Talea Mitchell Season 2024

#5
PositionMB/OH
Height6-1
ClassFreshman
HometownGoodyear, Ariz.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2024 from Millennium High School, where she was a four-year varsity competitor for head coach Julie Vastine… Helped the Tigers to a combined 126-25 record during her prep career, highlighted by a Conference 5A state championship at the 2020 Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) tournament as a freshman to go with three subsequent runner-up finishes… Received AVCA All-America honorable mention and all-Region 9 honors following her senior campaign… Also garnered first-team all-Conference 5A accolades and was named the 5A Desert West Section co-Offensive Player of the Year after leading Millennium High with a .429 hitting percentage while ranking third with 244 kills… Also topped the squad with 98 blocks that season… Excelled in the classroom as well, earning 5A all-academic distinction all four years… Chose the Aztecs over the likes of Arizona State, Illinois, Boise State, Fresno State, San José State, Utah State, UC San Diego, Brown and Dayton among others.

CLUB: Played for the highly successful Arizona Sky Volleyball Academy, helping her Gold squad capture the National Division title at the 2024 USAV Girls 18s Junior National Championship, April 26-28, in Baltimore, Maryland… Earned a spot on the National Division all-tournament team following the event… Her club team also competed earlier in the year at the Northeast Qualifier in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as the Triple Crown NIT in Kansas City, Missouri.

PERSONAL: Born in Sun City, Arizona… Parents are Kenneth and Sandra Mitchell… Lists Asjia O’Neal as her favorite athlete… Intends to major in kinesiology at San Diego State with career plans to become a physical therapist.