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Jefferson University

2023 Women's Volleyball

12 Jess Molen

  • Year Junior
  • Height 5-10
  • Hometown Newark, Del.
  • High School Padua Academy
  • Major Biochemistry

Biography

Awards
- 2x CACC Champion (2021, 2022)
- D2CCA East Region Player of the Year (2022)
- CACC Player of the Year (2022)
- CACC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2022-23)
- CSC Academic All-America Second Team (2022)
- AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year (2021)
- 2x AVCA All-East Region First Team (2021, 2022)
- 2x D2CCA All-East Region First Team (2021, 2022)
- CACC Rookie of the Year (2021)
- 3x All-CACC First Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
- 2x CACC Tournament MVP (2021, 2022)
- 3x CACC All-Tournament Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
- NCAA Statistical Champion - Service Aces Per Set (2021)
- CACC Top XVII Award (2022)
- 3x CACC All-Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
- PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year (2022)
- 3x PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
- 2x CSC Academic All-District Team (2022, 2023)
- Team MVP (2021)
- CACC Academic Honor Roll - FAR Award of Distinction Level (Fall 2023)
- CACC Academic Honor Roll - Presidents' Level (Spring 2024)
- Thomas R. Shirley Jr. Director of Athletics Award (2023-24)
- 6th all-time in career kills

2023
- 16 matches (15 starts)
- 217 kills, 10 assists, 33 service aces, 113 digs, 8 blocks
- CACC Statistics: 3rd in kills per set
- Reached 1,000 career kills on Nov. 9 vs. Wilmington
- 3x CACC Honor Roll

2022
- Started all 31 matches
- 471 kills (3rd all-time), 14 assists, 60 service aces (4th all-time), 294 digs, 43 blocks
- Team leader in kills and service aces
- NCAA Division II Statistics: 13th in points per set, 14th in total kills, 15th in service aces, 18th in kills per set, 33rd in aces per set
- CACC Statistics: 1st in total kills, 2nd in kills per set and points per set, 4th in service aces, 7th in aces per set
- 2x CACC Player of the Week, 6x CACC Honor Roll
- CACC Student-Athlete of the Month (November 2022)

2021
- 392 kills (3.73 per set), 475.5 points (4.53 per set), .224 hitting percentage, school-record 69 service aces (0.66 per set), 325 digs (3.10 per set), 27 blocks across 31 matches (28 starts)
- Season Highs: 24 kills (11/20 vs. Holy Family), 28.5 points (11/20 vs. Holy Family), 5 service aces (11/21 vs. Bloomfield), 18 digs (9/23 vs. Holy Family)
- CACC Stats: 1st in kills per set, service aces per set, points, and points per set, 2nd in kills and service aces
- NCAA Division II Stats: 1st in service aces per set, 2nd in service aces, 20th in points per set
- 3x CACC Player of the Week (Sept. 7, Sept. 20, Nov. 8)
- 5x CACC Rookie of the Week (Sept. 7, Sept. 13, Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 8)
- 2x CACC Honor Roll
- Wildcat Regional Invitational All-Tournament Team

2020
- Team did not compete due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Background
- Played volleyball at Padua Academy
- Earned All-Conference honors all four years
- Named to the All-State Team three times
- Team was state runner-up her sophomore year and won the state title her senior season

Personal
- Daughter of Kevin and Kim
- Has one sibling, Justin
- Mother was a gymnast at Pitt

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

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    2021Freshman

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    2022Sophomore

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    2023Junior

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