Jennifer Stewart

Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
High School:
East Kentwood
Hometown:
Kentwood, Mich.

AKRONINSIDER: Q&A With Jennifer Stewart (Aug. 28, 2007)

as a Redshirt Junior (2007): Named teamco-captain, along with Shayla Gilbert, for second consecutive year... eased her way back onto the court after an injury-plaguedjunior campaign ... was limited to 16 matches, primarily at libero,but still recorded 281 digs – including the 1,000 of hercareer against Pepperdine (Sept. 14) ... posted 20 or more digseight times and set a personal best with 35 ups in a four-game winat N.C. State (Sept. 8) ... her 4.93 digs per game average pacedthe club ... named tournament MVP at the Temple Invitational aftertotaling 74 digs (5.7/game) in four wins against Rider, La Salle,Lehigh and Temple (Aug. 24-25) ... notched three service aces inthe final match of the tourney against the Owls.

as a Junior (2006): Named team co-captain ... played only21 games due to a back injury that ended her season on September 9... granted medical redshirt status ... posted 21 kills againstOakland (Aug. 26) and 20 kills versus Wyoming (Sept. 9) ... namedto West Virginia Classic All-Tournament team (Aug. 25-26) afterrecording 34 kills (3.4 per game) and 32 digs (3.2) in threematches against Indiana, West Virginia and Oakland ... named toHilton Las Cruces All-Tournament team (Sept. 8-9) following a38-kill (3.5 per game) and 30-dig (2.7) performance in threematches against Idaho State, Wyoming and New Mexico State ...recorded the most complete match of the season with 21 kills– while hitting .390 – and 20 digs against Oakland(Aug. 26).

as a Sophomore (2005): Was an Arthur Ashe Jr.Sports Scholar award winner and was one of only 352student-athletes in the nation selected to attend the NCAALeadership Conference ... led the team with 398 kills and 111 gamesplayed ... had 18 double-doubles and twice had 20-plus kills and20-plus digs (9/3 & 9/29) ... second on the team with 3.59kills per game, 398 digs, 3.59 digs per game and 435 points ... hada career-high 27 digs twice, first against Buffalo (9/29) and thenagain vs. Northern Illinois (11/10) ... named team’sOffensive Player of the Year ... was named MVP of Akron’sEarly Bird Invitational, while making the Circus-Circus/MoltenAll-Invitational team in Nevada.

as a Freshman (2004): Named to the MACAll-Freshman team recording 372 kills, which ranked second on theteam ... was also second on the team with 421.5 points and 339 digs... had a career-high 24 kills against Eastern Kentucky (9/3) ...recorded 15 double-double’s and had two matches of 20-pluskills and 20-plus digs.

at East Kentwood High School: Earned first teamall-state, all-region and all-conference honors in ‘02 and‘03 ... won a regional championship and was state runner-upin 2003-04 ... named the Eileen Reid Memorial Award as the topfemale scholar-athlete in 2003-04 ... runner-up for the MichiganMiss Volleyball award and MHSAA Female Athlete of the Year ... wonconference titles in ‘01, ‘03 and ‘04 and fourdistrict titles ... won the 2004 Michigan JVA State ClubChampionship ... earned academic all-state honors all fouryears.

Personal:In 2007 was the president of theStudent-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) at Akron ... was named a2007-08 Scholar-Baller ... majoring in middle level education witha concentration in math and science.