Molly Pyles

Position:
OH
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hendersonville, N.C.
High School:
Hendersonville

Junior Season: Led team in kills with 405 for a 3.58 per game average • Named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Second Team for the second consecutive season • MVP of both the GlaxoSmithKline UNC Volleyball Classic and Jayhawk Classic as the Tar Heels swept both tournaments • Received honorable mention status in the East Region from the American Volleyball Coaches Association • Named the 2003 team's co-MVP with Aletha Green • Selected to the Gamecock Classic's All-Tournament team • Second on team in digs with 3.32 per game average • Tied for team lead in service aces with 30 and third on team in blocks with 47 • Career high 29 digs against Virginia on 11/8 • Also had 21 kills in that match • Recorded 23 kills and 17 digs in 3-2 win at Clemson on 10/25 • Had 15 kills and 20 digs in 3-2 win over Maryland on 11/7 • Had 12 double-doubles on the season • Selected as the team captain for the 2004 season along with Katie Wright.

Sophomore Season: Appeared in 119 games and 35 of 36 matches • Named Second-Team All-ACC and was an East Region Honorable Mention selection by the AVCA • Named ACC Player of the Week for 10/14 • Eighth in the ACC and second on the team with 3.50 kills per game • Ninth in the ACC and third on the team with 3.03 digs per game • Led all left-side hitters with a .243 hitting percentage • Recorded 13 double-doubles, including a match of 23 kills and a season-high 27 digs vs. Clemson on 11/1 • Recorded double-digit kills and hit more than .300 in 12 matches • Hit a season-high .500 (13-1-24) vs. Wake Forest 10/11 with 13 kills and 11 digs • Recorded as season-high 25 kills vs. Wake Forest 11/9 • In the second round of the NCAA Tournament, recorded 23 kills and 13 digs while hitting .478 vs. South Carolina.

Freshman Season: Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team • Played in 90 games and all 33 matches • Was fifth on the squad in kills per game with 1.58 • Second among Tar Heel freshmen in digs per game with 1.70 • Posted a double-double of 11 kills and 15 digs vs. South Carolina on 11/25 • Totaled a season-high 13 kills against William & Mary on 9/16.

Prep: Led Hendersonville High School to four-consecutive North Carolina state titles, being named individual MVP on each occasion • Named the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Athlete of the Year • Was a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year • Named Asheville Citizen- Times Player of the Year • Was a member of the Biltmore Volleyball Club that won the 18's Peachtree Classic • Named to the All- Region team three times as a member of the Biltmore VBC • Played four years at center and forward on the Hendersonville girl's basketball team • Also ran track for three years in high school • Was vice-president of her high school's National Honor Society • Named a four-time Scholar Athlete Award winner.

Personal: Majoring in psychology • Lists "The DaVinci Code" as her favorite book and Mexican cheese dip as her favorite food • Molly's father, Jerry, played basketball at Georgetown • Her sister Amy played volleyball at Wake Forest and her sister Beth played volleyball at Furman • Molly Dove Pyles is the daughter of Jerry and Ann Pyles • Born on 1/31/83 in Hendersonville, N.C.