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2012
• Saluki Invitational All-Tournament Team
Started in 30 matches and played in 111 sets
as a junior • Recorded 397 kills to average 3.58
kills per set to rank second in the Missouri Valley
Conference • Tallied 1,109 attempts to rank
seventh all-time in attempts in a season • Recorded
a career-high 60 attempts against Bradley (Oct. 1)
• Totaled 52 total blocks, including seven solos
and 45 assists.
2011
Played 104 sets in all 27 matches • ranked
second on the team and fifth in the MVC with
338 kills for an average of 3.25 per set • the
only player on the team to post 20-plus kills in
multiple matches, a feat she achieved four times
• posted a season-best 22 kills at Bradley (Sept.
27) • posted a season-best seven digs against
Evansville (Sept. 30) • ranked fourth on the team
in blocking with 44 total blocks, including 17 solos
and 27 assists.
2010
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MVC Freshman of the Week (Oct. 25)
Played in 25 matches and started eight as a true
freshman • saw action in 69 sets • finished third
on the team averaging 2.17 kills per set • earned
JESSICA
WHITEHEAD
Senior
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6-0
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Outside Hitter
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Murphysboro, Ill.
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Murphysboro HS
MVC Freshman of the Week honors after posting
a career-high 28 kills in a win over Evansville
(Oct. 22) • recorded a personal-best .529 hitting
percentage at Bradley (Oct. 1) • finished the
season with 28 total blocks, including 17 solo
blocks • also posted 13 digs • ranked in the top-
20 in the Valley in kills per set.
High School
Helped guide her team to a 114-32 record and
four regional championships during her career •
the Red Devils were sectional champions making
it to the Elite Eight in 2009, setting new school
records for single-season kills (516) and block
Kills.................. 28, vs. Evansville (10/22/10)
Attempts. .............. 60, vs. Bradley (9/11/12)
Attack %. ........... .529, at Bradley (10/1/10)
Digs................. 5, vs. Murray State (9/9/11)
Solo Blocks................4, vs SEMO (9/11/10)
Block Assists.......................3, at Memphis (8/24/12)
Total Blocks........5, 2x, last vs. Ill. State (10/8/11)
Aces. ......................... 1, vs Brown (9/3/10)
Assists...........................................1, Multiple Times
career highs
points (212) • a three-time all-conference and all-
south pick including The Southern Illinoisan Player
of the Year in 2008 and 2009, earning Honorable
Mention All-State honors as a junior and Second
Team All-State honors as a senior • she finished
her career with 1,156 kills, second all-time in MHS
history and 485 block points, first all-time at MHS
and fifth all-time in the state of Illinois.
Personal
Full name is Jessica Lea Whitehead • majoring
in sport administration • born April 22, 1992
in Carbondale, Ill. • has one sister, Jasmine •
daughter of Roosevelt and Cecelia Whitehead.
career stats
Attack
Set
Serve
Dig
Blocking
Season SP-MP K
K/S E TA
Pct
A
A/S SA SA/S SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE
2010
69-25
150 2.17 72 422
.185 2
0.03 1 0.01 1 13
0.19 2 17 11
28 0.41 1 1
2011
104-27
338 3.25 208 953
.136 7
0.07 2 0.02 6 57
0.55 3 17 27
44 0.42 9 1
2012
111-30
397 3.58 182 1109 .194 2
0.02 0 0.00 0 42
0.38 1 7
45
52 0.47 9 1
Total
284-82
885 3.12 462 2484 .170 11
0.04 3 0.01 7 112 0.39 6 41 83
124 0.44 19 3