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2013 Volleyball Roster

Jennifer Cross
Jennifer Cross
Jennifer Cross
Jennifer Cross
Jersey Number 2

Jennifer Cross

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Position:
    MB
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Hometown:
    Scarborough, Ont.
  • High School:
    Birchmount Park Collegiate

Senior (2013) ... Varsity letterwinner ... AVCA All-America honorable mention ... AVCA All-North Region ... All-Big Ten ... Preseason All-Big Ten tem ... Co-captain ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Was one of 10 finalists for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award for collegiate volleyball ... Senior CLASS Award All-American (Second Team) ... Michigan Invitational Most Valuable Player ... Named to the All-Tournament team at the Xavier Invitational (Aug. 30-31) ... Named to the All-Tournament team at the Texas A&M Invitational (Sept. 13-14) ... Played and started all 32 matches for the Maize and Blue ... Averaged 2.82 kills per set and led the Wolverines with 352 terminations ... Had 123 total blocks and 114 digs ... Also had 12 service aces and a .320 hitting percentage ... Led Michigan in blocks 14 times and had 22 double-digit kill performances ... Broke Michigan's all-time total blocks mark in the Nebraska game (Oct. 11) ... Collected her 1,000th career kill in the five-set win over No. 24 Ohio (Sept. 21) ... Had 18 kills to go along with seven blocks in the win over the Bobcats ... Recorded 12 kills and had six blocks in a five-set win over Ohio State (Nov. 2) ... Led Michigan with 17 kills and a .361 hitting percentage in a five-set loss vs. No. 15 Wisconsin (Nov. 23) ... Tied a career high with nine blocks at No. 10 Minnesota (Oct. 19) ... Also had 14 kills against the Gophers ... In the NCAA Tournament first-round match vs. LSU (Dec. 6), had 14 kills and tied a career high with nine blocks ... Hit .722 (13-0-18) in the win over Maryland (Sept. 20) ... Had six block assists in the three-set win over Clemson (Aug. 30) ... Recorded 13 kills, six digs and two blocks in the five-set match vs. No. 16 Florida State (Sept. 14) ... Also had 13 kills to go along with six digs and four blocks at Northwestern (Nov. 10) ... Registered her first career double-double (15 kills, 11 digs) in the four-set win over Northwestern (Oct. 4) ... Had 16 kills and seven block assists in the five-set loss to Illinois (Oct. 5) ... In matches against Michigan State (Nov. 27) and Indiana (Nov. 29), had two solo blocks apiece .. .Tied a career high with nine digs in the five-set win at Texas A&M (Sept. 13) ...

Junior (2012) ... Varsity letterwinner ... AVCA All-America third team ... AVCA All-Mideast Region ... All-Berkeley Regional team ... All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2012) ... Big Ten Player of the Week (Oct. 15) ... Named to the all-tournament team at the Coke/Michigan Invitational (Sept. 14-15) ... Played in all 39 matches this season, starting 28 ... Set a school record with 181 total blocks on the year ... Led the team in blocks in 28 matches ... Tallied at least 10 kills in 20 matches ... Notched a career-high nine digs in the four-set win over No. 2 Stanford in the NCAA Tournament regional final (Dec. 8) ... Had a career-high 18 kills in the four-set match against Northwestern (Nov. 16) ... Registered a career-high nine blocks in a five-set match against Western Kentucky (Sept. 14) ...

Sophomore (2011) ... Varsity letterwinner ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Started all 35 matches at middle blocker ... Led Michigan in blocks in 26 matches ... Tallied at least 10 kills in 10 matches ... Recorded 10 kills and six total blocks against Ohio State (Nov. 25) ... Put down 11 kills and recorded five blocks at Wisconsin (Nov. 11) ... Recorded 12 kills on a career-high 32 attempts against No. 11 Purdue (Oct. 28) ... Put down 10 kills against No. 14 Minnesota (Oct. 7) ... Led Michigan with nine kills and three blocks at No. 13 Purdue (Sept. 24) ... Totaled 11 kills and a season-high seven blocks against Toledo (Sept. 16) ... Had 12 kills and two blocks against Pepperdine (Sept. 10) ... Recorded 11 kills on 17 attempts against No. 24 Florida State (Sept. 9) ... Put down nine kills versus Santa Clara (Sept. 3) ... Totaled six kills and six blocks at Morehead State (Aug. 26).

Freshman (2010) ... Earned first varsity letter ... Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team (unanimous choice) ... Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Oct. 18) ... Appeared in all 33 matches, starting 31 times ... Had eight matches with at least 10 kills ... Set career-high in attempts (31) and matched career-high in kills (16) against Purdue (Oct. 23) ...Set new career highs in kills (16), attempts (26) and points (20.5) with five blocks and two service aces against No. 20 Northwestern (Oct. 15) ... Put down 11 kills with six blocks and a service ace against Michigan State (Oct. 13) ... Recorded a career-high eight blocks at Ohio State (Oct. 1) ... Had 11 kills against UNLV (Sept. 3) ... Recorded nine kills, two service aces and four blocks against Loyola (Md.) (Aug. 28) ... In collegiate debut against Binghamton (Aug. 27), had four kills, six digs and two blocks.

Prep ... Birchmount Park (2010) ... Four-year honor roll ... Member of BPAC, an athletic council ... Four-year varsity letterwinner ... Birchmount Outstanding Female Athlete (2009) ... Three-time Female Athlete of the Year (2007-09) ... Two-time MVP of senior girls volleyball (2009, 2010) ... OFSAA Silver Medal (2007, 2008) ... Led Birchmount to four consecutive Toronto City Championships (2006-09) ... Toronto City Beach and Co-Ed champions (2009).

Club/Junior ... Durham Attack (2008-10) ... Scarborough Titans (2007) ... Provincial champions (2008-10) ... Represented Canada at the U19 Beach World Championships, finishing ninth (2010) ... All-Star (2010) ... National Champions (2008, 2009) ... MVP of Nationals (2009) ... Represented Canada at the U21 Beach World Championships (2009) ... All-Star team (2007, 2008) ... Member of Canadian Junior National Indoor team (2008) ... Bronze medalists at U15 Nationals (2007).

Personal ... Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology ... Movement science major ... Full name is Jennifer Colleen Crombie Cross ... Birthday: July 4, 1992 ... Daughter of Ian Cross and Janice Crombie.