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2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

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20 Rilee Jessee

20 Rilee Jessee

  • Position:
    Libero/Defensive Specialist
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Edinburgh, Ind,
  • High School:
    Columbus East
  • Major:
    Health Sciences

Summary

Biography

2023: Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following the Fall 2023 semester … Started all 33 matches as the libero, playing in all 119 sets … Finished the season with a team-high 480 digs, second most in the Northeast-10 … Added a team-high 48 service aces and 95 assists … Finished 27 of the 33 matches with double figure digs, including six matches where she topped 20 digs … Had a string of 16 straight matches with double figure digs, spanning Sep. 16 – Oct. 28 … Included in that stretch was a season-high 28 digs in a five set NE10 win over American International (Oct. 10) … Finished with at least one service ace in 27 of the 33 matches, setting a season-high with five at Southern New Hampshire (Sep. 30) … Set a season-high with eight assists in a five-set match against East Stroudsburg (Sep. 23).

2022: Earned Academic Excellence (Fall 2022) and Academic Distinction (Spring 2023) accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both semesters … Made an appearance in 26 matches, starting in nine, and 95 total sets … Stepped into the starting libero position midway through the season … Closed out the season seven on the team with 278 digs, averaging 2.93 per set … Added four kills, 11 assists and 27 service aces, third most on the team … Opened up her season with the first of 13 matches with double figure digs, closing out the season opener against Queens (Aug. 26) with 10 … Matched the season-high for all Chargers (Macy Brown was the other player) with 32 digs, setting a new career-high, with that coming in NE10 play against Franklin Pierce (Oct. 22) … Two matches later added her second 20+ performance defensively, finishing with 21 digs against crosstown rival Southern Connecticut (Oct. 28) … Had a streak of five-straight matches with double figure digs, including a high of 19 in that stretch in the first meeting of the season against the crosstown Owls (Oct. 8) … Those five matches began a series of 8-of-10 matches with double figures defensively.

2021: Earned Academic Honors (Fall 2021) and Academic Distinction (Spring 2022) accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and name to the New Haven Dean’s List following the spring semester … Played in all 32 matches and 125 of the 127 total sets … Served as the Chargers starting libero throughout her first season with the Blue and Gold … Closed out the year with a team-high 493 digs for an average of 3.94 per set … Also added 76 assists and 31 service aces, the latter of which is third most on the team … Her 493 total digs was the fifth most in the Northeast-10 … Finished all but five of the 32 matches with double figure digs, including seven matches with 20+ … Set a season-best with 29 digs in the season opener against Ursuline (Sep 3) … Matched that in a five-setter against Saint Anselm (Oct 29) … Dropped in at least one service ace in 16 matches, and multiple aces in nine of those … Set her career-best with four aces in two matches against Saint Michael’s (Oct 30) and Bentley (Nov 13).

2020: Fall 2020 season canceled due to the CoVID-19 Pandemic ... Earned Academic Distinction (Fall 2020) and Academic Honors (Spring 2021) accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean's List following the Fall semester.

High School: Played volleyball for the Olympians of Columbus East High School … Sister Regann was also on the volleyball team at Columbus East … Closed out her high school career with 635 kills, 50 aces, 69 total blocks and 608 digs … Put up a career-high in kills (254) and digs (318) as a senior in 2019-20.

Personal: Daughter of Kevin and Tara Jessee … Has three siblings; two brothers Ryker and Ryston and one sister Regann … Majoring in Health Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2020Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    20
  • 20

    2021Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    5'10"
    20
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    2022Junior

    Outside Hitter/Defensive Specialist
    5'10"
    20
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    2023Senior

    Libero/Defensive Specialist
    5'10"
    20