2016 (Redshirt Senior Year): Garnered second-team All-MEAC honors … Became the fifth NSU player ever to earn all-MEAC accolades … Named the MEAC co-Player of the Week on Oct. 3 … Earned spots on the Virginia Tech/Radford Invitational and the UMES Courtyard Classic All-Tournament teams … Team MVP … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall … Finished her career with 1,002 kills, becoming the second Spartan player ever to top the 1,000-kill mark along with program leader Charlotte Armstead … Ended her career first all-time at NSU in attacks (2,879), second in kills, sixth in matches played (106), eighth in sets played (374) and 10th in digs (618) … Posted 348 kills on the season, second all-time in season records … Set school season records in total attacks (1,010) and kills per set (3.66) … Ranked second in the MEAC in kills per set and third in points (3.95) … Also stood 62nd in the nation in attacks per set (10.63), 90th in kills per set and No. 133 in points … Set the school’s Division I record for points per set at 3.95 … Hit .138 for her career with 83 blocks, 81 service aces and 37 assists … Played in and started all 27 matches on the season, the only player on the team to start every match … One of three players to appear in all 95 sets … Totaled 181 digs, 22 blocks, 15 service aces and eight assists on the year … Ranked second on the team with 1.91 digs per set … Had 17 matches with double-digit kills, including six with 20 or more … Also had eight matches with 10 or more digs, finishing with seven double-doubles on the year … Posted a career-high 22 kills with 11 digs and two blocks in a home win against North Carolina A&T on Oct. 12 … Also had 22 kills on a career-high 64 attacks with 10 digs and two service aces against Morgan State on Oct. 23 … Tallied the second-most attacks in a single match in school history … Marked the end of a stretch in which she averaged 4.26 kills per set during a five-match span … During that time, tallied 20 kills in a win at Hampton on Oct. 14 and 21 kills and a season-high 13 digs versus Coppin State on Oct. 21 … Posted double-doubles of 21 kills on a .381 attack percentage and 10 digs in a victory at Coppin State on Sept. 23 and 20 kills and 12 digs against Maryland Eastern Shore on Sept. 30 … Tied her career high with three blocks while adding 13 kills on a .458 attack percentage and five digs in a win at Delaware State on Oct. 16 … Knocked home 18 kills with eight digs early in the season against Appalachian State on Aug. 27 … Also added 18 kills in a win over Delaware State on Oct. 2 to help earn the player of the week award … Hit .469 with 17 kills and just two errors at Maryland Eastern Shore on Sept. 4 … Hit .308 with 17 kills, four digs, two blocks and two service aces in a win over Hampton on Nov. 6, securing a spot in the MEAC tournament.
2015 (Senior Year): Did not compete due to injury … Utilized redshirt season … Named to the AD’s Honor Roll and the MEAC All-Academic Team.
2014 (Junior Year): Played in 20 matches and made 10 starts … Led the team in kills with 206, averaging 3.03 per set in 68 sets played on the year … Hit .157 on the year and also added 60 digs, 19 blocks, six service aces and two assists … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Named to the all-tournament teams at the Panther Classic and the Carolina Classic in the third and fourth weekends of the season … Missed several matches in October due to injury … Ranked fifth in the MEAC in kills per set and ninth in points (3.26) … Ranked sixth all-time at NSU with 654 kills and fifth in attacks (1,869) at the end of the season … Had eight matches with double-digit kills … Posted a season-high 21 kills against Niagara on Sept. 12 during the Panther Classic with five digs and two blocks … Had the most efficient match of her career a day later against Duquesne, hitting .476 with 12 kills … Also added a season-best 10 digs for her only double-double of the year and two service aces … Posted 18 kills on a .205 attack percentage at South Carolina on Sept. 19 … Also added 14 kills later in the day against The Citadel and 16 on a .303 attack percent on Sept. 20 against Eastern Kentucky … Finished with nine kills, seven digs and three blocks in a 3-1 win over Morgan State on Oct. 24 and followed that up with 11 kills and seven digs against Coppin State on Oct. 26.
2013 (Sophomore Year): Played in all 29 matches and started 28, appearing in 108 of the 109 sets on the year … Named to the all-tournament team at the Spartan Classic … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team and the AD’s Honor Roll … Ranked second on the team with 231 kills, averaging 2.14 per set, and hit .095 … Posted 193 digs, an average of 1.79 per set … Also tallied 25 service aces, 21 blocks and nine assists … Had 12 matches with 10 or more kills and seven matches with 10 or more digs … Had a season-high 19 kills against Canisius on Sept. 7 … Totaled 18 kills and hit .300 with 13 digs and three service aces against Hampton on Sept. 27 … Was one of six double-doubles on the year … Tallied a career-high 16 digs with 10 kills, a career-high four assists and three blocks at Delaware State on Nov. 10 … Started off the year with 14 kills and 14 digs in a 3-1 win against Sam Houston State on Aug. 30 … Also had 14 kills against Bethune-Cookman on Sept. 13 and against Penn on Sept. 20 … Added 10 digs against the Quakers … Also had double-doubles against UMES on Oct. 18 and against Howard on Nov. 1 (10 kills, 12 digs both times) … Hit a season-best .450 with 11 kills and five digs in the season finale against Florida A&M on Nov. 15 in the MEAC tournament.
2012 (Freshman Year): Played in 30 matches on the season and started 22, competing in 103 sets … Finished second on the team with 217 kills, an average of 2.11 per set … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll … Averaged 2.75 kills per set over the last 10 matches of the year … Compiled 184 digs and 21 blocks, averaging 1.79 and 0.20 per set, respectively … Added 35 service aces, leading the team with 0.34 per set… Ranked ninth in the MEAC in service aces per set … Hit .140 on the year and also totaled 18 assists … Named MEAC Rookie of the Week on Oct. 22 after averaging 3.36 kills, 3.00 digs and 0.55 service aces per set in three matches … Named the MEAC Player of the Week on Oct. 29 after tallying a double-double of 15 kills and 13 digs while hitting .467 against Morgan State … Had her best match of the year against North Carolina A&T on Oct. 17 with season highs of 20 kills and 13 digs to go with two serve aces … Also had 13 digs on Oct. 26 against Morgan State and again Nov. 17 against Florida A&M … Had 15 and 11 kills, respectively, in those two matches, finishing the year with three double-doubles … Had at least 10 kills in eight matches … Posted 15 kills with seven digs in NSU’s MEAC quarterfinal win over North Carolina Central on Nov. 16 … Tallied 12 kills and eight digs against Coppin State on Nov. 7 … Had five matches with 10 or more digs, including 11 at Hampton on Oct. 21 and then again against UMES on Nov. 9 … On Oct. 19 against Hampton, finished with 11 kills on a .321 attack percentage with nine digs, three assists and two service aces … Had a career-high four service aces twice, on Sept. 7 against Stetson and at Delaware State on Oct. 12.
High School: Played on the varsity team at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic HS in Spring Hill, Fla., under Coach Doug Chinchar junior and senior seasons … Played her first two years on the varsity team at Land O’ Lakes HS … Earned All-Pasco County and All-North Sun Coast first team honors by the
Pasco Tribune her junior and senior years … Named the Pasco County Player of the Year senior year by the
Tribune … Also named to the All-Sun Coast second team junior and senior seasons …
All-Laker/All-Lutz News first-team honoree senior year … Had 1,073 kills for her career, including 403 her senior year … Led Bishop McLaughlin to the District 8 runner-up finish and the Florida 3A regional semifinals, the school’s first-ever playoff appearance, senior year … Led her team to a 16-9 overall record … Named the Team MVP her junior and senior seasons … Second team All-Pasco County and second team All-North Sun Coast sophomore year … First team All-Sunshine Athletic Conference sophomore year and honorable mention freshman year … Had 261 kills, including 3.8 per set, with 204 digs, 64 aces and 13 blocks sophomore year … Tallied 117 kills with 52 digs, 30 aces, 18 blocks and 13 assists freshman year … Competed for Team Florida at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships in the summers of 2011, ‘10 and ’08.
Personal: Full name is Jessica Louise Johnson … Born on Sept. 19, 1994 … Daughter of Brenda and Glenn Johnson … Has one younger brother, Glenn Jr. … Has a cousin, Kenny, who played collegiate baseball at Capital University … Double majoring in accounting and finance with a minor in business … Wants to become a financial advisor or a CPA and go into coaching … Business manager for NABA, the National Association of Black Accountants … Enjoys shopping, swimming, spending time with family and reading.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills |
22 (2x), last: Morgan State (10-23-16) |
| Total Attacks |
64, Morgan State (10-23-16) |
| Hitting Percentage |
.476 (12-2-21), vs. Duquesne (9-13-14) |
| Assists |
4, at Delaware State (11-10-13) |
| Service Aces |
4 (2x), last: at Delaware State (10-12-12) |
| Digs |
16, at Delaware State (11-10-13) |
| Block Assists |
3 (3x), last: at Delaware State (10-16-16) |
| Total Blocks |
3 (5x), last: at Delaware State (10-16-16) |
| Points |
24.0, Morgan State (10-23-16) |
