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  Jessica Turner

Jessica Turner

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Brentwood, Tenn.

High School:
Brentwood HS

Height:
5-10

Position:
DS/Outside Hitter

Experience:
3L

Major:
Marketing

2007: Season-high 10 total attempts vs McNeese State in four-game match (Sept. 15). ...Career-high and season-high 26 digs in five-game match at Tennessee-Chattanooga (Oct. 13). ...Double-figures in digs in 15 matches. ...Season-high four service aces at Mercer (Sept. 22). ...Credited with 39 points in 107 games. ...Third on team in digs with 275, an average of 2.57 per game. ...Made 22 service aces. ...Member of Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.

2006: Atlantic Sun All-Academic Selection...All-Tournament selection at the Holiday Inn Buena Park Fullerton Classic...Played in 89 games...Season-high 11 kills vs San Diego State University (Sept. 16)...Third on the team in services aces with 22...Season-high 3 aces vs Tennessee State (Oct. 11)...Fifth on the team in sets with 10.

2005: Double figures in kills eight times. ... Season-high 20 kills in five-game matches vs Stetson Sept. 30 and at Campbell Oct. 8. ...Led the Lady Bisons in kills two times with 20 in five-game match at Campbell Oct. 8 and 15 vs. UNC-Asheville in three-game match Sept. 22. ...One double-double with 15 kills and 10 digs vs North Carolina-Asheville Sept. 22 in a three-game match. ...Season-high .316 hitting percentage for a match at Campbell Oct. 8. ...Hitting percentage of .286 two additional times with .297 at Lamar Sept. 10 and .296 at Gardner-Webb Oct. 7. ...Recorded 50 or more total attempts twice with 52 in four-game match vs Mercer Nov. 18 and 50 in five-game match vs Stetson Sept. 30. ...Averaged 2.47 kills per game, fourth best on the team. ...Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team.

High School: All-State player fro Brentwood High. ...Selected for All-Star Game. ...TSSAA State Tournament MVP in 2004. ...First Team All-Midstate Selection 2004. ...District Tournament MVP and District Player of the Year.and the Region MVP for 2004. ...Played on three state championship teams at Brentwood High in 2001, 2002 and 2004.

Personal: Has played club volleyball for six years for Impact in Nashville. ...The club has made three National USA volleyball tournament appearances, finishing fifth in the nation in 2004. ...Daughter of Debbie and Doug Turner.

Why she chose Lipscomb: "I enjoy the people that attend Lipscomb University," Turner said. "The campus is wonderful, and out of the all the colleges I visited Lipscomb was by far the best."

Personality Profile

Nicknames: J.T., Jess, J-Turn

I wear my number because: I'm lucky No. 7.

Favorite TV show: Grey's Anatomy, Felicity, Lost

If I lost all of my possessions but one I'd keep: My cell phone.

I wish I was better at: wakeboarding and Nintendo

Before every game I: Call my boyfriend

Person in history you'd like to meet: Crocodile Hunter

Person who has most influenced my athletic career: My Dad

Most memorable moment in athletics: Playing on my travel team in high school. Those girls were my best friends. I miss them.

The best advice I've ever been given is: Live like there is no tomorrow.

A place I've always wanted to visit, but never had the chance is: Australia

What motivates you: I motivate myself.

 

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