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Carly Graham
6′0″Spring, Texas
Carly Graham

Professional Experience

Athletes Unlimited (2025)

Vegas Thrill (2025)

  • Appeared in 27 matches and 77 sets as a primary setter.
  • Recorded 369 assists (4.8 per set), 23 kills, five blocks and two service aces.

Orlando Valkyries (2024)

  • Appeared in 17 matches and 51 sets, finishing with 328 assists, 13 kills, six blocks and two aces.

Galeb Liko Soho Group (Montenegro, 2023)

  • Began her professional career in Europe, helping guide the club to a top-four league finish.

Collegiate Experience

Rice University (2018–22)

  • Five-year starter and one of the most decorated setters in Rice volleyball history.
  • Two-time AVCA All-America honorable mention and three-time Conference USA Setter of the Year (2019, 2020, 2021).
  • Finished her career ranked second in program history in sets played (510), third in assists (4,296) and 10th in assists per set (8.42).
  • Named to the 2022 U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team.
  • Helped lead Rice to three NCAA Tournament appearances (2019, 2020, 2021) and a program-best national ranking in 2021.
  • Team captain as a senior, recognized for her tactical creativity and ability to elevate her hitters.
  • Recipient of Rice’s Joyce Pounds Hardy Award for outstanding leadership and excellence on and off the court.

Personal/Fun Facts

  • Served as an assistant coach at Texas State University (2023–24), working primarily with setters and offensive systems.
  • Active ambassador for Type 1 diabetes awareness, sharing her story as part of Athletes Unlimited’s “Breakthrough T1D” initiative.

Player Details
Name:
Carly Graham
Position: Setter
Height: 6-0
Date of Birth: July 11, 2000
Hometown: Spring, Texas
Country: United States
College: Rice