| Jessica Skower |
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Senior Year (2006): Wrapped up her career third in school history with 2,990 assists ... Also climbed up to the number either spot in Seminole lore with 282 blocking assists. She is the first non-middle blocker to make the career Top 10 ... Made the switch from being a two-year starter at setter to play right side. Moved was one of the key factors in her winning the team's Golden Nole Award ... Having the highest gpa on the team earned her the volleyball squad's Golden Torch award for the second year in a row ... Member of the 2006 Academic All-ACC Volleyball team for the second year to go along with her fourth spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Named to the FSU Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Led the team for kills in three matches and for blocks on 12 occasions ... Recorded the first double-digit kill performance of her career against Maryland (9/22) as part of as part of seven twin-digit kill performances ... Set a career high with 15 winners, and 18 points, in the very next match against Boston College (9/24) ... Hit a personal-best .700 against South Alabama (9/2) that had her ranked fifth in the country during the first national rankings.
Junior Year (2005): Quarterbacked the Seminoles'
offense as the team's main setter, leading the squad with
954 assists and 8.44 assists per game ... Moved up to
fourth on the FSU career charts with 2,906 assists ...
Needs 74 assists to jump into third ... Played in all 30
matches with 20 starts. Third on the team with a careerbest
113 games played ... Recorded a career-high 72
assists against Houston (9/10) ... Notched career-high
eight blocks against Boston College (9/24) ... Finished
second on the team in total blocks with 86, third with 21
aces ... Garnered career-high 17 digs against North
Carolina (10/7) ... Matched previous career-high with
four service aces against North Carolina (10/7) ... Notched five double-doubles during the season ...
Had five matches with 50 or more assists and 10 with
40 or more helpers ... Recorded five or more blocks
during five contests ... Twice scored a season-high 10
points: South Florida (9/14) and Clemson (10/2) ... Made
her third appearance on the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2004): Played in 28 matches and
tied Kristen Rust for second on the team with 27
starts...Appeared in a 106 games ...Finished the season
in the Florida State record books tying Sherry Cowling
for sixth all-time on the single-season assists list with
her 1,348 helpers, while moving into eighth all-time 1,952
career assists ... Accounted for 86 percent of team's
1,571 assists, the seventh highest team total in FSU
history ... Finished second on the team in serve attempts
(474), third in service aces (26), and fifth in digs (172) ...
Had fewest number of errors (27) amongst players with
more than 225 attack attempts...Set season highs with kills (8) in team's 3-0 shutout
of NC State (10/17) ... Recorded season-best 67 assists
in a 3-1 victory over North Carolina (11/13) ... Recorded
over 25 assists in each of the 28 matches she played in,
getting at least 40 in all but six of them, 50 or more in 14
contests and got over the 60 assist mark four times ...
Kicked into high gear during conference play, averaging
55.8 assists per game against ACC opponents ...
Improved on all aspects of her game, setting new singlematch
highs in digs (12, three times), blocks (7 vs.
Miami 10/20), and service aces (4 vs. Sam Houston
State 9/3) ... Had a double-double with 42 assists and
11 digs against No. 4 Florida (9/14) ... Scored a careerhigh
11 points, added seven kills and 55 assists to fuel
FSU's comeback win in the season opener against
Sam Houston State (9/3) ... Named to ACC Academic
Honor Roll for the second time in her career.
Freshman Year (2003): Played in 32 matches including
105 games, ranking second on the team with 604 assists
... Started 10 matches as a true freshman ... Averaged
5.75 assists per game ... Strong defensively, ranking
fourth with 70 total blocks ... Recorded a season-high 45
assists against St. Mary's (9/12) at the UC Irvine Sunset
Classic ... Had a season-high six kills with 19 assists
and one block at Duke (10/24) ... Notched 11 assists in
her first career match against Florida Atlantic (8/29) in
the Florida State Invitational ... Led the team in assists
against in-state rival Miami (9/19) with 26 and Eastern
Kentucky (9/20) with 19 during the FSU Classic ...
Against host UC Irvine she had 32 assists, four kills and four blocks (9/13) ... Hit a season-best .667 with
four kills, four blocks and 23 assists at Clemson (11/7)
...In the home finale against Virginia (11/16), she handed
out 25 assists and tied a season high with five blocks ...
Had 22 assists, three blocks and two digs in the
quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament against top-seed
Georgia Tech (11/21) ... Recorded 25 assists with three
blocks and two digs in the season finale at Georgia (11/
28) ... Had 25 or more assists in seven contests ...
Earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition for 2003-
2004.
High School: Four-year starter at Naples High School
... Team captain as well as MVP her sophomore through
senior seasons ... Set five NHS volleyball records ...
Competed for Team Florida in 2001 and 2002, prior to
her junior and senior seasons ... Led Team Florida to a
2001 National Championship ... Named to the All-Collier
County volleyball team all four years ... Voted Region 4
Florida Volleyball Player of the Year in 2002 ... Fourthteam
5A All-State selection in 2001 ... Received Naples
High School Most Valuable Player honors and the
Naples High School Student-Athlete Award in 2000 ...
Also earned the "Best Setter" award at the Winter Haven
Tournament during the 2000 season... Two year member
of the NHS basketball team.
Personal: Born January 8, 1985 ... Received a degree in sports
management ... Daughter of Donna and John Skower.
Career Highs
Digs: 17 at North Carolina (10/7/05)
Kills: 15 vs. Boston College (9/24/06)
Points: 18.0 vs. Boston College (9/24/06)
Total Attacks: 33 at Maryland (10/29/06)
Hitting Percentage: .700 vs. South Alabama (9/2/06)
Assists: 72 vs. Houston (9/10/05)
Service Aces: 4 (Twice)
Blocks: 8 at Boston College (9/24/05)
Career Stats
Year MP-MS GP K K/G E TA PCT A A/G ACE SE RE DIG D/G BS BA TOT B/G BE BHE PTS
2003 32-10 105 55 0.52 21 171 .199 604 5.75 1 8 0 29 0.28 5 65 70 0.67 11 23 95.5
2004 28-27 106 89 0.84 27 239 .259 1348 12.72 26 46 1 172 1.62 8 57 65 0.61 12 46 151.5
2005 30-20 113 82 0.73 36 235 .196 954 8.44 21 30 1 123 1.09 10 76 86 0.76 17 28 151.0
2006 31-26 108 244 2.26 83 575 .280 84 0.78 30 45 35 125 1.16 10 84 94 0.87 13 8 326.0
TOTAL 121-83 432 470 1.09 167 1220 .248 2990 6.92 78 129 37 449 1.04 33 282 315 0.73 53 105 724
