Jessica Levy           #9

5-9, Senior

Libero/Outside Hitter

Wantagh, NY

Wantagh High School

Creole Big Apple Volleyball Club

AT HOFSTRA

2004: Played 56 games in 21 matches...Recorded 131 digs, four kills and six assists on the season...Had a career-high 20 digs versus UC Riverside...Had 19 digs against UC Davis...Notched 17 digs versus Central Connecticut and Valparaiso...Contributed four kills at San Francisco...Received Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner's Academic Award...2003: Played 61 games in 22 matches...Posted 43 digs, two assists and two service aces on the season...Had seven digs at UC Irvine and versus California...Recorded six digs at Long Island University...Served aces versus Towson and George Mason at the CAA Championship...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...2002: Played 34 games in 20 matches...Recorded one kill, 29 digs and seven assists on the season...Had one kill, nine digs and five assists versus St. Francis...Had four digs versus Marist...Notched three digs versus North Carolina Wilmington.

BACKGROUND: Played four years of volleyball, three years of basketball and two years of lacrosse at Wantagh High School in Wantagh, New York...All-Nassau County selection as a senior...Helped lead Wantagh to the 2001 New York State Class "B" championship...Team was also Conference IV champions...Team co-captain...Named to all-tournament team at three tournaments as a senior...Tallied 425 kills, 358 digs, 71 blocks and 68 service aces as a senior...Member of National Honor Society, National Business Honor Society and National Foreign Language Society...Nine-time Scholar-Athlete Award recipient...Named to Who's Who Among American High School Students...Student government representative.

PERSONAL: Has one sister...Enjoys writing poetry...Attended several Long Island Volleyball Development Camps at Hofstra as a scholastic player...Public relations major.

Catching up with Jessica:

After I graduate from Hofstra University I plan to: live in one of the five boroughs or White Plains and work in public relations for Broadway theater
People who have had the greatest influence on my athletic career: Coach Cook (my senior year high school volleyball coach)
My hobbies include: writing, Broadway, photography
My favorite TV shows are: "Whose Line is it Anyway?", "Law and Order: SVU"
My favorite book is: "Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom
My favorite movies are: "Love and Basketball", "The Green Mile"
My favorite foods are: anything Italian
My favorite vacation spot is: Puerto Rico
My favorite musical performers are: Jack Johnson, Matt Caplan, Eden Espinosa
My favorite sport other than volleyball is: basketball
Athlete I most admire: Lance Armstrong
Person in history I would most like to meet: Albert Einstein
Interesting fact about myself: I am the daughter of a former Congressman
My greatest sports moment was: winning the New York state championship in 2002
My best friend on another team: Dara Pallatto (St. Rose)

CAREER HIGHS

Kills:                4 at San Francisco (9-4-04)           

Assists:          5 vs. St. Francis (NY) (9-10-02)      

Blocks:           None  

Aces:              1, last vs. George Mason (11-22-03)         

Digs:               20 vs. UC Riverside (9-4-04)

CAREER STATISTICS

Year        MP         GP           K          E           TA           PCT.        A           SA       BS      BA        DG

2002       20           34            1           2            6              -.167        7           0          0          0            29

2003       22           61            0           3            5              -.600        2           2          0          0            43

2004       21           56            4           4            21            .000         6           0          0          0            131

Career    63           151          5           9            32            -.125        15         2          0          0            203