Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU:  First-year player at FMU.....Transfer from Spartanburg Methodist College, where she played two seasons....A gym rat….Absolutely loves volleyball and is surrounded by it as she comes from a volleyball family....You can see her passion for the game as she plays....Has had to learn the setting position quickly as she switched to setting only three seasons ago after years of playing defense (DS/L)....Her ability to place her hitters in positions to score will make an immediate impact, and will raise the level of competitiveness that has already been set by her teammates....Projects a very calming presence and has a great amount of self-drive, which is infectious to those around her....There isn’t a challenge that she takes on that she is afraid of....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2022 (fall).....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2022 (fall).

SMC: In 2021, earned All-Region honors while averaging 7.12 assists and 2.38 digs per set and helping lead the Pioneers to a 29-10 record and an appearance in the NJCAA Southeast B District Championship Tournament....Committed only two ball handling errors and registered 59 service aces and 41 kills....Selected as a Pioneer Ambassador on the SMC campus....As a freshman, averaged 3.32 assists and 1.74 digs per set with 23 services aces in a covid-delayed and shortened season....FCA....Deans list....Phi Theta Kappa.

PERSONAL:

• Born Meghan Isela Scharpenberg in Ellensburg, WA
• A graduate of Boiling Springs High School, where she played for coach Allison Elliott
• Also attended Grand Traverse Academic in Michigan
• 4-sport letterwinner (volleyball, basketball, softball, cross country).
• Career totals of 1000 points in basketball and 1000 digs in volleyball
• Nickname is Meg

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up:  Play in the WNBA
• How you got your nickname: Just short for Meghan
• Favorite Athlete:  Karri Walsh Jennings 
• Favorite Movie or TV Show:  50 First Dates ; New Girl 
• Favorite Food:  Chicken Alfredo
• Favorite Vacation Spot:  Lake Lure, NC
• Favorite Musical Artist: Morgan Wallen 
• Favorite Thing About FMU:  The sense of the family dynamic meeting the team
• Favorite Off-Field/court Activity:  Hiking 
• Goals for Upcoming Season:  To continue to grow as a player and reflect Christ in that 
• Why you first chose your sport: Because my brother played and I wanted to be like him 
• Biggest mental challenge in your sport: Not needing to be perfect in everything and that it’s okay to make mistakes
• Interesting Notes:  My senior year of high school, I achieved 1000 career points in basketball and 1000 digs in volleyball; I start setting until I got to college