Career Overview:
- Became the ASU record holder for career kills with 1,882, 11 more than the previous record holder.
- Became the 17th Sun Devil to record 1,000 career digs, and just the 10th to record 1,000 or more kills and digs in her career.
- Recorded eight matches with 27 or more kills in her career.
- First Sun Devil to earn national honors from the AVCA since Amanda Burbridge was recognized on Oct. 23, 2000.
- 2015 Pac-12 Women's Volleyball player of the week.
- 2015 AVCA Player of the week.
- 2014 AVCA All-Pacific South Region Honoree, ASU's first since 2000.
- ASU’s second three-time selection to the Pac-12 All Conference team (joining Christine Garner (1993-95).
- 2014 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention Honoree.
- Single season of 594 kills sits at No. 2 behind Amanda Burbridge’s 599 from 2000, and has led ASU in kills for each of the three seasons she has competed with the Sun Devils.
- Has eight matches with 27 or more kills, and six matches with 29.0 or more points, including the school record for points with 33.0 (11/21/14 vs. WSU).
- Named MOP of the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational, and to ASU’s Residence Inn Challenge and Comfort Inn & Suites Invitational All-Tournament Teams in 2014.
- Owns the ASU freshman records in total kills (577), kills per set (4.40) and kills in a match (28).
- Became just the 16th Sun Devil to surpass the 1,000th kill mark in 2013 with her career total now at 1882.
- Selected to play on the Pac-12 volleyball All-Star team in China in 2013.
2015 Indoor Volleyball (Senior):
- Became ASU's leading record holder for career kills with 1,882, 11 ahead of the previous record.
- Produced 205 total kills, finishing 4th on ASU's team.
- Registered 233.0 total points, landing 4th on Arizona State's squad.
- Recorded 149 total digs, ranking 5th on the Sun Devils' roster.
- Swatted 12 solo blocks, finishing 5th for the Maroon & Gold.
- Delivered 34 total blocks, good for 6th on ASU's team.
- Made appearances in 16 of the team's 32 matches during the 2015 season.
- Played in 55 out of the team's 115 total sets throughout the 2015 campaign.
- Suffered season-ending injury against Washington on Oct. 9.
- Collected 9 kills, 3 digs, and 1 assist in her final collegiate match during Oct. 9 road loss at No. 6 Washington.
- Named AVCA Player of the week and Pac-12 Women's Volleyball player of the week, after she broke the 20-year record for career kills.
- Delivered a game-high 14 kills and set the school's record for most career kills in ASU history during Oct. 4 home victory against California.
- Helped the Sun Devils open the season with a 15-0 record, as they received the highest ranking (No. 5) ever in ASU's school history.
- Registered a game-high 22 kills and 11 digs in Oct. 2 home win over No. 8 Stanford.
- Produced a double-double with a team-high 16 kills and 11 digs during Sep. 27 home victory vs. Oregon State.
- Collected a team-high 19 kills in Sep. 24 home win over No. 14 Arizona.
- Recorded a game-high 22 kills, collected 15 digs, and tied a team-high with 7 total blocks during Sep. 19 home victory against No. 6 Illinois.
- Notched a game-high 10 kills and tied a game-high with 2 service aces in Sep. 19 home win over Texas Southern.
- Tied a team-high with 12 digs during Sep. 18 home victory vs. UNLV.
- Produced a team-high 16 kills and collected 15 digs in Sep. 13 home win over Gonzaga.
- Tied a team-high with 15 digs and tied a team-high 11 kills during Sep. 8 home victory vs. NAU.
- Tied a game-high with 10 kills in Sep. 5 neutral court win over Northern Colorado.
- Recorded a double-double with a game-high 13 kills and 11 digs during Sep. 5 neutral court victory against Western Michigan.
- Collected a team-high 10 digs in Aug. 28 neutral court win over Northeastern.
- Named to Pac-12 Preseason team.
2015 Sand Volleyball (Junior):
2014 Indoor Volleyball (Junior):- AVCA All-Pacific South Region Honoree, ASU's first since 2000.
- Earned All-Pac-12 honors for the third time in her career.
- Led ASU with 594 kills and 31 solo blocks.
- One of four Sun Devils to play in each of ASU’s 34 matches.
- Second on the team with 20 double-doubles.
- 14 matches with 20 or more kills, including a span of seven straight from Oct. 31 to Nov. 21.
- Collected 6 block assists (and eight total) against Oregon on Oct. 24, when ASU was half a block from tying the school record of 21.5.
- Set a career-best with 23 digs on Oct. 19 against Washington State.
- Recorded a rally-scoring era record-tying 30 kills on Sep. 24 at Arizona.
- Set the school record for single-match points with 33.0 against Washington State (Nov. 21), while her total of 31.5 against Arizona (Sept. 14) sits at No. 4, the total of 31.0 against Oregon (Nov. 15) is No. 5, and both marks of 29.0 from Oregon (Oct. 24) and WSU (Oct. 19) sit in a tie for No. 9
- Had six service aces on Sep. 13 at Morehead State, which is No. 4 in the single-game record.
- Hit .700 against NCCU with 7 kills in 10 swings.
- Named MOP of the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational, and to ASU’s Residence Inn Challenge and Comfort Inn & Suites Invitational All-Tournament Teams.
- Invited to the 2014 U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Open Tryouts on Feb. 21-23.
2014 Sand Volleyball (Sophmore):
- Finished the season with a pairs record of 8-5 with partner Whitney Follette, while competing all year in the second position.
- Beat CSUB at the Pac-12 Tournament after two sets (21-19 and 21-9).
- Won their match against Arizona at the Pac-12 Tournament after three sets (21-18, 23-25, and 15-9).
- Competed against Boise State and won (21-17 and 21-18).
- Beat Nebraska after two sets (22-20 and 21-18).
- Competed against Tulane at the Wildcat Spring Challenge and won 21-15, 22-24 and 22-20.
- The duo won the program's first match against Arizona Christian at the Arizona Invitational in two sets (21-6 and 21-4).
2013 Indoor Volleyball (Sophomore):
- Named to Pac-12 All-Conference team for the second consecutive season.
- Garnered All-Academic Honorable Mention honors.
- Played in 111 out of 117 sets for the Sun Devils.
- Led Sun Devil Volleyball in total kills (506) and kills per set (4.56).
- The 506 kills ranked second in the Pac-12.
- Became just the 16th Sun Devil to surpass the 1,000th kill mark this season.
- Ranked fourth in Pac-12 in points with 537.5.
- Collected a team-high 29 kills in five sets at Utah on Oct. 24.
- Recorded her first double-double of the season (17 kills, 10 digs) in a win against No. 2 Texas on Sep. 13.
- Named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week, after putting up three 20-kill matches, and a .367 hitting percentage in Gonzaga Invitational.
- Produced a team-high 22 kills in three sets vs. UNLV on Sep. 7.
- Earned tournament MVP honors in Utah Valley La Quinta Inn & Suites Invitational (Aug. 30-31) and Gonzaga Invitational (Sept. 6-7).
- In the summer prior to the 2013 season, Gardner was selected to play on the Pac-12 volleyball All-Star team in China.
2012 Indoor Volleyball (Freshman):
- Named to Pac-12 All-Conference First Team and to Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.
- Owns the ASU freshman records in total kills (577), kills per set (4.40), and kills in a match (28).
- One of only three freshmen ever to lead the Pac-10/12 Conference in total kills, the other two being UCLA's All-Americans Kristee Porter ('98) and Natalie Williams ('90).
- Finished the season with a tying for a team best 10 double-doubles.
- Rewrote the ASU freshman kill record with 577 and ranks second in single season kills at ASU.
- Finished the season second in digs with 307.
- Added in 56 total blocks and posted her match-high of 5 block assists in the NCAA tournament against Oklahoma.
- Earned her second Freshman of the Week award on Oct. 1, after posting her seventh double-double of the year against No. 7 Stanford (27 kills, 13 digs) and tallying 20 kills for a .350 attack percentage against California.
- After helping the Sun Devils to a 4-0 weekend at home, posting double-doubles against Florida Atlantic (13k, 10 digs) and Gonzaga (24k, 12 digs) she was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Sept. 17.
- Capped the tournament segment of the season being named MVP of ASU's Sheraton Invitational.
- Picked up her third All-Tournament honor of the year at the Jayhawk Invitational after posting her fourth double-double of the year against Wyoming (24 kills, 18 digs) and a team-best 19 kills against Kansas and College of Charleston.
- Named to the All-Tournament Team at UTEP's El Paso Sports Commission Invitational, after tallying 44 kills (3.67/set) and 25 digs over the weekend.
- Posted her first career double-double against Idaho State with 16 kills and 11 digs.
- Honored as All-Tournament of the UCI/LMU Dual Classic, after tallying two double-doubles, a team-best 28 kills against UCI on Aug. 31, which ties for the ASU freshman single-match record, and also ranks 17th all-time in the category.
High School:
- A product of Gilbert High School, under head coach Joe Hesse, Gardner ranked 20th in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces and was named to Volleyball Magazine's 2012 FAB-50.
- She led GHS to a 2011 A.I.A. Division I State Championship and is a two-time First Team All-State honoree, while also being named the 2012 Arizona Republic and East Valley Tribune Player of the Year.
- Played for Club Red of Arizona for coach James Felton, which took the bronze medal at the USA Volleyball Junior Olympics in the open division, en route to her being named to the All-Tournament Team, an honor which she was twice awarded.
- Capped her senior year being named First Team Under Armour All-American, winning the Under Armour Hardest Hitter Award, ESPN Second Team All-American, and the A.I.A. Central Region Player of the Year (2011, 2009).
Personal:
An Elementary Education major, her full name is Macey Braquel Gardner. Parents are Troy and Holli Gardner. Has three brothers: Kyler, Brock and David Eisemeier; and one sister, Tatum. Father and mother both played basketball at Eastern Arizona, brother, David, plays basketball at Pace University in New York City, and brother Kyler plays basketball at Northland International University in Wisconsin.
Gardner's Career Statistics:
Year | SP | K | K/S | PCT | Ast. | Ast./S | SA | SE | Dig | Dig/S | BS | BA | Total | Blk/S | Points |
2012 | 131 | 577 | 4.40 | 0.189 | 20 | 0.15 | 19 | 28 | 307 | 2.34 | 6 | 50 | 56 | 0.43 | 627.0 |
2013 | 111 | 506 | 4.56 | 0.213 | 27 | 0.24 | 9 | 17 | 274 | 2.47 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 0.31 | 537.5 |
2014 | 137 | 594 | 4.34 | 0.245 | 40 | 0.29 | 26 | 23 | 363 | 2.65 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 0.51 | 670.5 |
2015 | 55 | 205 | 3.73 | 0.256 | 13 | 0.24 | 5 | 13 | 149 | 2.71 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 0.62 | 233.0 |
Career | 379 | 1882 | 4.26 | 0.226 | 100 | 0.23 | 59 | 81 | 1093 | 2.54 | 60 | 134 | 194 | 0.47 | 2068.0 |