 kills with an attacking percentage of .208 at the Trinity Fall Classic ... Registered a season-best 13 kills against Whittier before matching it later in the day against No. 12 Trinity (9/15)

High School: Two-time all-conference selection … Earned both all-state and all-region honors during sophomore season … Placed third at nationals with Chapel Hill Area Volleyball Club.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2023First-Year

    OH
    5'10"
    16
  • 16

    2024Sophomore

    OH
    5'10"
    16
  • 16

    2025Junior

    OH
    5'9"
    16