CAREER OVERVIEW (2019-23) | CAREER STATS (PDF)
Wells concluded an historic career in Arlington, becoming the program’s all-time career digs leader with 2,092. Over 133 career outings, she produced 104 matches with double-digit digs, as well as 71 with at least 15, 42 with at least 20, 18 with at least 25 and eight with at least 30. She concluded the 2023 season ranked ninth among active Division I players in career digs.
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AS A GRADUATE SENIOR AT UTA (2023) | MATCH-BY-MATCH STATS (PDF)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Academic All-WAC Team
Amy Svoboda Memorial Classic All-Tournament Team
Tulsa Invitational All-Tournament Team
UTA Invitational All-Tournament Team
Totaled 460 digs, a career-high 123 assists, 19 aces and three kills over 32 matches, or 121 sets … Finished season with a career-best 27 matches of 10+ digs, including 16 with at least 15 and four with 20-or-more … Notched 13 matches with at least five assists, including season-high nine against UTRGV (9/21) … Produced five matches with double-digit aces … Ranked 98th among NCAA Division I players in total digs at season’s end … Achieved 2,000th career dig against SFA (10/30) before breaking program’s all-time record with No. 2,034 on the final rally of her collegiate home career against Seattle U (11/4) … Recorded a season-best 24 digs against Oral Roberts (9/9) to conclude a four-match stretch with three outings of at least 20 … Posted 21 digs against Grand Canyon (10/5).
AS A SENIOR AT UTA (2022) |Â MATCH-BY-MATCH STATSÂ (PDF)
WAC Defensive Player of the Week (10/24)
UTSA Invitational All-Tournament Team
Academic All-WAC Team
Led the Mavs defensive attack with a team-best 458 digs (4.20/set), a career-high 31 aces, 74 assists and one kill … Produced the fifth-highest digs per set average (4.30) in conference play … Tallied double-digit digs in 24 of 27 matches, including 11 with 20-plus … Registered a season-best 33 digs against Abilene Christian (10/20), which was the third-most in any match by a WAC player during the season and led to her eighth career conference defensive player of the week honor … Had a 26-match streak with double-digit digs (dating back to 2021) snapped against New Orleans (9/16) … Finished with five-plus assists seven times, highlighted by a season-best seven against New Orleans (9/16) … Tallied season-best five aces against UC Davis (8/26) and South Florida (9/9) … Pushed her career dig total to 1,632, which is sixth-most in program history, putting her 401 shy of breaking the record … Finished season 41st among active NCAA Division I players in career digs.
AS A JUNIOR AT UTA (2021) |Â MATCH-BY-MATCH STATSÂ (PDF)
Second Team All-Sun Belt
UTA Classic All-Tournament Team
Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
Sun Belt Commissioner's List
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week (9/7, 10/5, 10/19, 11/16)
Appeared in all 27 matches and 106 sets ... Team-leader in total digs (534) and digs per set (5.04) ... 27th in the NCAA in total digs and 26th in digs per set ... Second in the Sun Belt in total digs and digs per set ... Collected 1,000th career dig vs App State (10/22) ... Double-digit digs on 25 occasions ... 20+ digs on 13 occasions ... Season-high 35 digs vs Louisiana (10/1) ... Second on the team in service aces (15).
AS A SOPHOMORE AT UTA (2020) |Â MATCH-BY-MATCH STATSÂ (PDF)
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year
First Team All-Sun Belt
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week (10/13, 10/20, 11/17)
Sun Belt Commissioner's List
Appeared in 23 matches, finishing third among all NCAA Division I players in total digs (526) while ranking seventh in digs per set (5.91) ... Led the Sun Belt in digs per set and finished second in total digs ... Second on the team in service aces (23) ... Posted a .960 reception percentage ... Double-digit digs in all 23 matches ... Tallied 20+ digs in 14 matches ... Career-high 45 digs vs Louisiana (11/6) and set the program record for digs in a five-set match ... Third on the team with 97 assists.Â
AS A FRESHMAN AT UTA (2019) |Â MATCH-BY-MATCH STATSÂ (PDF)
Sun Belt Commissioner's List
Appeared in 24 matches, finishing with 13 assists, five aces and 114 digs ... Recorded double digit digs on five occasions, including a season-high 16 vs. Idaho State (9/14).
HIGH SCHOOL
2019 graduate of Waxahachie High School in Waxahachie, Texas ... Two-Time All-District ... Northwest Classic Tournament most valuable defensive player (2018) ... Circle of Champions All-Tournament Team (2018) ... Two-time Academic All-District ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram Player of the Week nominee (2018) ... Broke school records in 4x400 and 4x200 as a track athlete ... National Honor Society member ... Competed for Texas Image.
PERSONAL
Born May 14, 2001 ... Daughter of Scott and Melanie Wells ... Has two siblings, Ryan and Madison ... Father (baseball) and mother (track and field/cross country) both played collegiately at Howard Payne University ... Earned a bachelor’s in public health in December 2022 ... Concluded playing career while working toward master's degree in health care administration.
UPDATED: 12/31/23
