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Mallory Dixon

  • position Setter
  • height 5-9
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Manitowoc, Wis.
  • Previous School Wisconsin
  • Major Exercise Science
  • High school Lincoln
  • position Setter
  • height 5-9
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Manitowoc, Wis.
  • Previous School Wisconsin
  • Major Exercise Science
  • High school Lincoln

Mallory Dixon Bio

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 2020-21 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2021 (GRADUATE STUDENT)

  • Played in 27 matches and 93 sets, compiling 23 service aces with 499 assists.
  • Dropped three aces on UCF in a four-set win, also adding 28 assists and six digs (9/3).
  • Passed out 29 assists with five digs and two aces in a four-set win at Missouri (10/1).
  • Reached 1,000 assists at South Carolina after passing out 23 with nine kills, two aces and two kills against LSU (10/20).
  • Recorded seven aces in three sets at Auburn, the third-highest total for a game of any length in the program’s 49-year history (11/10).

2020-21 (GRADUATE STUDENT)

  • One of three members of the team to play in all 84 sets for the season.
  • Finished second on the team with 26 service aces, highlighted by a streak of 12 games with at least one ace (1/30 to 3/19).
  • Led the team with 7.55 assists per set and also chipped in 1.94 digs per set.
  • Had three double-doubles in the eight fall contests, starting with 21 assists and 11 digs in the season opener at Georgia (10/17).
  • Pressed into a six-rotation setting role against Auburn, she responded with 38 assists and 17 digs in a four-set win (10/29).
  • Saved her biggest match of the fall for the finale, compiling 24 assists, 15 digs and two aces in a five-set upset of No. 4 Florida (11/12).

PREVIOUS SCHOOL

  • Spent four seasons with Wisconsin
  • Earned 2017, 2018 and 2019 Academic All-Big Ten honors.
  • Appeared in 20 matches in her first three seasons and sat out for the fall of 2019.
  • In her time with the Badgers, the team made deep runs in the tournament, highlighted by reaching the championship in 2019 and the regional final in 2018.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB

  • Compiled over 3,800 assists, 1,000 digs and 250 service aces and earned her conference’s player of the year honor three times while competing for Lincoln High School.
  • At the club level, she played for Fox Cities Elite, helping the team finish third at the USAV Nationals and 11th at AAU Nationals.

PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Mary Beth Dixon and the late John T. Dixon III.
  • Her father played football for Wisconsin.
  • Youngest of four children; has one sister, Molly, and two brothers – Tanner and Drew.