Player Bio: Jessica Veris - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Volleyball
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2005 (SENIOR): Played in nine games and seven matches after being sidelined at the beginning of the season with an injury ... made her first appearance of the season at California (Oct. 7) where she had a block assist ...had two kills on four swings at Oregon State (Oct. 22) .. had a kill, two digs and two blocks at Arizona State (Oct. 28) ...had a kill and a block at UCLA (Nov. 12) ...had a kill, an ace and block vs. Washington State on Senior Night (Nov. 25) ...had a kill vs. Siena in the NCAA first round (Dec. 2).
2004 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 106 games and all 31 matches, making 29 starts ... averaged 1.74 kpg, 0.80 bpg and 2.46 ppg ... posted season-bests with 11 kills vs. Stanford (Oct. 23) and vs. Arizona (Nov. 11) ... had 10 kills vs. UCLA (Dec. 11) in the regional championship, while adding five blocks ... also had 10 kills at Stanford (Nov. 19), nine kills vs. California (Sept. 24) and eight at Arizona (Oct. 16), Oregon State (Oct. 28) and Oregon (Oct. 29) ... hit .400 or better 12 times, including a .750 performance (6-0-8) against Northern Illinois (Sept. 4) ... ranked second on the team with 23 aces ... had three aces vs. Arizona State (Oct. 15 and Nov. 12) and vs. Northern Illinois (Sept. 4) ... posted a career-best eight digs vs. Oregon State (Oct. 29).
2003 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 25 matches and 57 games, making seven starts ... posted 10 kills and 12 digs vs. Northern Arizona (Sept. 13) for her first collegiate double-double ... notched 15 aces on the season, including four against Oregon (Oct. 10) and three in matches against Northern Arizona and Arizona (Sept. 19) ... averaged 1.56 dpg ... tallied 23 blocks, including four versus Arizona (Sept. 19) ... had nine digs against USC (Oct. 4) and eight digs three times ... had nine kills and eight digs against Oregon (Oct. 10) ... picked up a career-best 12 kills against Oregon State (Nov. 7), while adding seven digs.
2002 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 12 matches and 33 games, making six starts ... averaged 1.30 kills per game, 0.73 digs per game, 0.67 blocks per game and 0.48 aces per game ... made her collegiate debut versus Arizona (Oct. 4) with two kills and a pair of blocks ... recorded six kills, three aces and six digs against Washington State (Oct. 4) ... had a strong weekend versus the Oregon schools with nine kills in 12 chances with no errors for a .750 hitting percentage ... tallied a season-high seven kills and three aces versus SMS (Nov. 29) ... added six more kills the next day against Pacific (Nov. 30) ... collected five kills and five blocks against Colorado State (Dec. 5) in the first round match of the NCAA Tournament.
AT MIRA COSTA HIGH SCHOOL: A two-year letterwinner in volleyball at Mira Costa ... as a senior, helped her school to its first trip to the state finals since 1989, placing second overall ... had a team-best 23 kills in the final to earn state all-tournament honors ... first team all-league and all-CIF in 2001 ... two-time athlete of the week ... led the Mustangs to a pair of Bay League and CIF Division II-AA titles ... played club volleyball for nine years, with the last two for ASICS, under head coach Nestor Rodriguez ... helped ASICS to a second-place finish at the 2002 Impact Hawaii Tournament, receiving all-tournament honors ... team placed in the top 15 at both the Davis Volleyball Festival and the Las Vegas Invitational ... named club team captain in 2002 ... also played goalkeeper for the Mustang soccer team .... three-year member of the California Scholarship Federation (CSF).
PERSONAL: Born in Bishop, Calif., to Peter and Jackie Veris ... has one sister and one brother ... sister Lindsey played soccer at Northwestern ... majoring in Communications with a focus in business.
Veris news and features:
• Q & A with Jessica Veris - gohuskies.com (Oct. 27, 2004)
