Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... All-GNAC 1st team in 2013 and Honorable Mention in 2014. ... CoSIDA Academic All-District 1st team in 2014. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2012, 2013, and 2014. ... Falcon co-MVP in 2013. ... GNAC Offensive Player of the Week for Oct. 21-26, 2013 and for Sept. 15-20, 2014. Team co-captain in 2013 and 2014. ... NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship candidate. ... Among five Falcons featured in the school's 2013 fall issue of ETC magazine for combining academic and athletic success.
Senior (2014): Started all 26 matches and played all 99 games, the second straight sesaon she was on the court for every game. ... Led the team with single-season bests of 366 kills, 1,169 attacks, and 424.5 points. The point total is the fifth-highest for one season in school history. ... Scored her 1,000th career point when she put down a kill in Game 1 against Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 16 in Brougham Pavilion. Finished career with 1,135 points, ... Slammed a career-high 29 kills in a five-game victory against Western Oregon on Sept. 18 in Brougham. In that same match, had a career-high 6 assists, and tied her career high with 19 digs. ... Recorded 10 double-doubles for the season and 24 for her career. That included 18 kills and 10 digs in the season and her career finale at Saint Martin's on Nov. 15. ... Wound up with more than 3,000 career attacks (3,029). ... Her 267 digs and 9 solo blocks also were single-season bests.
Junior (2013): Started all 26 matches and played all 101 games. ... Led the Falcons and ranked No. 8 in the GNAC with 348 kills. ... Also had a team-leading 28 aces with her jump serve, was No. 2 for SPU with 254 digs, and No. 3 with 67 total blocks, and was the Falcons' top point scorer with 411.0. ... Posted 10 double-doubles, two of which included career-highs for kills. The first of those was 22 kills and 15 digs in a four-game victory at Western Washington on Oct. 24 that was SPU's 500th program victory. Just two nights later at Simon Fraser, had 24 kills and 14 digs in a four-game triumph. Those back-to-back efforts earned her the GNAC Offensive Player of the Week award, the first such honor for Cavell. ... Had a career-high 19 digs at Central Washington on Oct. 10. ... In a five-game victory at Western Oregon on Nov. 16, her 84 attacks was a career high and just four short of the team record. ... Tied career high with 5 service aces against Alaska Fairbanks on Nov. 21. ... Set career high of 8 block assists (and 8 total blocks) at home against Western Oregon on Oct. 17.
Sophomore (2012): Played in all 27 matches, starting 23 of them totalling 98 of the 103 games. ... Made productive move from middle blocker to opposite. ... Finished fourth on the team with 230 kills. ... With her jump serve, led the team in aces with 27. ... Had the third-highest SPU block total of 54, and her five solos tied for the team lead. ... Logged her first three career double-doubles. ... Hammered a career-high 16 kills on a career-high 50 attacks in a five-game victory at No. 22 Central Washington on Oct. 27. ... Came up with a career-high 13 digs in a four-game victory at Alaska Anchorage on Nov. 10 -- SPU's first road win against the Seawolves since 2007.
Freshman (2011): Played in seven matches, totaling 10 games. ... On the floor for the last three games of NCAA first-round match against BYU-Hawaii, logging career highs of three kills and nine attacks. ... Factored into two block assists -- the first one with match point againts SPU, the second with match point in SPU's favor -- in a come-from-behind five-game victory against Sonoma State at the Waikiki Beach Invitational on Sept. 3.
McNary High School: Central Valley Conference Player of the Year and Regional Player of the Year as a senior in 2010. ... All-State first-team selection. ... Helped the Celtics take sixth place in the Class 6A (large school) state tournament in 2010, and earned a spot on the all-tournament second team. ... Two-time All-Central Valley first team. ... Salem Sports & Breakfast Club Volleyball Player of the Year in 2010. ... Two-time academic all-state.
Personal: Madison Louise Cavell ... Born June 29, 1993. ... English major, with concentration on creative writing.
Fun facts: Started playing volleyball when her parents signed her up for a program at a local Boys and Girls Club, "which is where I really started loving the sport." ... Loves reading any book by John Grisham. ... Favorite TV programs are "Criminal MInds" and "NCIS." ... If she could be any action hero or heroine, would be Violet from The Incredibles "because she has the best super power." ... In 10 years, plans to be writing and editing books for a large publishing company.
STATISTICS
Year   GP   K   E   TA   Pct.  Ast  Ace  Digs   BS   BA   TB   Pts
2011 Â Â 10 Â Â Â 9 Â Â 4 Â Â 22 Â .227 Â Â 1 Â Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â 3 Â Â Â Â 0 Â Â Â 8 Â Â Â 8 Â Â 13.0
2012 Â Â 98 Â 230 121 Â 702 Â .155 Â Â 4 Â Â Â 27 Â Â 170 Â Â Â 5 Â Â 49 Â Â Â 54 Â 286.5
2013 Â 101 Â 348 164 Â 1136 Â .162 Â Â 17 Â Â 28 Â Â 254 Â Â Â 3 Â Â 64 Â Â Â 67 Â 411.0
2014 Â Â 99 Â 366 193 Â 1169 Â .148 Â Â 33 Â Â 25 Â Â 267 Â Â Â 9 Â Â 49 Â Â 58 Â Â 424.5
TOT Â Â Â 308 Â Â 953 Â 482 Â 3029 Â Â .155 Â Â Â 55 Â Â Â 80 Â Â Â 694 Â Â Â 17 Â Â 170 Â Â 187 Â 1135.0