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Jersey Number 18
Madelyn Cole
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- High School:
- Plano Senior
Bio
Awards & Honors
2016 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
2016 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2016 Conference USA Freshman of the Week, 10/31
2016 Conference USA Freshman of the Week, 11/7
2016-17 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2018 AVCA First Team All-East Region
2018 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2018 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2018 First Team All-BIG EAST
2018 SMU DoubleTree Classic All-Tournament Team
2019 AVCA All-East Region First Team
2019 AVCA All-East Region Player of the Year
2019 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2019 Creighton Classic All-Tournament Team
2019 First Team All-BIG EAST
2019 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
2019 Senior CLASS Award Candidate (30)
2019 UNI Tournament All-Tournament Team
2019: Senior at Creighton
• AVCA Honorable Mention All-American for the second straight season in 2019.
• AVCA East Region Player of the Year.
• Two-time First Team All-BIG EAST honoree (2018, 2019) who led the league in assists per set for a second straight fall.
• Ranked third in league play with 0.51 aces per set and third in all matches with 0.39 aces per set.
• Finished her career with 4,246 career assists and 1,060 career digs when you include her Marshall statistics, surpassing 4,000 assists and 1,000 digs during the same 3-0 win at Xavier on Nov. 16.
• Ranked 28th nationally in assists per set, 43rd in total assists, 58th in aces per set and 68th in total aces.
• Among active players nationally, she finished the season ranked 10th in career assists and 14th in aces.
• Led team with 14 double-doubles this fall.
• One of two players in program history with multiple seasons of 40 or more aces.
• Opened her senior season with 32 assists and 15 digs at No. 2 Nebraska (Aug. 30), adding an ace.
• Owned a double-double in all three matches at the UNI Tournament to earn an All-Tournament Team selection.
• Earned Creighton Classic All-Tournament Team honors (Sept. 21).
• Had 53 assists, 14 digs and five blocks in win over No. 12 Kentucky (Sept. 6), then recorded 52 assists, 10 digs, five kills and four blocks one night later in victory vs. No. 15 USC (Sept. 7).
• Had 45 assists, 15 digs and five kills vs. Drake (Sept. 14).
• Had 35 assists, six digs and five blocks vs. Wichita State (Sept. 19).
• Had career-high 63 assists and added 14 digs in 3-2 win at No. 10 Marquette (Oct. 12).
• Posted consecutive double-doubles in sweeps over St. John’s (Nov. 1) and Seton Hall (Nov. 3).
• Served up career-high seven aces, one shy of Creighton’s single-match record, in 3-0 win at Georgetown (Nov. 9), while also contributing 28 assists, 10 digs and five aces in the victory.
• Surpassed 2,000 assists as a Bluejay on Oct. 25 at Providence, Creighton’s seventh player to reach that milestone.
• Owned at least one ace in 12 straight matches from Sept. 14-Oct. 25, the second-longest streak in program history.
• Had 48 assists, five blocks, five kills and tied season-high with 15 digs in 3-1 win vs. No. 9 Marquette that clinched the BIG EAST title (Nov. 22).
• Finished with 43 assists and four aces in Senior Day win vs. DePaul (Nov. 24).
• Closed career with 44 assists and 15 digs vs. No. 7 Minnesota (Dec. 7).
• Preseason All-BIG EAST in 2019.
• First name pronounced MAD-a-linn.
2018: Junior at Creighton
• First Team All-BIG EAST setter.
• Also named First Team All-East Region and Honorable Mention All-American by the AVCA.
• Started at setter and led the BIG EAST in assists per set (10.92), was second in aces per set (0.43) and 20th in digs per set (2.41).
• Ranked 14th nationally with 51 aces, 29th with 1,289 assists, 29th with 0.43 aces per set and 34th with 10.92 assists per set.
• Ended season with 11 straight matches with an ace, and her 51 aces were second-most in CU single-season history.
• Averaged 12.71 assists, 3.57 digs and 0.57 aces per set at the BIG EAST Championship (Nov. 23-24).
• Had 48 assists, three aces and season-high 18 digs in BIG EAST Championship final win vs. No. 16 Marquette (Nov. 24).
• BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 13 after averaging 4.00 digs in wins vs. Georgetown (Nov. 9) and Villanova (Nov. 11).
• Reached 1,000 assists as a Bluejay in 26 matches and 93 sets (fourth-fastest in program history), during CU’s 3-0 win at Seton Hall (Nov. 3).
• Became the seventh player in program history to debut with a double-double when she had 53 assists and 13 digs in a win over No. 5 Kentucky (Aug. 24).
• Had her second double-double in as many days with 54 assists and 15 digs at No. 10 USC (Aug. 25).
• Was named to the SMU DoubleTree Classic
All-Tournament Team after averaging 12.67 assists and 2.89 digs per set in return to her hometown of Dallas (Sept. 1).
• Had 50 assists vs. No. 7 Nebraska (Sept. 7).
• Was named to the Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 10.12 assists and 1.75 digs per set in two victories (Sept. 9).
• Owned 38 assists and 12 digs in sweep vs. No. 21 Marquette (Sept. 23).
• Served an ace in nine straight matches from Aug. 31 - Sept. 21.
• Had 41 assists, 15 digs and season-best six blocks vs. St. John’s (Oct. 7).
• Served a career-high five aces vs. Butler (Oct. 20).
• Tallied a season-best 55 assists in 3-1 win at No. 18 Marquette (Oct. 26).
• Trained for a week with U.S. Volleyball’s Collegiate National Team in Anaheim, Calif., in the summer of 2019.
2017: Sophomore at Marshall
• Started all 30 matches at Marshall, which is located in Huntington, West Virginia, and is a part of Conference USA.
• Averaged 9.29 assists, 2.37 digs, 0.97 kills, 0.70 blocks and 0.24 service aces per set on .246 hitting.
• Finished the season with 10 double-doubles.
• Ranked eighth in Conference USA with 9.91 assists per set during league play and seventh with 9.29 assists per set in all matches.
• Served up a season-high four aces at Ohio (Sept. 5).
• Owned a career-high 12 kills to go with 24 assists and eight digs vs. Missouri (Aug. 25).
• Finished with 36 assists, nine digs, eight kills and four blocks vs. Virginia Tech (Sept. 8).
2016: Freshman at Marshall
• Appeared in all 30 matches, starting 24, for a team that finished 22-8.
• Finished the year averaging 7.14 assists, 2.21 digs, 1.23 kills and 0.21 aces per set.
• Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team.
• Two-time Conference USA Freshman of the Week (Oct. 31 and Nov. 7).
• Delivered nine double-doubles.
• Her 61 assists at Charlotte (Nov. 6) led all Conference USA players for a league match in 2016, a contest in which she added 20 digs.
• Flirted with a triple-double against West Virginia, finishing with 10 kills, 30 assists and nine digs (Sept. 2), as well as at Rice with 24 assists, nine digs and nine kills (Oct. 14).
• Owned multiple aces in three different matches.
• Recorded a season-high five blocks against Florida Atlantic (Oct. 30).
• Collected 25 assists, nine kills and seven digs at No. 7 Florida (Sept. 17).
Plano Senior High School
• Earned a pair of letters in volleyball, where she played for coach Teri Minnis.
• Two-time All-District 6-6A First Team pick, while being named co-Setter and Setter of the Year once each.
• Transferred to Plano Senior High School prior to her junior year of high school.
• Earned team’s Newcomer of the Year Award as a junior.
• Helped the Wildcats to the 6-6A City Championship in 2014 and 6-6A Bi-District and Area Championship in 2015.
• Played with seven high school teammates who have played college volleyball (Megan Duncan - Houston; Jaclyn Childress - Wake Forest; Gabby Howard - Wake Forest/Howard; Mackenzie Snowden - Baylor; Shanel Bramschreiber - Baylor; Maggie Sagers - Texas Tech; Madeline Johnson - Kennesaw State).
• Graduated from the same high school as NFL running back Rex Burkhead.
Grapevine Faith Christian High School
• Played two years of volleyball.
• Also played for the varsity basketball team as a freshman and sophomore, earning All-State Second Team and all-district both years.
Personal
• A health and life style management major.
• Daughter of Misty Stern and Ramon Flanigan.
• Has a sister, Brianna and a brother, Cole Cannon.
• Mother played club volleyball at SMU.
• Father works on the SMU Football staff and the former quarterback graduated from SMU in 1997 as the school’s all-time leader in total offense.
• Go-to pregame music artist is Chance the Rapper.
• Sports heroes are Flo Hyman and Derrick Rose.
• Nicknames are Mads or Cole.
• Best friends on other college volleyball teams are Addisyn Rowe (Tennessee) and Madison Hill (UT Arlington).
• Best food she can make is pancakes.
• Favorite snack is popcorn or dried mango.
• Is superstitious about having a piece of polar ice gum after the national anthem.
• Chose to transfer to Creighton because she loved the feel from everyone she met on her visit and wanted to join the high level of play.
• Favorite match from last season was SMU.
Creighton Volleyball Media Availability - 9/24/25
Wednesday, September 24
Creighton's Ava Martin Highlights - 9/22/25
Monday, September 22
Creighton Volleyball Postgame Press Conference vs. Kansas - 9/21/25
Monday, September 22
Creighton Volleyball Highlights vs. Kansas, 9/21/25
Monday, September 22
