Jessica Dean

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/23/2024
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • School
    UC Riverside
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Defensive Specialist/Libero
  • Hometown
    San Mateo, Calif.
  • High School
    Hillsdale HS

  • UC Riverside’s Jessica Dean played all 15 sets at the Pelican Invitational over the weekend, to scoop up a first career Big West Defensive Player of the Week award. 

  • Dean recorded 5.0 digs and 1.27 assists per set to earn All-Tournament honors and anchor the Highlanders’ defense in a successful 3-1 weekend. 

  • Dean notched 20 digs, two service aces and nine assists in a 3-1 win over Louisiana Tech on Friday and finished off the Highlanders' trip to New Orleans with 13 digs in a 3-0 sweep of Arkansas Pine Bluff on Saturday. In the Highlander’s lone loss of the weekend, the junior from San Mateo, Calif., popped up a career-best 29 digs in a five-setter at Tulane. 

  • Dean has recorded double-digit digs in eight of UCR’s nine non-conference matches.