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2010 Volleyball Roster

1 Jessica Yanz

  • Position Setter
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Naperville Central
  • Hometown Bolingbrook, Ill.
  • Prev School Nebraska

Biography

Coach Sheffield's Outlook: “Jessica has been everything that we hoped she would be.  From day one she came in and took control of this team offensively.  She has brought great energy and challenged people and seems to be having a blast.  She has totally invested herself in with this team and program.  She's got sweet hands and does a very good job of locating.  She puts hitters in good situations and gives us another offensive threat at the net.  She has waited a long time to be in the position of running a team and she is absolutely running with it.  She's only been here a short time, but I can already tell that I'm going to enjoy going into battle with her.”
 
Best Part of UD Volleyball
The team! The girls work so incredibly hard and have fun while doing it.

Pre-Match Rituals
I always have to braid my hair.

Role Models
My parents. They have been behind me throughout my career and supported every decision I've made. They taught me the value of hard work at a young age -- I don't think I'd be who I am today if I hadn't learned that.

UD Coaching Staff
The coaches expect the most out of every one of us, whether it's on the court or in the classroom. Even though I've been here a short time, I feel like I've grown as a person in both of these areas.

First Volleyball Memory
Watching the Lewis University men's volleyball team play when I was in elementary school. Even though it was men's volleyball, I loved watching and was hooked from that moment on.

Dream Job
Working within collegiate athletics somehow, whether it is coaching, academics, or some other niche within an athletic department.

Most-Valued Possession
My stuffed tiger Hobbes. I've had him since I was a baby and he's been with me everywhere.

2010 (Senior): AVCA All-America Honorable Mention ... Atlantic 10 Setter of the Year ... Atlantic 10 Championship Most Outstanding Player after leading UD to its sixth A-10 tournament title ... AVCA All-Northeast Region ... A-10 First Team All-Conference ... (Nebraska) Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team ... In her first season with the program guided the UD offense to lead the A-10 in hitting percentage, kills and assists ... Led the team with 16 double-doubles, finishing with four in the last five matches ... Ranked second in the league in assists per set (10.86) and seventh in hitting percentage (.328) ... Quarterbacked UD’s offense to a hitting percentage over .300 in 12 matches ... Seven matches with five or more kills ... Never recorded over two attacking errors in a match ... Career-high of 21 digs at Xavier (10/15), a match which featured a combined total of 140 digs – the second-most of any NCAA Division I match this season ... Named A-10 Offensive Player of the Week (10/26) after leading the Flyers to victories over George Washington and Charlotte with a combined .336 team hitting percentage while outgaining opponents in kills 100-to-60 ... Recorded a career-high seven kills in the A-10 Championship Semifinals against Duquesne (11/20), adding 54 assists and 12 digs for a double-double ... Recorded another double-double in the A-10 Championship Final against Xavier(11/21) to garner the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player honor ... Posted a career-high two aces with five kills on a .417 clip in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament against Butler (12/3).

Nebraska 
2008-09 (RS-Junior): Backed up All-American Sydney Anderson in 2009 and redshirted the 2008 season because of NCAA transfer rules ... Averaged 1.39 assists and 0.72 digs per set in 10 matches ... Recorded three assists and a service ace against Colorado (11/28) ... Played the opening set at Oklahoma (9/30), dishing out a pair of assists and adding two digs ... Saw her most extensive time of the year against UL-Lafayette (9/4), starting the final set and setting NU bests in assists (17), digs (seven) and blocks (two).

Penn State 
2006-07 (Freshman-Sophomore): Began her collegiate career at Penn State, spending two seasons in the Nittany Lion program ... Played in 18 matches, including four starts, as a sophomore in 2007, helping the Nittany Lions to a 34-2 record and a national title ... Averaged 6.33 assists per set ... Posted a career-best 42 assists against Virginia Commonwealth ... Appeared in 17 matches in 2006, as Penn State went 32-3 and advanced to the regional final ... Averaged 4.10 assists and 1.48 digs per set, as she played in both a 6-2 and 5-1 offense ... Had a double-double with 17 assists and a career-best 11 digs in a win over LSU.

High School: Played four years at Naperville Central (Ill.) High School for Coach Brie Isaacson, leading the Redhawks to a 39-4 mark and a Class AA state title in 2005 ... Selected as the Gatorade Illinois Player of the Year and chosen as a first-team all-state performer by the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and Champaign Gazette as a senior after racking up a school-record 902 assists ... Finished her career with a school-best 2,705 assists and was a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 honoree ... Collected all-area honors in each of her final two years by the Arlington Heights Daily Herald and the Naperville Sun ... Played club volleyball at Sports Performance for Coach Rick Butler, leading the team to first-place finishes at the 2005 National Junior Classic and Junior Olympic National Open Championship ... Named Best Setter at both the 2004 and 2006 National Junior Classic ... Led Sports Performance to a first-place finish at the 2006 National Junior Classic ... Excelled in the classroom as a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society, while earning first-team DuPage Valley Conference academic all-league selection in her four years at the school.

Personal: Born Jessica Noelle Yanz on Dec. 4, 1987 in Hinsdale, Ill. ... Parents are Charles and Joan Yanz ... Has one brother, Matt, who also plays volleyball ... Graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a business administration degree ... Pursuing a graduate degree at UD.

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