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2024 Volleyball Roster

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3 Jada Wills

  • Position Defensive Specalist/Libero
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Dubuque, Iowa
  • Highschool Beckman Catholic

Biography

Fifth Year (2024): MVC Co-Libero of the Year...All-MVC First Team selection...MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team selection...AVCA All-Central Region First Team selection...Six-time MVC Defensive Player of the Week honoree...Became the Drake volleyball career digs record holder with 2,762...Played in all 30 matches...Led Drake, the MVC, and the nation with 768 digs while also leading Drake, the MVC, and the nation with an average of 6.92 digs per set...Owned seven of the top-10 marks in the league for digs in a match this season including the top spot with 45 digs against Bradley on Oct. 18...Her 768 digs marked the most in a single season in Drake volleyball history...Logged 113 assists...Tallied 16.0 points.

Senior Year (2023): Was named MVC Libero of the Year…was placed on the MVC All-Conference First Team…Played her way to the MVC All-Tournament Team… led the MVC with 736 digs, averaging 5.75 per set…had a season-high 39 digs against Valparaiso on September 30…handed out 84 assists…registered 19 points

Junior Year (2022): Was named to the All-MVC Second Team ... logged a team-high 728 digs, also the second-most in the MVC ... digs total was the second-most in a single season in Drake history ... played in 140 sets and 38 matches ... totaled 92 assists ... had a season-high 37 digs against Boston College in the NIVC title match (Dec. 14) ... had five 30-dig matches ... has 1,258 career digs, the seventh-most in program history.

Sophomore Year (2021): Played in 92 sets with 29 kills… second on the team with 253 digs ... fourth on the team with 19 total aces and had a season high three aces against UNI at home on October 10.

Freshman Year (2020): Played in 75 sets and 20 matches … had 105 kills and 255 digs on the season … averaged 1.4 kills per set and 3.4 digs per set … had a career-high 16 kills and career-high 47 attacks along with 13 digs in season opener with UNI … rewarded with MVC Freshman of the Week honors after opening weekend … had career-high 25 digs in second SIU match … had four double-double games.

High School: Recorded over 1,500 kills and 1,300 digs during her career at Beckman Catholic ... Received all-conference first team honors in three consecutive years ... named to the all-state second team twice ... led Six Pack Volleyball Club team to win the 2018 Club National Championship ... named championship MVP.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2020-21Freshman

    OH
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2021Sophomore

    OH
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2022Junior

    Defensive Specalist/Libero
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2023Senior

    Defensive Specalist/Libero
    5'10"
    3
  • 3

    2024Graduate Student

    Defensive Specalist/Libero
    5'10"
    3