Emory University

Career:
Finished her three-year career at Emory by playing in382 sets spanning 114 matches ... Registered a total of1,105 kills, good for 11th place on the school's all-time list... Finished 12th on the Eagles' career ladder with a 2.89kills-per-set average ... Her 2,678 career attack attemptsplaced her 10th on the school's all-time chart...  Posted 54 career outings of double-figurekills.

Senior (2011):
Played in 38 of the team's 41 matches and recorded 122 sets ofaction ... Captured Second Team All-UAA acclaim ... Averaged 2.30kills per set and totaled eight matches of double-figure kills ...Led the squad with 47 service aces ... Earned a spot on the DocPartin Classic (Sept. 9-10) All-Tournament Team after averaging 2.7kills and 4.3 digs  over 13 sets ... Banged out a season-high15 kills and a career-best 22 digs in aiding the Eagles' 3-1 winover No. 5 Eastern University (Sept. 10) ... Solid effort at theUAA Round Robin I, helping the team to a 3-0 record by averaging3.0 kills per set and posting a .349 hitting mark (33-11--63) ...Second high on the team with 13 kills, finished with an attackpercentage of .417 (13-3--24) and contributed five digs and fiveblock assists in a 3-1 triumph over Case Western (Oct. 2) ...Registered a .412 hitting mark (9-2--17) against NYU (Oct. 15)during the UAA Round Robin II ... 14 kills and a career-high tyingfour service aces vs. Chicago (Oct. 1) ... 17 outings of two ormore service aces ... Ranked second on the squad with 11 successfulput-aways in the NCAA win over Richard Stockton (Nov. 11) ... Hit.360 (29-7--61) over three matches at the UAA Championships (Nov.4-5) ... Hit .556 (11-1--18) vs. Case Western (Nov. 4) with herkills total second high on the team ... Selected to the EmoryHomecoming All-Tournament Team ... Eight matches of 10 or moredigs.

Junior (2010):
Continued to play a key role in the success of the programand earned AVCA Third Team All-America Honors ... Played in all 41matches and recorded a total of 145 sets ... Ranked third on theteam and eighth among UAA players in kills (3.19 kps) ... Her .247attack percentage slotted her in the No. 18 position on the UAAlist ... Landed First Team All-UAA honors for the second straightyear ... Also found her way onto the AVCA All-South Region Team forthe second consecutive campaign ... Hit .300 or better in 16matches ...  Chalked up 28 matches of double-figure kills ...Led or shared for team honors in kills on 11 occasions ... Blastedaway for a season-high tying 18 kills, hit .571 (18-2--28) andchipped in four total blocks in a 3-0 triumph over BirminghamSouthern (Oct. 29) ... Second on the club with 18 successfulput-aways and rang up three total blocks in a 3-2 verdict overMount St. Joseph (Sept. 5) ... Named UAA Co-Player of The Week(Sept. 27) after a strong performance at the UW-WhitewaterInvitational ... Led or shared for team honors in kills in three ofthose four matches and averaged a squad-best 3.79 kills-per-setaverage while coming throgh with a fine .417 hitting percentage(53-13--96) ... Second on the team with 16 kills and finished witha .500 hitting percentage (16-4--24) in a 3-2 triumph over No. 5UW-Whitewater ... Totaled 15 terminations and three total blocksvs. then No. 1 Washington University in a 3-1 win at the UAAChampionships (Nov. 6) ... Wid Guisler All-Tournament Team afterhelping Emory to a 3-0 mark with two of those wins coming againsttop-5 foes ... Paced the team with 16 kills in a 3-1 victory overthen-No. 1 Juniata (Oct. 22) ... Hit .333 (35-9--78) over threematches at the Guisler Tournament ... Closed out the year withseven straight performances of 10 or more kills ...  Picked upa team-leading 16 terminations against Washington and Lee (Nov. 13)in the second of round the NCAA Tournament.

Sophomore (2009):
Made a huge impact in her first year in the Emory program afterplaying transferring from Davidson College where she played duringthe 2008 campign ...  Totaled 115 sets over 35 matches ...Enjoyed an honor-filled year that culminated with a first-teamberth on the AVCA All-America Team ... First Team All-UAA selectionand also garnered First Team All-South Region acclaim ... Paced theteam with 362 kills and her team-leading 3.15 kills per set placedher eighth among UAA players ... Her 30.7 attack percentage(362-124--776) was good for the No. 8 position on the conferencechart ... Third on the squad with 59 total blocks (0.60 bps) ...Finished with 18 matches of double-figure kills including aseason-high 24 against Division II member Armstrong Atlantic State(Oct. 9) that represented the high-water mark by an Emory playerduring the campaign ... Team-high 21 terminations and hit 43.2percent (21-5--37) against Randolph-Macon College (Oct. 31)...  Hit 35 percent or better in 17 matches ... Earned a spoton the Emory Halloween All-Tournament Team (Oct. 30-31) afterracking up an impressive 45.4 percent (50-10--88) along with 13digs in three matches ... In the final match of the HalloweenTournament, she blasted away for a team-high 19 put-aways and hit asolid 51.6 percent (19-3--31) in a 3-1 triumph over BirminghamSouthern ... Hit a personal-best 70.6 percent (12-0--17) againstShorter College (Sept. 26) ... Led or shared for the team's lead inkills on 16 occasions ... Named UAA Player of the Week (Sept. 28)after averaging 3.14 kills per set and hitting 43.4 percent(44-8--83) in 14 sets over five matches ... Averaged 2.91 kills andrecorded a 39.7 attack percentage  en route to MVP honors atthe Emory Tournament (Sept. 25-26) ... Washington & LeeAll-Tournament Team (Sept. 11-12) ... Six performances of 10 ormore digs ... Named UAA Co-Player of the Week (Oct. 26) afternotching 29 kills, 23 digs and four blocks in matches against LeeUniversity and USC-Aiken on Oct. 22 ... Owned the top three killfigures by an Emory player during the year ... Season-high fivetotal blocks (0-5) came against Rochester (Oct. 17) in the UAARound Robin II.

Freshman (2008):
Saw action in 29 of Davidson's 32 matches and registered62 sets played ... Averaged 0.81 kills per set.

High School:
Played four years of volleyball at Blessed Trinity where she wascoached by Paul Stevens ... As a senior she totaled 592 kills, theninth-highest mark in state history ... 2006 AAA Player of the Year... Led her team to a 2006 state championship ... Team captain as asenior ... Brought home first-team acclaim on state, region andarea teams her junior and senior seasons ... Member of the 2007Senior All-Star Team ... National Honors Society...National MeritScholar qualifier...Magna Cum Laude...Summa Cum Laude ... Playedclub volleyball for A5 (2005-2008) and was coached by BobWestbrook.

Personal: Born February 9, 1990.

Emory Stats

 
Jessica McAlvany's Career-High Kill EmoryMatches 

 
Jessica McAlvany's Career-High Total Block EmoryMatches
 

(On Why You Chose Emory)
"I chose Emory because of the resources available in Atlanta, thequality academics that the school has to offer and of the qualityof the volleyball program. I also wanted to be closer tofamily."