Harper enters her 4th season for the Lions this year. In her first and second season, Harper helped lead two conference runner-up teams to qualify in the Region V North tournament. In 2023, Harper coached an NJCAA 2nd Team All-American Middle Blocker, and the NTJCAC Conference Player of the Year. 

Playing Accomplishments

Previously, Harper played collegiate sand volleyball at Texas A&M University- Kingsville where she played on the 1's, 3's and 4's pair throughout her career. Harper's accomplishments while at TAMUK include tying the 1's pair total wins in a season record with 17 and finishing in the top ten in individual career wins for the university in only three seasons. Harper also played in the 3's pair when TAMUK finished as the AVCA DII National Semifinalists in 2021. She also earned her Bachelors in psychology in her time there. Macie earned her Master's in Sport Management through Texas A&M University.

Macie's high school accomplishments include being a part of the first state championship volleyball team for Callisburg high school. With 3 total trips to the state tournament, Harper earned 3 all-state selections as a six rotation outside hitter with an overall career record of 156-29.

Family

Coach Macie is currently married to Johnathon Harper, a Research & Design Engineer at Safran. John is also a DII National Champion heptathlete and 6-time All-American in the heptathlon and decathlon for Texas A&M University- Kingsville's track & field team. Macie and John have one daughter named Heidi. Outside of work, Coach Macie enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her family, and her German Shorthaired Pointer named Deets, and Bernedoodle named Jewel.