8 Leah Jacobs
8 - Leah Jacobs
Height: 5-10
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Linville, VA
High School: Eastern Mennonite
Position: OH
Major: Finance

Career:
Concluded her four-year stint in the program by playing in a total of 107 matches and recording 342 sets of action ... Posted 52 matches of double-figure kills ... Closed out her career in the No. 14 position on the Eagles' all-time list with 1,047 kills ... No. 9 on Emory's all-time ladder with a 3.06 kills-per-set average ... 2,666 attack attempts placed her 12th on the program's career list.

Senior (2014):
Enjoyed a banner season that resulted in her garnering numerous individual accolades ... Named a First Team All-American by the AVCA ... AVCA All-South Region ... Selected First Team All-UAA by the league's coaches ... Capital One Second Team Academic All-American ... Played in 42 of the team's 43 matches, logging 148 sets of play in the process ... Led the team and ranked second in the UAA with a 3.74 kills-per-set average, good for 46th place among all D-III players ... Held down the No. 5 spot on the UAA chart with a .304 hitting percentage (554-149--1332) ... 554 terminations represented the program's second-highest seasonal mark while her 3.74 kills per set ranked seventh on the Eagles' yearly ladder ... Established a school seasonal record with 1,332 attack attempts ... Registered a team-high 28 matches of double-figure kills including six outings of 20 or more ... Led or shared for team honors in kills in 26 contests, including the national quarterfinal (vs. Williams ) and semifinal (vs. UW-Stevens Point) matches where she chalked up 21 successful attack attempts against each foe ... Earned a berth on the NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team after averaging a team-leading 4.46 kills per set and hitting .307 (58-15--140) over the three matches ... During Emory's six-match run through the NCAA Tournament, she averaged a team-best 4.00 kills per set ... Named the UAA Player of the Week on four occasions during the season ... Topped all players with a career-high 27 kills, the eighth-highest individual total in program history and the high-water mark by and Emory player during the year, in a 3-0 triumph at Berry (Aug. 31) -- posted a hitting effort of .614 (27-0--44) in that match vs. Berry which ended up No. 2 on the team for the season ... Tabbed as the UAA Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 6) after pacing the team in both kills (5.09 kps) and hitting percentage (.425, 56-11--106) in helping the Eagles to a 3-0 record at the UAA Round Robin I ... Led all players with 23 terminations and hit .487 (23-4--39) in a 3-0 victory vs. Case Western Reserve (Oct. 4) ... Turned in another 23-kills performance a day later and hit .364 (23-7--44) in a 3-2 outcome over Carnegie Mellon ... Rang up a match-high 14 terminations and hit .462 (14-2--26) in a 3-0 triumph over No. 14 Trinity (Sept. 5) at the Cal Lutheran Invitational ... Named MVP of the Emory Classic (Sept. 12-13) after averaging a team-high 3.71 kills per set, hitting .307 (52-14--125) and doling out six service aces in helping the team to a 4-0 record ... Paced all players with 20 kills, recorded a hitting performance of .362 (20-3--47) and chipped in six digs in a 3-1 decision vs. No. 21 UW-Whitewater (Sept. 12) ... Big effort vs. NYU (Oct. 18) in the opening match of the UAA Round Robin II, registering a match-high 16 kills and hitting .517 (16-1--29) in a 3-0 victory ... Finished with eight of the team's top 10 kills totals during the season ... Named UAA Player of the Week (Sept. 2) after earning all-tournament honors at the Berry Invitational (Aug. 30-31), playing all 14 sets over four matches and averaging 5.00 kills per set and hitting .344 (70-18--151) ...  Team-leading 17 kills and added five digs in a season-opening 3-1 triumph vs. Randolph-Macon ... Second on the club with 50 service aces and her 0.34 per-set average in that category tied for first on the team and 13th among UAA players ... Led all players with 19 successful attack attempts and contributed nine digs in helping the Eagles to a 3-2 victory over No. 7 Washington University (Nov. 16) in the championship match of the NCAA St. Louis Regional ... NCAA St. Louis Regional All-Tournament Team selection ... Led all players with 14 kills and recorded a .333 (14-2--36) attack percentage in a 3-0 verdict over Washington & Lee (Nov. 1) ... Hit .300 or higher in 24 matches ... Capital One Academic All-District honoree ... Recognized by Emory as a 100 Senior Honorary, presented by the Emory Alumni Association to the 100 most outstanding seniors in the undergraduate schools. 

Junior (2013):
Saw action in 37 matches and finished with 137 sets of play ... Honorable Mention All-UAA selection ... Led the team and ranked eighth among UAA players with a 2.91 kills-per-set average ... Pounded out a team-leading 384 terminations and her 1,030 attack attempts was the 10th-highest seasonal mark in school history ... Ranked 13th on the league ladder in hitting percentage (.241) ... Totaled a team-leading 21 matches of double-digit kills ... Landed a spot on the Emory Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 20-21) after seeing action in three of four matches and averaging 2.8 kills per set and hitting .310 (28-6--71) ... In the Emory Invitational finale against Wellesley, she came through with a match-high tying 16 terminations and hit .452 (16-2---31) in leading the Eagles to a 3-1 victory ... Led or shared for team honors in kills in nine matches including a career-high 22 vs. Trinity (Nov. 2) in a 3-2 triumph ... Solid effort at the UAA Round Robin I (Oct. 5-6) where she helped Emory to a 3-0 record, hitting .406 (29-5--59) and registering a pair of double-figure kill outings, including a team-high tying 10 vs. NYU ... Big effort in a 3-0 decision over Case Western (Nov. 8) in the opening match of the UAA Championships, topping all players with 16 kills and finishing with a .419 hitting mark (16-3--31) ... In the UAA Championships semifinals, a 3-0 win over Washington University, she compiled a match-best 12 kills and contributed three block assists ... Paced the Eagles' offensive effort by leading all players with 16 successful attack attempts in a 3-2 season-opening win over No. 1-ranked St. Thomas (Aug. 30), followed by a match-leading 19 kills, along with four block assists, in a 3-1 verdict over No. 3 Wittenberg (Aug. 31) ... Second high on the squad with 11 kills in aiding a 3-0 win over Eastern University (Nov. 21) in the NCAA Championships quarterfinals ... Tied classmate Kate Bowman with a match-high 15 kills and turned in a .400 hitting performance (15-5--25) in a 3-1 win over Hardin-Simmons (Sept. 6) ... Capital One Academic All-District honoree. 

Sophomore (2012):
Took to the court in 19 matches, recording a total of 45 sets of play ... Posted two matches of double-figure kills ... Tied for team honors with a career-high 13 terminations, and added a pair of block assists vs. Lee University (Sept. 25) ... Earned a spot on the Emory National Invitational All-Tournament Team (Oct. 26-27), thanks in part to a strong final day of play that saw her hit .411 (16-2--34) in two contests ... Played in all four sets and tied for second high on the club with nine kills, and finished with a .421 attack percentage along with a season-high tying four digs in a 3-1 decision vs. Washington and Lee (Oct. 26) ... Contributed eight terminations, three digs and a team-high three total blocks in a 3-1 triumph over No. 1-ranked Washington University (Nov. 3) in the UAA Championships match ... Saw action in all three contests at the Newport News, VA, Regional, chalking up five-kill matches against both Salem and No. 5 Christopher Newport ... Helped the club to a 3-0 verdict over Averett (Sept. 8) with a team-high 11 kills to go along with a .440 hitting performance (11-0--25). 

Freshman (2011):
Appeared in nine matches and logged 17 sets of action ... Posted one outing of double-figure kills, that being a team-high 12-terminations performance in a 3-0 win over Brandeis (Oct. 16) ... Chalked up six kills and hit .357 (6-1--14) in the squad's season-opening match vs. Maryville (Sept. 2) ... Credited with a season-high eight digs against Brandeis (Nov. 4) in the opening match of the UAA Championships.

High School:
Standout performer for the Eastern Mennonite High School volleyball program ... Was coached as a prep by Mary Hine ... Named the 2010 VISAA Division II Player of the Year after racking up 548 kills, 176 total blocks and 405 digs in helping her team to an overall record of 29-4-1 which included a berth in the championship match of the state tournament ... Recorded 1,513 career kills and graduated as her high school's all-time leader in that department ...  EMHS all-time record holder with 477 career blocks ... Garnered first team all-state honors on three occasions ... Named as Max Preps/AVCA High School Player of the Week for the state of Virginia (Sept. 7-13, 2010) ... First team all-conference choice for four straight years ... Helped her squad to a runner-up finish in the state tournament as a junior ... Named by WHSV.com as Student Athlete of the Week (Oct. 14, 2010) ... Played club for the U-Turn Sports Performance Academy for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons and helped that team to a first-place performance in the 18's Division of the 2010 Shamrock Festival ... Was coached in club by Don Gresham.

Personal:
Daughter of Sherwin and Carla Jacobs ... Majors in business administration. 


Stats

Year SP-MP K KPS A DIGS TB BPS
2011 17- 9 26 1.53 1 11 8 0.47
2012 45-19 83 1.84 4 26 13 0.29
2013 132-37 384 2.91 9 89 47 0.36
2014 148-42 554 3.74 23 175 62 0.42
TOTAL 342-107 1047 3.06 37 301 130 0.38

 

Leah Jacobs Career-High Kill Matches

Opponent GP Kills Date
Berry  3 27 8/31/2014
Carnegie Mellon 5 23 10/5/2014
Case Western 3 23 10/4/2014
Trinity (TX) 5 22 11/2/2013
UW-Stevens Point 4 21 11/22/2014
Williams 4 21 11/21/2014
UW-Whitewater 4 20 9/12/2014
Washington Univ. 5 19 11/16/2014
Chicago 5 19 9/20/2014
Mary Hardin-Baylor 5 19 9/6/2014
Wittenberg 4 19 8/31/2013