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Jenny Custer Season 2007

PositionOH
Height6-0
ClassSenior
HometownColorado Springs, Colo.

Career Highlights:

  • Ranks fourth in school history in career service aces with 164.
  • Listed 14th in career kills with 997.
  • 2006 BIG EAST preseason all-conference team selection.
  • Named MVP of the State Farm Bearcats Invitational in 2005.

2007 Season (Senior):

  • Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Sept. 24 after averaging 3.73 kills, 2.36 digs and 0.91 blocks, with a .393 hitting percentage in a 3-0 week.
  • Earned a berth on the State Farm Bearcats Invitational all-Tournament Team.
  • Ranked fourth in the BIG EAST during the regular season with 0.40 service aces per game.
  • Listed third on the Bearcats with 2.84 kills per game.
  • Turned in a season-best 19-kill effort on .417 hitting in a home win over Syracuse (9/30).
  • Finished just one shy of a career-high for digs with 14 at USF (9/23). Added 17 kills in the UC win.
  • Led team with 16 kills in UC's first meeting with Notre Dame (11/9).
  • Tallied 18 kills in final career match at Pacific (11/24).
  • Reached double-figure kill totals 15 times, including 15+ in eight matches.
  • Banged a season-best five aces in a sweep of Maine (8/31).

2006 Season (Junior):

  • Ranked third on the team in kills with 3.02. Also averaged career-highs in digs (2.43) and blocks (1.00) per game.
  • Was third in the BIG EAST with 0.51 service aces per game.
  • Registered a career-high 22 kills on .462 hitting at Syracuse (9/24). Connected on six during the final nine points of UC's deciding Game 4 victory.
  • Tied a school record at the time with 10 block assists in a three-game sweep of Austin Peay (9/1).
  • Tied a UC mark for aces in a four-game match with seven vs. Seton Hall (10/20). Was part of a stretch with 14 aces in two matches.
  • Named to all-tournament teams at the Radisson Hotel (9/2) and Colorado Invitational (9/9).
  • Earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Sept. 25 after averaging 4.25 kills and 2.67 digs per game.
  • Had eight double-doubles, including two stretches of three consecutive.
  • Named to the BIG EAST preseason all-conference team.

2005 Season (Sophomore):

  • Ranked second on squad, averaging a career-high 3.13 kills per game.
  • Also held averages of 2.00 digs and 0.81 blocks per game.
  • Tied for sixth in the BIG EAST with 0.39 aces per game.
  • Named MVP of the State Farm Bearcats Invitational, averaging 4.00 kills and 1.91 digs per game and hitting .441 in three UC victories.
  • Had then career-high 19 kills on .484 hitting vs. Western Kentucky (10/5).
  • Recorded first career double-double with 15 kills and 13 digs vs. Tulsa (9/2).
  • Posted 10 double-doubles and 22 double-figure kill performances.

2004 Season (Freshman):

  • Played in 32 matches, seeing time as both a setter and an outside hitter.
  • Averaged 1.29 digs per game, including a season-best eight at Wright State (10/19).
  • Tallied at least 20 assists in all four matches in which she played setter. Posted career-high 22 in win over Miami (Ohio) (9/7).
  • Registered season-high six kills vs. Kent State (9/4).
  • Fifth on team with 25 aces.
  • Totaled five blocks in collegiate debut against Bradley (9/3).

High School: Led Doherty High School to a state championship as a senior ... named tournament MVP by the Rocky Mountain News ... an all-state and all-area selection as both a junior and senior ... earned a total of 11 varsity letters, competing in volleyball (4), basketball (3), soccer (3) and tennis (1) ... was named the Rotary Champions Foundation Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year as well as being inducted into Doherty's Athletic Hall of Fame ... a nominee for the Fred Steinmark High School Athlete of the Year, as one of the top eight athletes in Colorado ... a National Honor Society member who graduated seventh in her class.

Personal: Born Aug. 23, 1985 ... daughter of Duane and Jayne Custer ... older sister Jaden played volleyball at Creighton.

Academic Major: Biology.

Honors: BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team (2006-07) ... Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2005) ... Topcat Scholar (2005-07) ... Bearcat Scholar (2005-07) ... Team Scholar Athlete of the Quarter (Fall 2006, Winter 2007).