Sophomore (2009):
Made a huge impact in her first year in the Emory program after playing transferring from Davidson College where she played during the 2008 campign ...  Totaled 115 sets over 35 matches ... Enjoyed an honor-filled year that culminated with a first-team berth on the AVCA All-America Team ... First Team All-UAA selection and also garnered First Team All-South Region acclaim ... Paced the team with 362 kills and her team-leading 3.15 kills per set placed her eighth among UAA players ... Her 30.7 attack percentage (362-124--776) was good for the No. 8 position on the conference chart ... Third on the squad with 59 total blocks (0.60 bps) ... Finished with 18 matches of double-figure kills including a season-high 24 against Division II member Armstrong Atlantic State (Oct. 9) that represented the high-water mark by an Emory player during the campaign ... Team-high 21 terminations and hit 43.2 percent (21-5--37) against Randolph-Macon College (Oct. 31) ...  Hit 35 percent or better in 17 matches ... Earned a spot on the Emory Halloween All-Tournament Team (Oct. 30-31) after racking up an impressive 45.4 percent (50-10--88) along with 13 digs in three matches ... In the final match of the Halloween Tournament, she blasted away for a team-high 19 put-aways and hit a solid 51.6 percent (19-3--31) in a 3-1 triumph over Birmingham Southern ... Hit a personal-best 70.6 percent (12-0--17) against Shorter College (Sept. 26) ... Led or shared for the team's lead in kills on 16 occasions ... Named UAA Player of the Week (Sept. 28) after averaging 3.14 kills per set and hitting 43.4 percent (44-8--83) in 14 sets over five matches ... Averaged 2.91 kills and recorded a 39.7 attack percentage  en route to MVP honors at the Emory Tournament (Sept. 25-26) ... Washington & Lee All-Tournament Team (Sept. 11-12) ... Six performances of 10 or more digs ... Named UAA Co-Player of the Week (Oct. 26) after notching 29 kills, 23 digs and four blocks in matches against Lee University and USC-Aiken on Oct. 22 ... Owned the top three kill figures by an Emory player during the year ... Season-high five total blocks (0-5) came against Rochester (Oct. 17) in the UAA Round Robin II.

Freshman (2008):
Saw action in 29 of Davidson's 32 matches and registered 62 sets played ... Averaged 0.81 kills per set.

High School:
Played four years of volleyball at Blessed Trinity where she was coached by Paul Stevens ... As a senior she totaled 592 kills, the ninth-highest mark in state history ... 2006 AAA Player of the Year ... Led her team to a 2006 state championship ... Team captain as a senior ... Brought home first-team acclaim on state, region and area teams her junior and senior seasons ... Member of the 2007 Senior All-Star Team ... National Honors Society...National Merit Scholar qualifier...Magna Cum Laude...Summa Cum Laude ... Played club volleyball for A5 (2005-2008) and was coached by Bob Westbrook.

Personal: Born February 9, 1990.

Emory Stats

 
Jessica McAlvany's Career-High Kill Emory Matches 

 
Jessica McAlvany's Career-High Total Block Emory Matches
 

(On Why You Chose Emory)
"I chose Emory because of the resources available in Atlanta, the quality academics that the school has to offer and of the quality of the volleyball program. I also wanted to be closer to family."