Jessica Yanz Season 2009

2009: Junior
Jessica Yanz backed up All-American Sydney Anderson and saw playing time when NU shifted into a 6-2 attack • Averaged 1.39 assists and 0.72 digs per set in 10 matches • Saw her first action since Sept. 30 against Colorado on Nov. 28, recording three assists and a service ace • Played the opening set at Oklahoma on Sept. 30, dishing out a pair of assists and adding two digs • Saw her most extensive time of the year against UL-Lafayette on Sept. 4, starting the final set and setting NU bests in assists (17), digs (seven) and blocks (two).

2008: Redshirt Season
Yanz sat out the season because of NCAA transfer rules, but was able to practice with the team.

Before Nebraska
Yanz began her collegiate career at Penn State, spending two seasons in the Nittany Lion program • Played in 18 matches, including four starts, as a sophomore in 2007, helping the Nittany Lions to a 34-2 record and a national title • Averaged 6.33 assists per set, including 22 assists in a match against NU • Averaged 12.55 assists per set in the four matches she started, as she posted a career-best 42 assists against Virginia Commonwealth • Guided the PSU attack to a .477 team hitting percentage in that span, including a .438 mark in a sweep of a St. John’s team that reached the NCAA Regional • Appeared in 17 matches in 2006, as Penn State went 32-3 and advanced to the regional final • Averaged 4.10 assists and 1.48 digs per set, as she played in both a 6-2 and 5-1 offense • Had a double-double with 17 assists and a career-best 11 digs in a win over LSU • Played four years at Naperville Central (Ill.) High School for Coach Brie Isaacson, leading the Redhawks to a 39-4 mark and a Class AA state title in 2005 • Selected as the Gatorade Illinois Player of the Year and chosen as a first-team all-state performer by the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and Champaign Gazette as a senior after racking up a school-record 902 assists • Finished her career with a school-best 2,705 assists and was a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 honoree • Collected all-area honors in each of her final two years by the Arlington Heights Daily Herald and the Naperville Sun • Played club volleyball at Sports Performance for Coach Rick Butler, leading the team to first-place finishes at the 2005 National Junior Classic and Junior Olympic National Open Championship • Named Best Setter at both the 2004 and 2006 National Junior Classic • Led Sports Performance to a first-place finish at the 2006 National Junior Classic • Excelled in the classroom as a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society, while earning first-team DuPage Valley Conference academic all-league selection in her four years at the school.