Completed Event: Volleyball at WKU on September 11, 2026 , Loss , 2, to, 3 , (17-25, 25-16, 25-20, 22-25, 14-16)
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Jersey Number 5
Julia McNeley
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
- High School:
- Sacred Heart
- Major:
- Communications
Career Highlights
James Madison (2025):
James Madison (2024):
James Madison (2023):
James Madison (2022):
Personal
- Seventh in JMU History in Digs (1,183)
- One of 13 JMU Players with 1,000+ Career Digs
James Madison (2025):
- Third Team All-Sun Belt
- College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
- Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week (10/28)
- Finished fourth in the Sun Belt with 470 digs, ninth with 3.76 digs per set
- Double-digit digs in all but five matches, 20+ in seven
- 27 digs in four sets (6.8 per set) in 3-1 win over Coastal Carolina (10/17)
- Recorded career-high 32 digs in five-set win over Georgia Southern (10/25)
- Finished second on JMU with 34 service aces
- 25 digs against South Alabama in Sun Belt semifinals (11/22), leading JMU to 3-2 win
- Season-high six aces against Texas State on Nov. 14
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2026)
James Madison (2024):
- Dean's List (Spring 2025)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar Athlete (Spring 2025)
- CSC Academic All-District
- Played in 92 sets and 25 matches for JMU
- Finished with 255 digs and a career-best 2.74 per set
- Recorded 28 service aces (0.30 per set), second on JMU behind Jaydyn Clemmer (29)
- In conference play, averaged 3.25 digs per set and tallied double-digit dig in all but one conference match
- Had 20+ digs twice, including career-high 23 digs against South Alabama on Nov. 1
- Also had 22 digs in four-set win over Coastal Carolina on Oct. 19
James Madison (2023):
- Dean's List (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
- Played in 107 sets and 28 matches, finishing fourth on the team in digs (255, 2.38)
- Career-high 18 digs in Sun Belt semifinal match vs. Texas State
- Served up 31 service aces, also fourth on JMU
- Three aces in season-opening win over High Point (Aug. 25)
James Madison (2022):
- 2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
- Played every match, making her first career appearance against UAlbany
- Led the team in aces with 45, averaging 0.42 per set, ranking fifth in the SBC and 8th in JMU's single-season history.
- Twice recorded seven aces in a match, against Old Dominion and Coastal Carolina
- Season-high 14 digs in back-to-back matches, against FAMU and UMBC
- JMU Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2023)
Personal
- Parents are Karen and Mack McNeley
- Has an older brother, Corey, and older sister, Lexie
- AVCA High School All-American in her senior year
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