2010 Women's Volleyball Roster

6 Jess Saunders

  • Position Defensive Specialist
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hinckley, Ohio
  • High School Highland

Biography

2009: Played very well as the team’s Libero, notching a team-high 331 digs despite sitting out several matches with an injury … averaged 3.72 digs per set overall and 4.38 digs per set during PSAC matches ... ranked 10th among PSAC players in digs per set … reached double digits in digs 15 times, including five matches with 20 or more saves … recorded a career-best 29 digs during a four-set victory at Shippensburg … had 27 digs and a career-high three aces during a home loss to Clarion … picked up 46 digs in three matches as Gannon swept WVIAC opponents at the PSAC-WVIAC crossover … had 12 digs and a career-high three aces during a home victory over West Chester.

2008: Played in 16 matches, starting one … ranked 10th among PSAC players in digs per game (3.60) … recorded six of her eight aces during her first four appearances … reached double digits in digs 10 times, including a season-high 28 at Slippery Rock … added 21 digs at Edinboro.

2007: Played in 20 matches as a true freshman … was one of five Lady Knights to reach triple digits in digs … recorded 108 digs in 55 games … posted lone kill against West Virginia State … reached double digits in digs five times, including a season-high 14 in back-to-back matches against Michigan Tech and Hillsdale … averaged 8.9 digs during a 10-match span from September 1-28.

High School: Played for head coach Terese Klucar at Highland (Ohio) High School ... earned All-Suburban League honorable-mention accolades … named Best Defensive Specialist as a senior … selected to the Medina Trading Post All-Star team … was a scholar-athlete all four years.

Personal: Nursing major ... has three sisters ... is the daughter of Trish and Gary Saunders.

Career Highs
Kills: 1, seven times, last at Shippensburg, 10/9/09
Assists: 3 vs. Wisconsin-Parkside, 9/5/09
Aces: 3, three times, last vs. Clarion, 10/16/09
Digs: 29 at Shippensburg, 10/9/09

Year

GP-MP

Kills

k/g

Errors

Attempts

Pct.

Assists

a/g

Aces

sa/g

Digs

d/g

Block Solos

Block Assists

Total Blocks

b/g

2007

55-20

1

0.02

3

16

-.125

4

0.07

5

0.09

108

1.96

0

0

0

0.00

2008

50-16

2

0.04

5

12

-.250

4

0.08

8

0.16

180

3.60

0

1

1

0.02

2009

89-27

4

0.04

2

14

.143

20

0.22

21

0.24

331

3.72

0

0

0

0.00

Career

194-63

7

0.04

10

42

-.071

28

0.14

34

0.18

619

3.19

0

1

1

0.01

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2008Sophomore

    Defensive Specialist
    5'9"
    6
  • 6

    2009Junior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'9"
    6
  • 6

    2010Senior

    Defensive Specialist
    5'9"
    6