Available Players - Female

2025 Libero

My name is Autumn Salomon. I am a senior at White Knoll High School. I will be graduating with the class of 2025. I am a libero/DS on the LMCV 18 Elite team for the 2024-2025 club season. This will be my second year at Lake Murray and my 6th playing club.

I've been playing volleyball since my seventh-grade year. I've played every position but I specialize as a defensive player. In my freshman year, I played as a DS on JV and won the Most Improved Player award. In my sophomore year, I moved up to varsity still playing as a DS and I won the Defensive MVP award and also made 1st team All-Region. In my Junior year, I played as a libero and won the Defensive MVP award again. 

My academics are just as important to me as volleyball. I have a 4.0+ GPA. I am planning to move into the medical field and major in sports medicine and hopefully become an athletic trainer. I will be the first in my family to go to college and playing volleyball at the collegiate level is a huge goal of mine. I see myself as a dedicated and coachable player and I'm grateful for this opportunity!

2026 DS/LIB

2026 Setter

My name is Reese Ward and I am a 2026 Setter. I attend Gray Collegiate Academy located in Columbia SC. I am very interested in playing in college because I want to sharpen my skills and continue playing a sport that I love. Volleyball has been my therapy throughout school and has helped me get through bumps in my life. I am a competitive person but also love to support my team and achieve goals with them.

2027 DS/LIB

2027 Outside Hitter

2027 Outside Hitter

2027 RS/lefty

2027 MH/OH

2027 Outside Hitter

2028 DS/LIB

2028 Middle Hitter

2028 Setter

2027 MH/OH/LIB

I began my volleyball journey in the backyard with my mom around age 10!  I played my first rec season at my local YMCA shortly after and loved it. I made my middle school team in the 7th grade and tried out for club that same year. I made the 13u National team at club Intense in Lexington, SC and played one season there. This helped sharpen my skills and pave the way for me to take a starting OH spot on my high school JV team as a middle schooler. I realized how my work outside of practices in private lessons, personal training sessions, and in the yard was paying off. For my 14u year, I tried out for Lake Murray Volleyball Club in Irmo, SC and made the 14u Elite team as a middle hitter. As the season progressed my defense skills were recognized and I began to play as a 6 rotation MH. My time at LMVC and the individual work I put in, secured my spot on my high school Varsity team as a freshman in 2024. I’m currently playing as a freshman for my high school team as the Libero. I’m looking forward to next club season where I will be playing as a middle again at LMVC on 15u Elite. My ultimate goal is to play competitive college volleyball while earning my college degree. I am undecided on a major at this time but I know education is crucial to my future success. Playing volleyball in college is a once in a lifetime opportunity and is an obvious choice for me because of my love of the game. I know it takes hard work, dedication, and passion to be successful at the next level and I’m ready to take the next steps. 

I am a very versatile volleyball player. Playing OH, MH, and L has enhanced my volleyball IQ tremendously.  I am dedicated, hard-working, and coachable. I enjoy being a part of a team and building up my teammates.  I see mistakes as an opportunity to grow and will not let them get me down. I am motivated and I play with integrity. I have been developing my leadership skills over the years and I want to be an example to others.  I demonstrate maximum effort in practice and work extensively outside of practice to further develop my skills to become better at the sport I truly love.  I love lifting weights and doing agility training with my personal trainer weekly. Private lessons have been an opportunity to learn and practice the finer details of the skills that make up good defense and offense. I enjoy knowing why something works well and then feeling it in practice.

I’ve come to learn that playing volleyball is more than a sport. Playing volleyball has taught me accountability, discipline, teamwork, resilience, and determination. I am not scared of hard work and I have found a successful balance between family, sports, and academics.