SMU Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS
ACC All-Academic Team (2024)
Second-Team All-AAC (2023)
AAC All-Academic Team (2022 & 2023)
Stacey Clark Classic All-Tournament Team (2023)
Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team (2023)
 
2024 (Graduate at SMU)
• Played 61 sets in 25 matches for the Mustangs in her final collegiate season
• Collected 11 kills, 15 digs, and five aces in 2024 and also added nine total blocks
• Had a season-best four kills in the Mustangs win over No. 1 Pitt, while also adding two digs and three blocks
 
2023 (Senior at SMU)
• Named a Second-Team All-AAC selection after playing 105 sets and tallying 310 kills, 186 digs, and 56 blocks
• Averaged 2.95 kills and 1.77 digs per set
• Registered 10 service aces and tallied six double-doubles
• Turned in double-digit kills 16 times and digs seven
• Named to the All-Tournament Team in back-to-back weeks to open the season at the Ameritas Players Challenge and the Stacey Clark Classic

2022 (Junior at SMU)
• Started 24 matches, playing 92 sets in 29 matches
• Second on the team in total points with 330.5, averaging 3.59 per set
• Tallied 301 kills for an average of 3.27 per set
• Recorded seven service aces
• Finished fourth on the team with 219 digs
 
2020 (RS Freshman at Arkansas)
• Did not see action

2019 (Freshman at Arkansas)
• Redshirt season, did not compete.

High School/Club
• A four-time academic all-district selection, Perdue is a four-year letter winner at Richardson High School
• Led the Eagles to three playoff appearances and two bi-district championships
• Broke the school record for kills and holds the record for most digs with 1176
• Recorded 1018 kills, 179 aces, and 125 blocks throughout her high school career
• Reached nationals with the Summit Volleyball Club and earned a third place finish her sophomore year.

Personal
• Natalie is the daughter of Vernon and Sherae Perdue, and has two older siblings, Rodrick and Ashlee
• Her father played basketball at SMU and her brother played football at North Texas