Awards
All-NESCAC First Team (2022)
American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) First Team All Region (2022)
New England Women's Volleyball Association (NEWVA) First Team (2021,2022)
AVCAÂ Honorable Mention All American (2022)
Academic All District selected by College Sports Communications (2022)
NESCAC All-Academic Team (2020,2021,2022)
Get to know Jenelle:Â
Dream job: Surgical oncologistÂ
Activities/Clubs on campus: Big Brother Big Sister, Tufts Tutors, Tufts Pre-Med Society, Morgan's MessageÂ
Favorite professional athlete: Madeline Anne YuÂ
Favorite pregame meal: Banana with peanut butter, glizziesÂ
Pregame superstition: Put on aquaphorÂ
Hobbies: Yoga, hiking, hanging out with friends and familyÂ
2022 (Senior): Played in all 29 matches and started 28... Named as an honorable mention to the All-American team...Achieved American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region 1 First Team...Named to New England Women's Volleyball Association First Team...Earned NESCAC Volleyball All-Conference First Team...Was named to NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team...Led the teams with 287 kills on the season for an average of 2.93 per set...Her 2.93 kills per set are fifth in the conference...Averaged 3.33 points per set which is first on the team and seventh in NESCAC...Had 21 aces on the season good for fifth on the team...Season high .650 attack percent in the NCAA First Round versus Johnson & Wales on November 11...Season-high four aces in NESCAC Semifinal game versus Williams College...In NESCAC Championship versus Wesleyan achieved season high 20 digs to help Jumbos win NESCAC Championship...Tufts finished 23-6 on the season with a berth in the NCAA Tournament regional final.
2021 (Junior): Achieved NESCAC All-Academic Team accolade...Appeared in 24 matches and 75 sets...Was one of the more productive all-around players in NESCAC...Ranked in conference top 20 for hitting percentage (.254), kills per set (2.41), service aces per set (0.43) and points per game (3.0)...Second on the team with 181 kills...Finished third on the Jumbos with 32 service aces...Also averaged 1.83 digs and 0.33 blocks...Contributed 12 kills, 7 service aces and 10 digs to team's NCAA Regional Championship victory over Johns Hopkins...Was named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament team...Hit .526 (11 kills-1 error-19 attempts) in an early-season match versus Illinois Tech...16 kills and .448 percentage against Middlebury on October 16.
2020 (Sophomore): Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2019 (Freshman): Appeared in 11 matches and 28 sets in her freshman season for the Tufts University Women’s Volleyball team…she made her season debut against Emerson and recorded two kills, five digs, and three points as Tufts won their opening game…the freshman had a season-high 11 kills against Clark University and added five digs in a Tufts win…totaled 43 kills, 38 digs, eight service aces, and 52 points in her first year…averaged 1.9 points per set which was good for 6th on the team…in the NCAA First Round game against Eastern Nazarene she contributed to a Tufts win by recording nine kills and seven digs.
Before Tufts: Was on the volleyball team at Xavier College Preparatory...was on the team that won the 2017 and 2018 Arizona 6A State Championship...named a 2018 Arizona Coaches Association All-American...winner of the 2019 Outstanding Senior Athlete Award...was a three-year varsity letter winner....member of the 2017 and 2018 AZ Sports360 All-Academic First Team...was an AP Scholar with honor...earned first honors all four years of high school...member of the National Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society.Â
Personal: Daughter of Toni and Bob...has one sibling, Trey.Â