2017 Women's Volleyball Roster
Brittney Jakscht
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown/Previous School:
- East Troy, Wis.
- Club Team:
- Milwaukee Sting
KENT STATE AWARDS & HONORS
• Letterwinner: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
• Captain: 2016, 2017
• Academic All-MAC: 2015, 2016, 2017
• All-Tournament Team: Mountaineer Invitational (2014)
CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Kills: 6 (Central Michigan, 11/1/14)
Attack Attempts: 13 (Central Michigan, 11/1/14)
Assists: 62 (Youngstown State, 9/16/14)
Aces: 3 (three times, last: vs. Stetson, 8/26/16)
Digs: 18 (vs. Eastern Michigan, 11/21/14)
Block Solos: 1 (12 times, last time: Eastern Michigan, 11/11/17)
Block Assists: 5 (two times, last: at Ball State, 10/14/16)
Total Blocks: 5 (three times, last: at Ball State, 10/14/16)
Points: 8.5 (Eastern Michigan, 11/11/17)
CAREER MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Matches with 40 or more set assists: 17 (last: 40, at Ohio, 11/9/17)
Matches with 10 or more digs: 7 (last: 14, at Toledo, 10/15/16)
Double-Doubles: 8 (last: Northern Illinois, 10/22/16)
2017 – SENIOR SEASON
• Member of team's leadership core
• Earned Academic All-MAC honors
• Saw action in 18 matches and 38 sets, making five starts
• Ranked second on the team in assists (179) and assists per set (4.71)
• Finished the season with 22.0 points, 16 kills, 50 digs, five total blocks and three service aces
• Totaled season-high 40 assists at Ohio (Nov. 9)
• Recorded season-high five kills in season finale against Eastern Michigan (Nov. 11)
• Tallied season-high eight digs vs. Illinois (Sept. 1)
2016 - JUNIOR SEASON
• Member of team's leadership core
• Earned Academic All-MAC honors
• Saw action in 25 matches and 71 sets, making 8 starts
• Finished the season with 46.5 points, 27 kills, 74 digs, 21 total blocks and 7 service aces
• Ranked second on the team in assists (334) and assists per set (4.70)
• Matched career-high with three service aces in season-opener vs. Stetson (Aug. 26)
• Matched career-high with five total blocks in addition to posting a season-bests 48 assists and five kills at Ball State (Oct. 14)
• Posted a double-double with 38 assists and 14 digs at Toledo (Oct. 15)
• Added another double-double with 32 assists and 15 digs vs. Northern Illinois (Oct. 22)
2015 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Earned Academic All-MAC honors
???????• Saw action in 29 matches and 68 sets
• Ranked second on the team in assists (128) and assists per set (1.88)
• Season-high 23 assists against Indiana State (Sept. 4)
• Finished the season with 13.0 points, 3 kills, 22 digs, 10 total blocks and 5 service aces
2014 - FRESHMAN SEASON
• Saw action in 28 matches and 109 sets, making 24 starts
• Team-high 1,004 assists and 9.21 assists per set
• Fourth on the team with 48 total blocks and fifth with 193 digs, 1.77 digs per set
• Named to the all-tournament team at the Mountaineer Invitational (Sept. 12-13) after totaling 120 assists, 22 digs, 6 kills and 6 total blocks over three matches
• Recorded career-high 62 assists vs. Youngstown State (Sept. 16)
• Posted a double-double with 43 assists and 12 digs in collegiate debut vs. Mercer at the CofC Invitational (Aug. 29)
• Totaled six double-doubles on the season
• Posted career-high five blocks at College of Charleston (Aug. 30) and in regular season finale against Bowling Green (Nov. 15)
• Posted career-high six kills vs. Central Michigan (Nov. 1)
• Recorded 40+ assists 15 times and 50+ five times
• Led the team in 25 times and total blocks three times
• Tallied double-digit digs six times, including a career-high 18 against Eastern Michigan in the opening round of the MAC Tournament (Nov. 21)
• Finished the season with 93.5 points, 49 kills and 17 service aces
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• Ranked as one of the nation’s top 250 recruits in the class of 2014 by PrepVolleyball.com
• Recipient of the 2014 Andi Collins Award, which is given by PrepVolleyball.com to the nation’s top senior setter
• Named to the MaxPreps Medium Schools All-America second team and PrepVolleyball.com
High School All-America as a senior
• Four-year letterwinner at East Troy High School under head coach Jeremy Weis, leading the Trojans to four consecutive conference titles
• Helped guide the East Troy to a an undefeated season (44-0), Division II state championship and #5 ranking in final MaxPreps Xcellent 25 poll in 2013
• Earned WVCA all-state first team and Rock Valley Conference Player of the Year honors as a senior after totaling 1,188 assists, 172 kills, 210 digs, 116 blocks, 37 aces and a .492 hitting percentage
• Three-time all-region first team, two-time RVC Player of the Year and four-time all-RVC honoree
• Competed at the club level for East Troy Heat Volleyball Club
• Also earned varsity letters in track (2) and softball (1)
PERSONAL
• Born in Sidney, Montana
• Daughter of Jim and Kathy Jakscht
• Has three younger siblings: Chloe, Matison and Dylan
• Sister, Chloe, playbs volleyball at Viterbo University, an NAIA school located in La Crosse, Wis.
• Majoring in nursing
