Jena Medearis

Photo by: Josh Gales

Position:
Middle Blocker
Class:
Junior
High School:
Nixa
Hometown:
Nixa, Mo.

• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
• 2024 Skyhawk Invitational All-Tournament
• 2024 Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational All-Tournament

2024: Played in 30 matches during her junior season, appearing in 115 total sets … Selected to the 2024 Skyhawk Invitational All-Tournament team and the 2024 Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational All-Tournament team … Finished the season with 201 kills with a season-high 16 kills against UIC (Sept. 6) … Totaled seven assists … Dug out 31 attacks … Totaled 109 blocks with a season-high nine against Northern Kentucky (Oct. 25) … Scored a season-high 17 points against UIC (Sept. 6) and Oakland (Oct. 11).

2023: Played in 29 matches for a total of 113 sets during her sophomore season … Finished with 191 kills, 76 total blocks and 13 service aces … Ended season with 51 digs and five assists … Had a season-high five digs against Kent State (Sept. 8) … Had 12 kills against Canisius (Sept. 9) … Had career-high 13 kills against SIUE (Sept. 16), along with two solo blocks … Had season-high two aces against both Green Bay (Sept. 22) and IUPUI (Sept. 30) … Had five blocks against Milwaukee (Oct. 20) … Had two aces against IUPUI (Oct. 28) … Had career-high seven blocks against Robert Morris (Nov. 3), along with 12 kills.

2022: Played in 14 matches with 12 starts ... Finished second on the team with 0.88 blocks per set including a season-high six blocks against Youngstown State (Oct. 28) ... Totaled 23 kills out of the middle blocker position.

High School: Played under Annie Zimmerman at Nixa High School ... Recorded 410 kills and 114 blocks with a hitting percentage of .334 ... Selected as a Second Team All-Conference and All-District pick in 2020 ... Named First Team All-Conference and All-District honoree in 2021 ... AVCA All-Region selection in her junior season ... Led her team to the Missouri Class 5 State championship team in 2019 ... Team finished as the runner-up the state runner-up in 2020 ... Led her team to a quarterfinal appearance in 2021.

Personal: Daughter of Lindsay Rice and Lawrence "Rusty" Medearis ... Has one brother, Gunnar ... Father, Lawrence, played football at Miami (FL) in 1989-91... Majoring in general studies.