Outside hitter Jordan Wilson came back to Arizona to be near her family. After spending a year at USC, the Arizona native decided that even the distance from LA to the Phoenix area was too much. As a professional,
she will once again be leaving the friendly confines of her home state after being drafted by the Grand Rapids Rise of Major League Volleyball.
Wilson was taken in the third round of the draft. She was the 18th overall pick.
MLV was created by combining the Pro Volleyball Federation and an upstart league using the “Major League Volleyball” name. The PVF was to enter its third season this year, but instead folded its teams into the MLV branding. MLV consists of eight teams with plans to expand over the next two years.
Wilson will be joining Wildcat alumna Sofia Maldonado Diaz in the league. Maldonado Diaz signed with the Dallas Rise as a free agent after spending half a season overseas in the spring.
Arizona alumnae Kendra Dahlke and Kamaile Hiapo have played in PVF since that league’s inception two years ago. Dahlke was signed as a free agent then traded to the San Diego Mojo, where she is on the roster for the 2026 MLV season. Hiapo was drafted by the Atlanta Vibe after completing her fifth year of college at BYU. She spent the 2024 season with the Vibe then played alongside Dahlke in San Diego in 2025, but she is not listed on a current MLV roster.
Wilson has 429 kills this season, good for 44th in the nation. Her 4.61 kills per set are 14th in the country and 4th in the Big 12.
She surpassed 1,500 career kills last week. Over 1,100 have come as a Wildcat.
