Carly Jenson

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
High School:
Millard North
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.

Awards and Honors
AVCA Second Team All-America (2011)...First Team All-Big 12 (2011, unanimous)...AVCA All-Region (2011)...NCAA Minnesota All-Region Tournament Team (2011)...CVU.com Top Performer (2011)...Academic All-Big 12 first team (2011)...Iowa State Challenge All-Tournament Team (2011)...Northern Illinois Invitational All-Tournament Team (2011).

2011 (Senior)
Led the Cyclones with 3.86 kills per set, fifth in the Big 12...averaged 4.04 kills per set in league play, ranked third...also ranked in the top 10 in the league with 3.35 digs per set for the year...ranked second in the Big 12 with 0.28 aces per set in league play...recorded her second-straight season of 300 kills and 300 digs, finishing with 425 and 368, respectively...is only the fifth Cyclone all-time to have two seasons of 300-300...had a team-high 23 matches with double-digit kills and 21 double-digit digs matches...recorded 17 double-doubles...scored a career-high 26 kills against Northern Illinois...had a career-high 28 digs, a team high, in the Cyclones' Elite Eight match with Florida State...hit .519 against Kansas State, a personal-best...blocked a career-best six balls at Baylor and attempted a career-most 65 swings at Oklahoma...leaves Iowa State eighth all-time with 3.07 kills per set in her career.

2010 (Junior)
Started 28 of 29 matches ... second on the team and ninth in the Big 12 in kills with 319 ...averaged 3.04 kills per set... led the team in aces with 24 ... 364 points on the season... second on the team in digs with 329, 13th in the league...averaged 3.13 digs per set... tied for fourth on the team in assists with 20 ... had 19 double digit kill matches and 19 double digit dig matches resulting in 12 double-double games ... career high 20 points against Texas A&M ... most career digs, 21, against Creighton.

2009 (Sophomore)
Played in 14 matches, seeing action in 22 sets ... had 17 kills, including six against Northern Iowa in her only start ... had a career-high 11 digs in the win over the Panthers ... had four kills and three digs against Drake ... notched a career-high two service aces against Auburn ... had a pair of kills against George Mason in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

2008 (Freshman)
Saw action in 13 matches, starting two ... posted 34 kills, including seven against Texas A&M and a career-high nine against Colorado ... hit .227 and posted 11.0 blocks ... also had four digs against the Buffaloes ... posted five kills and a career-high three block assists at Missouri ... had a solo block against Appalachian State ... finished with four kills on six swings in first career appearance, a win over Ole Miss ... also had two block assists against the Rebels ... had a kill against Northern Iowa in the NCAA Tournament.

High School
Four-year letterwinner at Millard North High School, the same high school that ISU head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch attended ... team earned berth at state tournament her last three years, advancing to the semifinals as the top-seed in 2007 ... finished with 25 kills and four aces in loss to Grand Island in semifinals ... played in Nebraska All-Star Volleyball Match ... first-team all-state selection ... first-team all-metro ... earned Lincoln-Journal Star Super-State first-team honors in 2007 and second-team accolades in 2006 ... had 401 kills as a senior ... played club for Nebraska Elite with fellow Cyclone Caitlin Mahoney ... club team advanced to nationals for the sixth-straight year.

Personal
Kinesiology major ... born July 21, 1990 ... daughter of Terry and Carol Jenson ... has one brother (Eric).