Jess Schaben

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Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
Harlan
Hometown:
Defiance, Iowa

Awards and Honors
AVCA Honorable Mention All-American (2016, 2017, 2018) ... AVCA All-Midwest Region Team (2016, 2017, 2018) ... All-Big 12 First Team (2016, 2017, 2018) ... NIVC Tournament MVP (2018) ... Cyclone Classic All-Tournament Team (2018) ... Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team (2018) ... Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 3, 2016, Nov. 20, 2017, Nov. 12, 2018) ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2016, 2017, 2018) ... Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 27, 2017) ... Iowa Invitational MVP (2017) ... Shocker Volleyball Classic MVP (2017) ... Cyclone Invitational All-Tournament Team MVP (2016) ... Nebraska Invitational All-Tournament Team (2016) ... Iowa State Challenge All-Tournament Team (2016) ... Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team (2016) ... AVCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year (2015) ... AVCA All-Midwest Region Honorable Mention (2015) ... Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2015) ... Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2015) ... All-Big 12 Second Team (2015) ... Fairfield Inn and Suites Cavalier Classic All-Tournament Team (2015) ... Big 12 Freshman of the Week (2015: Sept. 7, Sept. 28, Oct. 19, Oct. 26) ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)

2018 (Senior)
Played in all 34 matches and 123 sets for the Cyclones, one of three players on ISU to see the court during all sets in 2018 … earned AVCA Honorable Mention All-America, AVCA All-Midwest Region Team and All-Big 12 First Team (unanimous selection) honors for the third-straight season … became the third Cyclone in program history to earn First Team all-conference honors three times … was named MVP of the NIVC, finishing with 99 kills at 5.82 per set at .318 hitting and 60 digs at 3.53 digs per frame, posting a double-double in each of the five matches ... finished season with team-best 516 kills at 4.20 per set, both of which are No. 4 in a single-season in ISU history … got her 516 kills at .250 hitting percentage … finished in double figures for kills in 30 matches … notched season-high 26 kills on a pair of occasions, at Baylor on Nov. 7 and in the NIVC quarterfinals against North Texas on Dec. 5 … for her efforts at Baylor and her 22-kill match vs. West Virginia on Nov. 10, was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week … had back-to-back 20-kill matches against Baylor (Sept. 22) and Texas Tech (Sept. 28) … finished with a hitting percentage over .300 in eight matches … recorded season-high .483 hitting percentage on Senior Night against Texas Tech on Nov. 23 … ranked second on the team with 362 digs at 2.94 per set … had 20 double-doubles on the season, including all five NIVC matches and two separate four-match streaks with double-doubles … recorded 75 total blocks on the year … finished with five blocks at TCU (Nov. 3) … finished career with 1,548 career kills (No. 4 in ISU history), 84 matches with at least 10 kills (No. 4 in ISU history), 1,005 career digs (No. 15 in ISU history) and 37 double-doubles (T-6. In ISU history) … became third player in ISU history to record 1,500 career kills and 1,000 career digs … is first player in ISU history to have over 300 kills all four seasons at Iowa State.

2017 (Junior)
Started and played in all 29 matches and 102 sets for the Cyclones … earned AVCA Honorable Mention All-America, AVCA All-Midwest Region Team and All-Big 12 First Team honors for the second-straight season … led Iowa State with 338 kills at 3.31 per set … had team-high 17 matches with at least 10 kills on the season … after not getting into double figures in first four matches, had run of nine times in 10 matches getting at least 10 kills … recorded season-high 18 kills three times: at Kansas, vs. Kansas and at Oklahoma … had 17-kill matches at Iowa and at Texas Tech … became 10th player in Iowa State history to reach 1,000 career kills, getting there at TCU … ranked second on the Cyclones with 312 digs, becoming the first Cyclone since Carly Jenson in 2011 to have a 300 kill-300 dig season … had nine double-doubles on the year … was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after career-high 23 digs against Texas Tech … became first player in Iowa State history to win all three Big 12 Weekly awards in her career (Offensive, Defensive, Freshman) … finished season with 72 total blocks, including team-high 12 solo blocks … had season-best seven blocks against UNI … was MVP of Iowa Invitational and Shocker Volleyball Classic.

2016 (Sophomore)
2016 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, becoming the 12th Cyclone in program history to earn All-America honors … 2016 AVCA All-Midwest Region Team and All-Big 12 First Team … played in 27 matches, making 26 starts and competing in 104 sets … led Iowa State with 349 kills at 3.36 per set … had 18 matches with at least 10 kills … got into double figures in 14 of 16 Big 12 matches … finished the regular season with six-straight matches posting at least 10 kills … had three matches with over 20 kills on the year … recorded season-best 26 kills at .418 hitting percentage at West Virginia, earning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors … had a double-double of 22 kills at 22 digs at UNI, ISU’s first 20k-20d match since 2010 … posted 20 kills against Creighton … earned All-Tournament Team honors in three of the Cyclones’ four non-conference tournaments (Iowa State Challenge, Nebraska Invitational and Cyclone Invitational) … finished season with 242 digs at 2.33 per set … tied for team-high with eight double-doubles on the season … recorded career-best 18 digs against No. 6 Kansas and in win over No. 5 Texas … had 53 total blocks (nine solo, 44 assists) had season best six total blocks (all assists) against West Virginia … had career-high three solo blocks at Baylor.

2015 (Freshman)
Played in all 30 matches and in 105 sets for ISU in 2015 … 2015 AVCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year … joins Mackenzie Bigbee (2012) as Cyclones to earn regional freshman of the year honors … 2015 AVCA All-Midwest Region Honorable Mention … becomes first ISU freshman to earn an All-Region honors (First Team or Honorable Mention) … 2015 Big 12 Freshman of the Year … joins Bigbee as Cyclone freshmen to receive the award … also received Big 12 All-Freshman Team and All-Big 12 Second Team honors … four-time Big 12 Rookie of the Week, the most RoW honors won by a Cyclone in a season … led Iowa State with 345 kills at 3.29 per set … had second-most kills, attempts (973) and points (372.0) by a freshman in ISU history … finished season with .265 hitting percentage, the third-best by a freshman in program history and best by an ISU outside since Victoria Henson hit .272 in 2010 … had 20 matches with at least 10 kills, including both NCAA Volleyball Championship matches against Miami (FL) and Wisconsin … set Iowa State freshman record with 28 kills in win over Appalachian State … had 18 kills twice: at Texas Tech and at Colorado State … recorded 12 kills at career-best .632 hitting percentage against West Virginia … posted 89 digs on the year at 0.85 per set … had career-best 10 digs at Kansas State … recorded eight digs at West Virginia … had 48 total blocks on the campaign … had eight matches with three total blocks on the year.

High School
Ranked as the No. 27 recruit in the country according to PrepVolleyball.com … four-year letterwinner at Harlan for coach Angie Spangenburg … 2015 Des Moines Register Female High School Athlete of the Year ... helped lead the Cyclones to a pair of Class 4A state titles … three-time first team All-State honoree and earned second-team all-state as a freshman … four-time Southwest Iowa player of the year … four-time Hawkeye 10 First-Team All-Conference … two-time Class 4A Player of the Year and two-time captain of the All-Tournament Team at the state championships … finished senior season with 560 kills at 5.33 kps and a .484 hitting percentage while also posting 2.04 digs per set and 0.68 blocks per set … in state title match, recorded 33 kills and 15 digs in four-set win … as a junior, posted 573 kills at 5.51 kps and .456 hitting percentage along with 2.43 digs per set and 0.86 blocks per set … in 2013 state championship match, finished with 31 kills, 12 digs and five blocks … as a sophomore, posted 410 kills at 4.23 kps and a .413 hitting clip to go with 2.54 digs per set … freshman season saw her post 459 kills at 4.33 kps and a .421 hitting percentage to go with 0.89 blocks per set … also played basketball at Harlan, leading the Cyclones to a pair of state championships … two-time First Team All-State honoree … as a junior was named Captain of the All-Tournament Team at the state championships … played club volleyball at River City Juniors for coach Deb Grafentin.

Personal
Born Nov. 25, 1996 … daughter of Bryce and Carrie Schaben … elementary education major.