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2015 WCC ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION

2015 Indoor: Played in 100 sets for the Dons, earning the start in 29 matches … recorded 156 kills, 165 digs, 41 blocks and 24 service aces on the season … hit the double-digit kill tally on three occasions … finished with a season-high 12 kills and 10 digs against Southern Utah on Sept. 4 … notched a season-high 15 digs on Nov. 24 at Saint Mary’s … recorded a season-high 10 blocks, including four solo stuffs, at Portland on Oct. 29 … registered a season-high three aces against George Mason on Sept. 11 … named to the Utah State Gossner Invitational all-tournament team with 29 kills, 22 digs and five service aces as the Dons took the tournament title … participated in the European Global Challenge with the BIP/USA Development Team in Pula, Croatia in July … WCC All-Academic honorable mention.

2015 Sand: Paired with Sara Staengle for the season, playing primarily from the No. 2 position … went 11-11 on the season, including pairs bracket tournament play … posted notable wins over opponents from Cal, Saint Mary’s, Pacific and Santa Clara … seven victories came in straight sets.

2014 Indoor: Compiled 202 kills in her first season on the Hilltop … finished with five double-digit kill matches, including a season-high 15 against Pepperdine on Nov. 13 … tallied 217 digs and pulled out a season-high 14 balls in USF’s season opening sweep against SMU on Aug. 29 … recorded 45 total blocks, nine solo stuffs.

Prep/Club Career: Helped the Great Oak Wolfpack to a 27-2 record as a season, the best in school history ... team went undefeated in the Southwest League to take the league title and advance to the CIF semifinals ... first-team all-Southwestern League as a junior and senior ... second-team all-league as a sophomore ... played two seasons on the USA Volleyball Junior Beach Tour ... played four years of club volleyball for Viper, coached by Dana Burkholder and Mary Jo Peppler ... three-sport athlete in high school after running varsity track her first two years of high school and competing in two years of basketball ... scholar-athlete and scholarship award winner ... earned an academic letter for earning a 4.0 throughout entire prep career.

Personal: Majoring in biology ... daughter of Tricia and Thomas Gaffney ... aspires to attend medical school and pursue a career as an orthopedic surgeon after USF ... born May 16, 1996, in San Jose, Calif.
 

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More on Jessica:
Three people I would invited to dinner are ... Keri Walsh, Mia Hamm and John Wooden.
My pet peeve is ... laziness.
I chose USF because ... it truly was the school with the best fit for me. The diversity of the team, amazing coaches, ability to continue to play sand volleyball in college, and the prestigious academics and gorgeous campus.
My hobbies include ... drawing, painting and yoga.
My favorite quote is ... "The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." - Vince Lombardi