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Jersey Number 4
Josie Hess
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Champaign, Ill.
- Previous School:
- Parkland College
Bio
2024: Was part of the official team roster but did not see game action…Was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters…Was named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
BEFORE UTM: Was a key factor in a record-setting run at the prestigious Parkland College program based out of Champaign, Ill., where she played under head coach Cliff Hastings and alongside former UT Martin teammate Halle Everett in 2021…Was part of a Cobra squad that went 111-6 (.949 winning percentage) in her two seasons, including a NJCAA national championship in 2021 and a national third-place finish in 2022…Scooped up a school record 1,762 digs (5.85 digs per set) in 100 career matches while also ranking in the program’s all-time top-10 with 141 service aces…Led the NJCAA Division II ranks in digs in each of her two seasons in a Parkland uniform...Played in 156 sets as a sophomore, registering 924 digs (5.92 per set), 62 service aces and 116 assists…Took part in three matches with 30 digs or more and 18 matches with at least 20 digs in 2022…Compiled a season-best 36 digs on Aug. 20 against Johnson County…Landed multiple service aces on 17 separate occasions, including a season-high five aces against Rock Valley on Aug. 27…Established a career-high with six assists against both Heartland (Sept. 21) and Lincoln Trail (Oct. 23)…Had 838 digs (5.78 per set) to go along with 79 service aces and 75 assists as a freshman in 2021, receiving NJCAA All-Region 24 second team and All-Mid-West Athletic Conference first team accolades…Was named to the NJCAA Division II National Championship All-Tournament Team…Came away with four matches of at least 30 digs and 20 matches with at least 20 digs…Accumulated a career-best 38 digs in just four sets against Kansas City Kansas on Oct. 15…Dropped in multiple service aces on 21 separate occasions, including eight matches of at least four aces…Career-high six service aces came on Nov. 6 against John Wood…Distributed a season-best five assists in the NJCAA Tournament opener against Richard Bland on Nov. 18…Prepped at Mahomet-Seymour High School, where she was a standout under head coach Stan Bergman…Won the Defensive Player of the Year award and All-Apollo Conference first team honors as a senior, helping the team go 14-2 overall with an undefeated record in league play…Guided the Bulldogs to the IHSA regional championship during her junior campaign…Was named the Defensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Apollo Conference second team as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Born on July 16, 2003...Daughter of Thomas and Jennifer Hess...Has one sibling, Julian...Majoring in business marketing.
BEFORE UTM: Was a key factor in a record-setting run at the prestigious Parkland College program based out of Champaign, Ill., where she played under head coach Cliff Hastings and alongside former UT Martin teammate Halle Everett in 2021…Was part of a Cobra squad that went 111-6 (.949 winning percentage) in her two seasons, including a NJCAA national championship in 2021 and a national third-place finish in 2022…Scooped up a school record 1,762 digs (5.85 digs per set) in 100 career matches while also ranking in the program’s all-time top-10 with 141 service aces…Led the NJCAA Division II ranks in digs in each of her two seasons in a Parkland uniform...Played in 156 sets as a sophomore, registering 924 digs (5.92 per set), 62 service aces and 116 assists…Took part in three matches with 30 digs or more and 18 matches with at least 20 digs in 2022…Compiled a season-best 36 digs on Aug. 20 against Johnson County…Landed multiple service aces on 17 separate occasions, including a season-high five aces against Rock Valley on Aug. 27…Established a career-high with six assists against both Heartland (Sept. 21) and Lincoln Trail (Oct. 23)…Had 838 digs (5.78 per set) to go along with 79 service aces and 75 assists as a freshman in 2021, receiving NJCAA All-Region 24 second team and All-Mid-West Athletic Conference first team accolades…Was named to the NJCAA Division II National Championship All-Tournament Team…Came away with four matches of at least 30 digs and 20 matches with at least 20 digs…Accumulated a career-best 38 digs in just four sets against Kansas City Kansas on Oct. 15…Dropped in multiple service aces on 21 separate occasions, including eight matches of at least four aces…Career-high six service aces came on Nov. 6 against John Wood…Distributed a season-best five assists in the NJCAA Tournament opener against Richard Bland on Nov. 18…Prepped at Mahomet-Seymour High School, where she was a standout under head coach Stan Bergman…Won the Defensive Player of the Year award and All-Apollo Conference first team honors as a senior, helping the team go 14-2 overall with an undefeated record in league play…Guided the Bulldogs to the IHSA regional championship during her junior campaign…Was named the Defensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Apollo Conference second team as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Born on July 16, 2003...Daughter of Thomas and Jennifer Hess...Has one sibling, Julian...Majoring in business marketing.
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