2021 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Callie Minshew
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- High School/Previous School:
- Brandon
- Hometown:
- Brandon, Miss.
Honors and Awards
2020 SEC Defensive Player of the Week • Nov. 4, 2020
2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
SEC First-Year Honor Roll as a Freshman
2019 StarkVegas Classic All-Tournament Team
2021 (Junior)
Ranked among the SEC’s top 10 in services aces (20 – 8th) … Appeared in 25 matches with 4 starts and played in 55 sets … Had a total of 61 kills, 65 digs and 75.5 points on the season … Garnered 9 digs and 4 kills versus Indiana (Sep. 9) … Had a total of 12 kills, 7 digs, and 12.5 points against South Carolina (Oct. 13) … Accumulated 9 kills, 4 digs and 10 points at Ole Miss (Oct. 17).
2020-21 (Sophomore)
Season: Appeared in 19 matches with 13 starts…Saw action in 59 sets…Led team in service aces (20) and ranked No. 6 in the SEC (3.67 per set)…Finished No. 3 on the squad in digs (138)…Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week on November 9...Named to Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Fall (2020): Appeared in seven matches with four starts…Saw action in 26 sets…Led team in service aces per set (0.25)…Totaled 33 digs in MSU’s series sweep of No. 7 Texas A&M (Nov. 4-5) to earn SEC Defensive Player of the Week selection…Had match-high 15 digs in Texas A&M series opener (Nov. 4), fall-high 18 digs and two aces in series finale (Nov. 5)…Collected fall-high seven kills in series opener against No. 2 Kentucky (Nov. 13).
Spring (2021): Appeared in 12 matches with eight starts…Led the team in aces (15)…Ranked No. 2 on the team in kills (77) and digs (92)…Tallied double-digit kills in four matches…Collected double-digits digs in four matches…Had season-high 11 kills twice, against Ole Miss (Feb. 11) and No. 24 Missouri (March 25)…Tallied season-high 11 digs twice, at Alabama (Feb. 27) and at Tennessee (March 6).
2019 (Freshman)
Season: Started all 30 matches…One of two Bulldogs to play all 114 sets…Led the team with 29 service aces…Had the most digs (268) of any freshman in the SEC and the third best mark on the team…Finished No. 2 on the squad in kills (255) and points (303.5)…Ended campaign among the top 10 MSU freshmen all-time in three categories; attack attempts (No. 4; 1,027), service aces (tied for No. 8; 29) and kills (No. 9; 255)…Only student-athlete on the team with at least 200 kills and 200 digs…Totaled six double-double performances, the second-highest mark on the team; vs. New Orleans (17 kills, 10 digs), UAB (10 kills, 16 digs), Auburn (11 kills, 15 digs), at LSU (14 kills, 13 digs), at Texas A&M (10 kills, 10 digs) and at Arkansas (12 kills, 13 digs)…Tallied double-digit kills 10 times and 10-plus digs on 13 occasions…Collected season-high 17 kills in back-to-back matches against Western Illinois (Aug. 31) and New Orleans (Sept. 6)…Picked up season-high 16 digs against UAB (Sept. 20)…Had multiple service aces in eight matches…Converted season-best three service aces versus Mississippi Valley State (Aug. 30)…Tabbed to SEC First-Year Honor Roll…Made collegiate debut against Chattanooga (Aug. 30) and had seven kills, seven digs and three blocks…Tallied nine kills and 14 digs in first SEC match at No. 16 Kentucky (Sept. 27)…Led State to victory with a double-double against Auburn (Oct. 25).
Prior to College
High School: Prepped at Brandon High School under head coach Kelsa Walker…Led the Bulldogs to back-to-back state championships as a junior and senior…Twice named the Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year, as a junior and senior…Two-time Mississippi Volleyball Player of the Year, as a sophomore and senior…Earned All-America honors from PrepVolleyball.com as a senior…Named South MVP at the 2019 Mississippi North/South Volleyball All-Star Game…Earned Under Armour All-American Honorable Mention honors…Named to Brandon High School Hall of Fame…Academically, part of the All-A honor roll.
Personal
Born Caroline Grace Minshew on February 9, 2001 in Jackson, Mississippi…Daughter of Flint and Kim Minshew…Father, Flint, played football at Millsaps College (1988-91) and is in the Millsaps Hall of Fame…Has one brother, Gardner, and one sister, Meredith…Brother, Gardner, played football at East Carolina (2016-17) and Washington State University (2018-19), and is a quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars…Gardner played for MSU football coach Mike Leach at Washington State…Sister, Meredith, also attended State…Majoring in kinesiology with a concentration in sport administration.
