2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics

13 Jaida Dowd

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Junior
  • High School Metea Valley
  • Hometown Aurora, Ill.
  • Major Business Sales and Marketing

Biography

Honors
•  Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Attacker of the Week (Nov. 4-10, 2019)
•  XULA Sister Grace Mary Flickinger Honor Roll in 2019, 2018 and 2017

Briefly
•  Third year at XULA
•  Three-year letterwinner
•  XULA career rankings through 2019: No. 11 with 379 kills and 1,025 attacks, No. 15 with 91 matches played and 238 sets played
•  Helped XULA win GCAC regular-season and tournament championships and qualify for the NAIA National Championship tournament in each of her first three seasons
•  She and Eva Le Guillou were the first two signees for XULA head coach Pat Kendrick, who was hired in February 2017

2019 (Junior)
•  Had her most productive collegiate season: 167 kills, hit .234, three aces, 88 digs and 19 blocks in 39 matches (104 sets)
•  Ranked fourth on the team in kills
•  XULA was 12-2 when she had five-or-more kills in a match
•  Career-high 16 kills against Huston-Tillotson in five-set loss at UST Invitational in Houston on Oct. 12, 2019 . . . That same day she followed with 13 kills in a three-set victory against St. Thomas (Texas) . . . Hit a combined .328 in those matches
•  Additional season highs included nine digs (twice) and two blocks (four times)
•  GCAC Attacker of the Week for Nov. 4-10, 2019, after hitting .357 with 17 kills, 12 digs and two blocks in matches against city rivals Loyola and Dillard
•  Hit .400 with eight kills, two blocks and three digs in XULA's first victory in six years against Mobile at Mobile (Oct. 4, 2019)
•  Helped Gold Nuggets win a school-record 31 matches (31-9 overall) and become the first XULA team to reach the NAIA National Championship Final Site
•  Helped XULA repeat as GCAC regular-season and tournament champion
•  Helped XULA attain its highest-ever national ranking: among "others receiving votes" (29th place) in the NAIA postseason coaches poll (Dec. 12, 2019)

2018 (Sophomore)
•  Produced 129 kills, eight aces, 115 digs and 12 blocks in 31 matches (78 sets)
•  Had five kills and hit .364 in XULA's first-ever victory against a ranked opponent, a four-set decision against NAIA No. 22 Indiana Wesleyan on Aug. 25, 2018
•  Closed season strongly with 10 kills and .348 hitting in victory against Tougaloo in GCAC Tournament championship match (Nov. 10, 2017), then had team- and season-high 12 kills and hit .320 with nine digs in three-set loss to 22nd-ranked Corban in opening round of NAIA nationals
•  Had 47 kills in her final five matches after collecting 82 kills in her first 26 matches
•  XULA finished 26-7 and tied school record for season victories

2017 (Freshman)
•  Produced 83 kills, two aces, 48 digs and 13 blocks in 21 matches (56 sets)
•  Had a season-high 11 kills and a career-best 15 digs in a five-set victory against Lawrence Tech in UM-Dearborn Early Bird on Aug. 26, 2017
•  Hit .800 — XULA's best percentage of the season with a minimum of 10 attacks — in a three-set GCAC home victory against Philander Smith on Oct. 7, 2017 . . . That's also No. 5 on the XULA all-time list of match percentages through 2019
•  Followed the Philander Smith match with eight kills and a .462 percentage in a three-set loss at 27-match winner Spring Hill of NCAA Division II.
•  XULA finished 23-3 — Louisiana's highest winning percentage (.885) since 1991 and No. 3 in state history

Club
•  Played three seasons for Sports Performance
•  Received Sports Performance organization's 2016 C-Fed Award for hardest-working and most-improved player
•  Competed in club track for three years and qualified for AAU nationals in the 1,600-meter relay in 14s

High School
•  Hit .200 with 150 kills (2.08 per set), 22 blocks and 41 digs her senior year (2016) and was honorable-mention all-conference
•  Helped Metea Valley's Mustangs win their first 13 matches of 2016 and reach the regional finals of the state playoffs . . . The team finished 25-10, the best record in school history, and won two regular-season tournaments
•  Ran varsity track in ninth and 10th grade (hurdles, 200 and 400 dashes, 1,600 relay)
•  Received Indian Prairie Scholar Award her senior year for reaching a 3.8 GPA or higher in each of her first seven semesters

Personal
•  Her brother, Joseph Jones, played four seasons of football for Northwestern University (2013-16) and started five games at linebacker his senior year

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2017Freshman

    Outside Hitter
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2018Sophomore

    Outside Hitter
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2019Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'8"
    13