2023 | Graduate
Has started every match for the Hogs… Third on the team in hitting percentage at .297… Third in kills (211) and kills per set (2.74)… Set a new career high in digs with 25 at Western Kentucky on Sept. 8… Named to the University Plaza Invitational All-Tournament Team at Western Kentucky… Posted a team-high 16 kills against Buffalo on Sept. 15, including the 1,000th of her career… Hit .727 against Buffalo, a team season high and personal best… Had 40 total kills in Arkansas’ final non-conference weekend, the team leader, and named Red Storm Invitational MVP… Received her first career SEC award as the Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 18… Achieved a new career high in aces with five against Ole Miss on Oct. 13, also led the team in kills that day with 14 and hit .619… Has hit over .300 in eight matches and over .500 in three
2022 | Senior
Started 18 matches for the Hogs and played in all but one set… Led the team in hitting percentage on the season (at least 100 attack attempts) at .289, also a new personal best in a single season… Came in second amongst the Hogs in kills per set with 2.57 and third in total kills with 278… 278 kills is also a new single season best… Shattered her previous personal high of 55 blocks with 91, second-highest on the team… Had a critical offensive outing in Arkansas’ victory over No. 8 Washington on Aug. 26 with 14 kills and .429 hitting percentage… Set a new season and career high hitting percentage of .692 with nine kills and zero errors on 13 attempts against Alabama State… Led Arkansas in kills against FGCU on Sept. 3 with 11… Notched a new career high in blocks with seven (0-7) against Kentucky on Oct. 7, later matched it at Auburn (0-7) on Nov. 26… Set a season and career high in kills with 21 against Texas A&M on Oct. 19, also hit .313… Hit over .300 in both of Arkansas’ NCAA Tournament matches, her .381 against Oregon on Dec. 3 was a team high
2021 | Junior
Started in all but one match for the Hogs… Led the team in service aces per set with 0.39, good for third in the SEC and eighth in program history for a single season… Her 43 total aces come in ninth in program history for most in a single season… Tallied the most aces for Arkansas in 10 matches on the season and matched her new personal high of four three times… Set a new career season high in kills with 273… Notched a .209 hitting percentage on the season and a new match high of .529 at Ole Miss (Oct. 6)… Tallied 300 digs, a new best, and led the Hogs in digs in six matches… recorded a match high in digs with 19 against Utah State (Sept. 3), which was also a double-double performance with 13 kills… Registered eight double-doubles on the year… Had new career high in total blocks with 55 and a career match high of five in two matches.
2020 | Sophomore
Did not appear in any fall matches, appeared in 13 of 14 in the spring for 46 sets… Finished the season with 2.52 kills per set on 116 total with a .224 hitting percentage… Was crucial in Arkansas’ 3-1 win over LSU (Feb. 18), tallying 10 kills, six digs and eight blocks… Recorded a season-high 16 kills on an impressive .378 hitting percentage on night two in Baton Rouge (Feb. 19)… Had a career-high .500 hitting percentage (11-2-18) vs South Carolina (March 20).
2019 | Freshman
Appeared in 103 sets as a six-rotation player and started in 19 of 30 matches… Recorded 246 kills for 2.39 kills per set…. Was second on the team in attacks (747), kills and service aces (26)… Led the Razorbacks with 10 solo blocks – all tallied against SEC opponents, had two multiple solo block performances against Ole Miss (Nov. 22) and Mississippi State (Oct. 20)… Tallied 12 matches with double-digit kills and recorded a season high 20 kills against NC State (Sept. 20)… Finished with five double-doubles and led the Hogs in kills three matches, aces in ten matches and digs in five matches.
Before Arkansas
Attended Kimberly High School and graduated in 2019 playing under head coach Carrie Knutson…. As a three-year varsity starter for Knutson, Cartwright recorded 438 kills and helped lead her team to the state championship two consecutive years and finished as conference champs two straight years as well… In 2017 she earned 1st Team All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-Area. Cartwright also played six seasons for the FC Elite Wisconsin and competed at nationals in 2014.
Personal
Born Margaret Wolf Cartwright in October of 2000, she is the daughter of Katie Cartwright and has three siblings: Kathryn, Michael and Matthew… She chose Arkansas because she like the coaching staff…. When she’s not playing volleyball she enjoys painting… Besides playing volleyball in high school, she also lettered in basketball and track.
