2017
Summit League Setter of the Year for the third straight year … All-Summit League … Summit League all-tournament team … Academic All-League … CoSIDA All-Academic Team … became USD’s all-time leader in assists with 4,826 which places fourth in the Summit League ... the second athlete in school history to record 1,000 assists and 1,000 digs in a career … only Coyote this season to start all 28 matches … ranked first in the Summit League for assists per set with 10.31 … ended her career with 10.72 assists per set which ranks third in school history … finished with 1,152 digs which sits eighth in school history … recorded 12 double-doubles … earned a triple-double with ten kills, 46 assists and 15 digs against Fort Wayne (Nov. 17) … one of 31 athletes in the nation to record a triple-double … finished the season with 135 kills, 1,083 assists, 30 service aces, 259 digs and 37 blocks … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2016
Summit League Setter of the Year for the second straight year … All-Summit League … Academic All-League … helped the Coyotes win their first-ever Summit League regular season championship … USD won 25 matches, the most since joining the Division I level in 2009, and 13 Summit League matches, the most since joining the Summit … the Coyotes finished the season ranked second in the nation with 18.44 digs per set … one of three Coyotes to start all 32 matches … moved to second all-time for career assists with 3,743, which ranks 14-best in Summit League history … led the Summit League and ranked 23
rd in the nation with 11.06 assists per set … led the Summit League and ranked 23
rd in the nation with 11.06 assists per set … added 144 kills, 42 aces, 357 digs and 41 total blocks … recorded two triple-doubles with 12 kills, 19 digs and 39 assists against North Dakota and then 10 kills, 10 digs and 40 assists at Pacific … one of 13 athletes in the nation to record two triple-doubles … tallied 30-plus assists 27 times, 10 times recorded 40-plus assists and three times had 50-plus assists … named Summit League Offensive Player of the Week twice, and Summit League Defensive Player of the Week once … was named MVP at Tulsa’s Hurricane Classic (Sept. 26-27) … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2015
Summit League Setter of the Year ... named to all-Summit League team honors ... was named Summit League offensive Player of the Week twice...started all 31 matches and played in all 117 sets ... was first in the Summit League in assists per set (10.77) and second in total assists 1,260 ... currently sixth all-time on South Dakota's career assists list ... ranks 25th in the nation on the active career leaders list for assists per set with 10.75 ... recorded the third-most service aces per set (0.30) ... averaged 11.60 assists during league play ... tallied the most assists during league play (731) ... had 12 double-doubles and one triple-double during season ... had 50-plus assists in six matches and set a career-high with 61 assists at IPFW (Nov. 14) ... had a career-high 20 digs against Omaha (Oct. 30) ... earned Academic All-Summit League honors … made the Summit League honor roll, earning distinguished scholar status ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2014
Joined the team during the spring of 2014 … finished season earning All-Summit League honors and made the league’s All-Freshman team … was second in the Summit League in total assists and recorded USD’s fifth-best single season assist mark at 1,277 … produced the third-best assists per set mark in the Summit League at 10.73 ... averaged 11.22 assists per set during league play … tallied the third most service aces during league play (21) … had eight double-doubles and one triple-double during season … had 50-plus assists in nine matches, including season-high of 59 at North Dakota (Sept. 5) … tallied season-high 16 digs three times … recorded 10 kills at Denver (Oct. 12) … named to the Summit League Honor Roll, earning Distinguished Scholar status.
Prep
Member of Northern Lights Volleyball club ... a five-year volleyball letter winner at Henry Sibley High School in Mendota Heights, Minn. ... an honorable mention all-state player in Minnesota's highest class (Class AAA) in 2013... four-time all-conference honoree ... named third-team All-Metro by the Star Tribune in 2013... holds school record for most kills in a season (410) and had over 1,000 career assists ... named to AVCA Under Armour All-American Watch List ... named to Prep Volleyball's "Senior Ace" list of the top 250 seniors in the nation ... 2010-11 Northern Lights team won Junior Open Nationals.
Personal
Daughter of Dave and Jan Jessen ... English education major.
