Western Carolina University

2022 (5th Year Senior): Became the first player in program history to earn AVCA All-American Honors…Is the second player in program history to be named the SoCon Player of the Year…AVCA All-Region Team Member…SoCon All-Tournament Team selection…College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team honoree…SoCon Offensive Player of the Week selection on Aug. 29 and Sept. 26…Wake Forest Invitational All-Tournament Team member…Finished her career with 1,693 kills which is second in program history along with 1,461 digs to put her fifth…Credited with a career-best 21 digs in the NIVC quarterfinals against Southern Miss…Swatted a season-high 20 kills in the home opener against Samford…Posted 14 double-doubles…Finished in double figures offensively in 25 matches…Recorded a career-best four service aces against The Citadel…Tallied five total blocks in the SoCon Tournament semifinals against Samford...earned 2022-23 SoCon Honor Roll honors… earned 2022-2023 SoCon Commissioner's Medal... Named NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee by the NCAA... 

2021 (Senior): Second Team All-Southern Conference selection…Preseason All-Southern Conference honoree…Played in and started all 28 matches…Surpassed the 1,000 career dig and 1,000 career assist milestones, making her the 12^th player in program history to accomplish the feat…Led the team with 3.53 kills per set…Finished with double-digit kills in 24 of 28 matches…Surpassed the 20-kill mark on three occasions including a career-best 27 at Alabama on Sept. 18… Led team with 17 double-doubles…Credited with a career-high 18 digs against UNCG on Oct. 13…Concluded the season with 3.02 digs per set…Was second on the team with 26 service aces…Logged a season-best three service aces at Chattanooga on Sept. 25 and at home against Wofford on Nov. 5…Her .985 serve percentage is the second-best single-season mark in program history…Tied a career-high with four blocks against Rider on Sept. 4. 

2020-21 (Junior): First Team All-SoCon honoree…Started all 19 matches…Member of SoCon All-Tournament Team after posting a double-double with 22 kills and 13 digs in the semifinal against Mercer…Finished with double-digit kills in 16 matches…Tallied a career-best 25 kills at The Citadel on Feb. 1…Surpassed the 20-kill threshold in four matches…Named SoCon Offensive Player of the Week on March 2…Logged 12 double-doubles…Finished in double digits in digs in 14 matches…Turned in a career-best 23-dig performance against Chattanooga on Feb. 14, her only match of the season with 20-plus digs…Led the team with 19 service aces including a season-best three against Wofford on March 25 and at UNCG on March 28 to tie a career-high…Tied a career-high with three assists at The Citadel on Feb. 1…Preseason All-SoCon Team selection...Named to SoCon Academic All-Conference team

2019 (Sophomore): Started and played every match…Second Team All-SoCon honoree…Finished second on the team with 373 kills and 329 digs…Her 373 kills ranked 10^th in the SoCon…Tallied double figures in kills in 22 matches including a career-high 24 at Furman…Logged 19 matches with double digit digs with a season-high of 19 against Cal State Fullerton…Recorded 16 double-doubles…Posted four blocks against The Citadel.

2018 (Freshman): Started all 27 matches in which she played…Led the team in double-doubles (11) as well as kills (290), kills per set (2.90) and third in digs…Her 290 kills ranked 10^th in the SoCon…Finished in double figures in kills in 15 matches including a career-high 23 at UNCG…Posted 20 double-digit dig matches with a pair of 20-plus dig matches…Recorded consecutive matches of 20 or more digs against Samford and Chattanooga with a career-high of 23 in the latter match…Finished second on the team with 25 service aces including a career-high four against Eastern Washington…2018 SoCon All-Freshman Team member.

Prior to Western Carolina: Attended Lafayette HS...Won state championships as a freshman, sophomore and junior...Two-time All-State, All-Region, All-District and All-Conference player...Voted best all around as a freshman...Named team captain and voted team's most valuable player as a junior...Named Under Armour Honorable Mention All-American as a senior...Suburban Conference Player of the Year as a senior...Repeated as team captain and most valuable player during senior season...Broke Lafayette's career serving percentage record at 98 percent.

Personal: Full name is Merry Madison Gebel...Daughter of Barclay and Stephanie Gebel...Has two younger sisters, Lauren and Raquel, and a younger brother, Jack.