The University of Akron Athletics
2007-08 Women's Basketball

Jessica Deville
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Leetonia
- Hometown:
- Leetonia, Ohio
as a Junior (2006-07)- Appeared in 22 games forthe Zips ... posted career-highs of 21 points and fourthree-pointers while also pulling down five rebounds off the benchat Ohio in the regular-season finale ... grabbed a season-high sixboards at Kent State (Feb. 17).
as a Sophomore (2005-06)- Started 10 of 27games played...had a career-high 12 rebounds against OhioUniversity (Feb. 28)...scored a season-best 16 points againstEastern Michigan (Feb. 4)...had a total of 10 blocked shots...went6 of 7 from the field in a win at Toledo (Feb. 8)... posted an .800(4-5) shooting percentage against Montana State (Dec. 1) ... tiedher career mark with two blocked shots at Ball State (Jan. 28) ...was perfect at the free throw line six times on the season.
as a Freshman (2004-05)- Was a key contributor inher rookie campaign, appearing in all 28 games and making 17 starts... broke out for a season-high 20 points, along with five reboundsand a blocked shot vs. Ohio (Jan. 11) ... was 9-of-14 fromthe field ... played all 40 minutes of the contest ... scored acombined 27 points in Akron’s wins over Miami (Jan. 26) (12points) and Western Michigan (Jan. 29) (15 points) ... also pulleddown eight rebounds (five offensive) against the Broncos ... was5-of-7 from the field and a perfect 6-for-6 at the free throw line,finishing with 16 points vs. Bowling Green (Feb. 2) ... followedthat up with 10 points, including another perfect performance atthe charity stripe (6-6) at Ohio (Feb. 15) ... led Akron infree-throw percentage, shooting at a .833 (50-60) clip ... in MACgames only, was third on the team with an 8.2 ppg scoring average... finished fourth overall at 5.6 ppg.
at Leetonia HS- First-team All-Ohio as a senior... Division IV Ohio Player of the Year ... Northeast InlandDistrict Player of the Year ... first-team All-Northeast InlandDistrict ... Columbiana County Player of the Year ... holdsLeetonia HS records for career points (1,742), rebounds(1,215), free throws (334), career games played (98), points in aseason (562), rebounds in a season (348) and free throws in a game(14) ... averaged 24.6 ppg and 14.6 rebounds per game as a senior... posted a 14.5 ppg average as a junior ... second-team All-Ohioselection ... Youngstown Vindicator All-Star team as a sophomoreand junior ... first-team all-Morning Journal ... Morning JournalPlayer of the Year in 2002 and 2003 ... Salem News Elite Five team... second-team All-Ohio selection as a sophomore after averaging18.4 ppg ... first-team Tri-County League and Columbiana County ...Northeastern Ohio and Columbiana County special mention as afreshman ... four-year letterwinner and two-time captain ... alsoearned letters in volleyball (two) and track and field (one).
Personal- Valedictorian of her graduating class ... namedto Academic All-Ohio team ... majoring in sport and exercisescience ... parents are Dave and Sandy Deville.










