Mary Lake
Libero #18
Ht
5'
7"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Palm Springs, 
California
Last School
Palm Springs High School
Roster Years
2016-2019



Personal

  • Sister, Melissa Lake Wright, played libero at BYU (2008-09)

High School

  • Led her team to the 2014 CIF Southern Selection title
  • Named the 2014 CIF Southern Selection Player of the Year
  • Named the 2014-15 Desert Sun Female Athlete of the Year
  • Named the 2014 Palm Springs Player of the Year
  • Collected 386 digs and 4.2 digs per set as a junior
  • Named a top-50 junior recruit from PVB.com (one of three in her position)
  • Four-year varsity letterwinner
  • Named team captain as a sophomore and junior as well as the team MVP as a junior
  • Suffered a season-ending injury at the beginning of her senior season

Club

  • Played for Rancho Valley Volleyball Club
  • Helped her team to a first-place finish in the 2013 SCVA 16s Division
  • Named the 2014 SCVA Player of the Year in the 16s Division
  • First-Team All-American Selection in 2013 by PVB.com
  • Added to the Junior National Championship All-Tournament Team in 2013 and 2014
  • Named First-Team Dandi Lion's by PVB.com (one of three)
BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2016

  • Added 27 digs vs. Rice (8/27)
  • Collected two aces, four assists and 12 digs vs. UVU (8/26)
  • Had a career-high 38 digs vs. OSU (9/3)
  • Named the WCC Player of the Week (9/5)
  • Contributed 21 digs and seven assists vs. Utah (9/15)
  • Added 17 digs and five assists vs. UNLV (9/17)
  • Contributed 15 digs, six assists and two aces vs. PEP (9/27)
  • Added 20 digs and eight assists vs. UP (10/13)
  • Had 18 digs and five assists vs. GON (10/15)
  • Collected 18 digs and two assists vs. LMU (10/22)
  • Contributed 16 digs and six assists vs. USD (10/30)
  • Had 28 digs vs. GON (11/10)
  • Collected 23 digs and five assists vs. UP (11/12)
  • Contributed 22 digs vs. USF (11/17)
  • Added 26 digs and nine assists vs. SCU (11/19)
  • Had 23 digs and four assists vs. UNLV (12/3)
  • Collected 30 digs and seven assists vs. UT (12/9)
  • Named the ESPNW Player of the Week during the second week of play
  • Named the MVP of the Sports Imports D.C. Koehl Classic
  • Received All-WCC Honorable Menition accolades
  • Added to the All-WCC Freshman Team
Sophmore Year 2017

  • Collected a career-high tying three aces vs. SLU (8/25)
  • Added a season-high 24 digs vs. OSU (8/26)
  • Had 18 digs and four assists vs. CSUS (9/2)
  • Named to the All-Tournament Team of the Boise State Classic
  • Contributed 21 digs vs. BU (9/9)
  • Named to the All-Tournament Team of the Outrigger Resorts Volleyball Challenge
  • Collected 23 digs and 10 assists for her first-career double-double vs. UoU (9/14)
  • Added 25 digs and six assists vs. UVU (9/16)
  • Had 15 digs and four assists vs. USF (9/23)
  • Contributed 24 digs and six assists vs. PEP (9/23)
  • Collected 19 digs vs. UP (10/12)
  • Added 21 digs vs. GU (10/14)
  • Named the WCC Player of the Week (10/16)
  • Had 15 digs in sweep of PEP (10/19)
  • Contributed 22 digs vs. SMC (11/4)
  • Collected 20 digs and two aces vs. AU (12/1)
  • Added 20 digs vs. OU (12/2)
  • Had 19 kills and four assists vs. UK (12/8)
  • Named to the WCC All-Academic Team
  • Added to the All-WCC First Team
  • Named the WCC Defender of the Year
  • Named to the All-Pacific South Region First Team
  • Named AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
Junior Year 2018

  • AVCA All-America Second Team
  • VolleyballMag.com All-America First Team
  • Pacific South All-Region
  • WCC Defensive Player of the Year
  • All-WCC First Team
  • NCAA Provo Regional Team
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team
  • WCC All-Academic Team
  • Played in 107 sets as a starter, totaling 414 digs, 110 assists, 15 aces and four kills
  • Finished No. 8 in digs per set and No. 9 in digs in the program rally scoring era single season records
  • Anchored the back line of a Cougar defense that finished No. 1 in the nation in opponent hitting percentage (.143)
  • Had 24 digs vs. Duke (8/24)
  • Had 18 digs and four assists vs. No. 1 Stanford (8/31) 
  • Added 26 digs and two kills vs. Marquette (9/8) 
  • Collected four assists, three aces and four digs vs. Pacific (9/20) 
  • Tallied 17 digs, four assists and an ace vs. No. 5 Texas in the Elite Eight (12/8)
  • Had seven digs, two assists and an ace vs. No. 1 Stanford in the NCAA Final Four (12/13)
Senior Year 2019

  • AVCA All-America honorable mention
  • VolleyballMag.com All-America Third Team
  • AVCA Pacific South All-Region
  • WCC Libero of the Year
  • All-WCC First Team
  • WCC All-Academic Team
  • Senior CLASS Award Finalist and Second Team selection
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team
  • Female Crowd Pleaser of the Year at the Y Awards
  • Helped BYU to a 26-5 record and the second round of the NCAA Tournament
  • Played in every set, totaling 404 digs, 139 assists, 24 aces and two kills on the year
  • Broke BYU's all-time digs record in the third set at Santa Clara (11/7), finishing with a season-high 21 digs to also become the first Cougar to surpass 1,800 career digs
  • Also finished first in digs per set and seventh in sets played all-time at BYU
  • In the BYU career rally scoring records, finished first in digs, third in sets played and seventh in aces
  • In the BYU single season rally scoring records, finished fourth in matches with double-digit digs and 10th in digs per set
  • In the BYU NCAA Tournament rally scoring era career records, finished first in aces, second in digs and fifth in matches and sets played
  • Is the first Cougar ever to register 10 or more digs in 100 matches
  • Had her second career double-double in the win at No. 2 Stanford (9/21), totaling 10 assists with 15 digs
  • Had three aces and 10 digs against San Francisco (10/10)
  • Had 19 digs and four assists at No. 24 San Diego (11/15)
  • Competed with the U.S. Senior National Team in the summer of 2019, helping Team USA win the Volleyball Nations League and qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year



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    National Champions and National Runners-Up
    Athletics | May, 29

    Y Awards Cap Successful Seasons

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    2019 All-Americans
    W Volleyball | Dec, 18

    Two Cougars Named AVCA All-Americans

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    All-Academic 2019
    W Volleyball | Dec, 11

    Cougars Named WCC All-Academic

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    2019 All-Region graphic
    W Volleyball | Dec, 10

    Four Cougars Claim All-Region Honors

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    2019 All-WCC
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    Whitney Bower celebrates winning a point.
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    Mary Lake WCC POW
    W Volleyball | Nov, 11

    Lake Takes WCC Player of the Week

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    W Volleyball | Sep, 21

    No. 12 BYU Knocks Off No. 2 Stanford

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    W Volleyball | Jul, 15

    The Athletes' Journal: Mary Lake

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    W Volleyball | Jan, 23

    2018 Season Review

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    W Volleyball | Dec, 07

    BYU Advances to Elite Eight

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    W Volleyball | Dec, 04

    Cougars Dominate All-Region Awards

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    W Volleyball | Nov, 27

    Six Cougars Named WCC All-Academic

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    W Volleyball | Nov, 26

    Cougars Sweep WCC Awards

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    W Volleyball | Nov, 15

    Three Tabbed Academic All-District

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