Carly Mills

Photo by: Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

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Photo by: Maddi Sponsel/Indiana Athletics

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Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Fishers, Ind.
High School:
Hamilton Southeastern

AWARDS AND HONORS
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023)
Academic All-Big Ten Selection (2022, 2023, 2024)

GET TO KNOW CARLY
Hobbies: Volleyball, Golf, Yoga, Watching Movies, Read Books
Movies: Remember the Titans, Spider-Man/Avengers, Pearl Harbor, Milan, Cars
Binge Show: Friends or Shark Tank
Musical Artists: Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs, Michael Jackson, Queen, Lumineers
Dream Job: CEO of a Company, Own a Business
Restaurant: Big Woods and Siam House
Hidden Talent: Avid Golfer
Major: Marketing and Professional Sales
Why IU: Close to Home, Good Business School, Make a Difference

2024 (SENIOR): Academic All-Big Ten selection ... played in 13 matches with a pair of starts … totaled 55 digs and nine assists across 39 sets played … recorded a season high eight digs in a win over Ohio State … contributed seven digs and two assists against No. 3 Penn State … added six-or-more digs in three-straight matches against UCLA, Ohio State and Michigan … finished off the season with a pair of digs, and no reception errors in 11 attempts, in a sweep of Illinois.

2023 (JUNIOR): Academic All-Big Ten selection and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … appeared in 11 matches ... totaled 17 digs and three assists on the season ... played in all three sets and recorded three digs against Lindenwood ... played in all four matches at the 305 Challenge and picked up three digs in a win over Florida International.

2022 (SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big Ten selection ... played in five matches ... recorded eight digs on the season ... made season debut against No. 6 Ohio State ... recorded an assist against the Buckeyes ... played four sets and provided six digs in win over Michigan State ... recorded two digs at No. 12 Purdue.

2021 (FRESHMAN): Played in 20 matches with five starts ... started vs. UIC for the first time in her career … had nine digs against UIC … played all five sets vs. Bowling Green and recorded seven digs … saw four digs and first career point with a kill in the win at Butler … recorded eight digs at Western Michigan …had another four digs and an assist vs. Purdue Fort Wayne … put up seven digs and a kill in the win over Southeast Missouri State … tallied double-digit digs for the first time in her career with 11 during the match against Mississippi State … had four digs and two assists vs. Oklahoma … nabbed six kills at Georgia Tech … tallied three digs and an ace in the victory over Alabama A&M … recorded a kills against Purdue … had eight digs at Ohio State … checked in the match against Penn State and tallied seven digs.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Played at Hamilton Southeastern ... PrepVolleyball.com High School Honorable Mention All American ... Under Armour All-American ... AVCA All-Region Honoree ... Indiana All-State First Team in 2019 and 2020 and Second Team in 2018 ... helped Hamilton Southeastern to runner-up finish in 2019 and Final 8 in 2020 ... team record of 104-21 in four-year career at Hamilton Southeastern ... Hamilton Southeastern school record holder for career digs with over 1,700 ... daughter of Jessica and Tracy Mills, who both attended IU ... siblings Natalie and John ... intended major at IU Entrepreneurship and Finance in the Kelley School of Business ... aunt was a two-time Big Ten Champion on the IU women's golf team … born on December 9th.