2017 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Jana Brusek
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- St. Ignatius H.S.
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Illinois
โขย 2017 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
โขย 2016 All-Big 12 (second team)
โข 2016 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (two times)
โขย 2016 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
โขย 2015 Academic All-Big 12 (first team)
โขย 2014 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 3)
โขย 2014 Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Nov. 3)
โขย 2014 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
โข Eight-time Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll selection
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Finishes with the second-most career digs in program history with 1,620 after successful four-year career at BaylorโฆFinishes career averaging 3.61 digs per set in 122 career matchesโฆStarted at libero in all 31 matches, compiling 430 digs for 3.84 per set, good for sixth-best in the Big 12โฆHad 27 double-digit dig matches during the season and 90 in her careerโฆHad a postseason-best 19 digs vs. Miami (Ohio) in the NCAA First Round...19 digs in three sets is a Baylor progrma record...Nearly matched a career high in digs with 31 against No. 10 BYU on Sept. 9โฆAveraged 6.20 digs vs. the CougarsโฆPosted 20 or more digs in three other matches, including 22 vs. Nevada (Sept. 7) and 21 at Washington State (Aug. 31) and vs. LSU (Sept. 13)โฆPosted double-digit digs in 14 of 16 Big 12 matches, including 17 digs vs. Oklahoma on Sept. 30โฆTotaled 87 assists, good for second-best on the teamโฆHad a season-high seven assists at TCU on Sept. 23โฆHad the second-most service aces on the team, putting up 23โฆHad a season-high three service aces in both meetings against Texas TechโฆIs one of three Bears in program history to play in back-to-back NCAA TournamentsโฆNamed to the Academic All-Big 12 First TeamโฆEarned spot on Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll during fall and spring semesters.
2016 (Junior):
Anchored the defense that helped BU advance to its first NCAA Tournament since 2011โฆEarned her first career All-Big 12 honors (second team) after racking up a team-leading 577 digs during her junior campaign, which ranks third in single-season digs in Baylor historyโฆHer 4.44 digs/set average ranked third in the conferenceโฆLed the team in digs in 25 matches, including a 32-dig performance at Texas Tech on Nov. 2 (four sets)โฆThat performance set a Baylor record for most digs in a four-set matchโฆHad 27 digs in three sets vs. Florida A&M, the most in a three-set match in the conferenceโฆNamed Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 26 after she became the seventh player in Baylor history to log 22 or more digs in a three-set match, notching 22 in a sweep over No. 23 Kansas StateโฆAgain earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week recognition on Nov. 7 after she averaged 8.00 digs per match that week, which included her 32-dig match vs. the Red RaidersโฆRecorded 11 digs in an upset over San Diego to help win the teamโs first NCAA tournament game since 2009โฆSet a career-high in assists as she totaled 10 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the Baylor Invitational on Aug. 27โฆAlso recorded her first career double-double that night, notching 15 digs on top of her 10 assistsโฆRecorded 15 or more digs in 21 matches, including at least 20 in 12 of themโฆNamed to Academic All-Big 12 First TeamโฆEarned Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll recognition for both fall and spring semesters...Named to Baylor Deanโs List for spring semester.
2015 (Sophomore):ย
Posted a team-high 365 digs...Her 3.31 digs per set ranked seventh-most in the Big 12...Put up 22 service aces, good for third-most on the team... Posted double-digit digs in 19 matches...Career-high four service aces against Texas State (10/9/15)...Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team...Named to the Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters and the fall Baylor Deanโs List.
2014 (Freshman):
Tallied 248 digs, third-most on the team...Served up 22 aces, also third-most on the team...Career-high 28 digs at Texas Tech (10/29/14) ranks No. 5 on BU all-time four-set match digs list...Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 3)...Big 12 Rookie of the Week (Nov. 3)...Named to the Big 12 Commissionerโs Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters...Earned spring Deanโs List recognition...Earned Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team honors.ย
High School:
Played three seasons for Chicagoโs St. Ignatius College Prep...Played her final season for head coach Erik Eastman and helped her team to a combined 81-30 in her final three years...Her junior season, Brusek helped lead the Wolfpack to a 28-10 record and a Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (GCAC) championship...Named All-GCAC in each of her final two seasons and was a three-time GCAC All-Academic team honoree...Left school as the second all-time leader in service aces (139) and was third all-time in digs (953)...Played club volleyball for the Wildcat Juniors 18 Black and coach Paul Tashima; her team finished fifth at the AAU Nationals in Orlando, Fla. in the 18 Open division in June, 2014...Involved in several extra-curricular activities in high school and volunteered with the American Legion in Chicago.ย
Personal:
Daughter of James Brusek and June Macchiaverna ... Majoring in biology.
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