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  Jeannette Abbott
Jeannette Abbott

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Downers Grove, Ill.

High School:
Downers Grove South

Height:
6-0

Position:
OH

Major:
Marketing

Highlights: Earned second-team All-ACC honors in 2007 ...also named Honorable Mention AVCA All-East Region ...joined an exclusive Clemson list on Oct. 26 as just the 12 different member of the 20-20 club ...moved into third-place on the career attempts list with 4,225 ...also ranks eighth with 1,420 career kills and second with a 4.13 career kills per game average ...was a team co-captain for the 2007 season

2007
• Started all 33 matches and played in all but one game in 2007 as the team's left-one hitter
• Had 408 kills on the year and a team-high 1,308 attempts for a .180 hitting percentage
• Joined an exclusive Clemson club on Oct. 26 against North Carolina as she totaled 22 kills and 20 digs in the four-game victory. She became just the 12th different player in school history and the first since 2005 to accomplish the 20-20 feat
• North Carolina match was one of eight double-doubles for the season and the 20 digs tied her career high for the statistic
• Double-doubles were also matches against Murray State on Aug. 27 (12k, 10d); Purdue on Sept. 8 (14k, 13d); Kent State on Sept. 14 (10k, 10d); at Wake Forest on Oct. 12 (23k, 14d); at Georgia Tech on Oct. 16 (12k, 12d); NC State on Oct. 27 (10k, 10d); Georgia Tech on Oct. 30 (13k, 12d); and UCLA on Dec. 1 (10k, 10d)
• Had at least 10 kills in 22 matches in 2007 including the first seven of the season
• Season high of 23 kills game in 3-1 win over Wake Forest on Oct. 12
• Tallied 58 total blocks on the year with 10 solos
• Had a personal-best three solo blocks at Virginia Tech on Nov. 3 to total six on the night
• Had five total blocks in two matches in 2007 - against Florida State on Nov. 16 and at Wake Forest on Oct. 12, helping the Tigers to set a school-record 19.5 team blocks in a four-game match
• Also had 26 service aces on the year with three in a pair of matches early in the season
• Totaled 282 digs in 2007, third-most on the team, with 22 set assists
• Ranked 10th in the ACC for points scored with a 4.14 per game average.

2006
• Totaled a team-best 497 kills in 2006 while playing in all 113 games
• Also ranked third on the team with 272 defensive saves and 30 service aces
• Posted 51 total blocks on the year with five block solos
• Set a career high with 29 kills against 25th-ranked Duke on Oct. 28
• Recorded 20 or more kills in seven matches during the season, including the Duke contest
• Had 20 against Northern Iowa on Aug. 26; 23 in win over Furman on Sept. 16; 28 against Miami on Sept. 29; 24 verse Virginia on Oct. 20 ; 22 against Virginia Tech on Oct. 22; 23 verse North Carolina on Nov. 10 and 21 in win over Maryland on Nov. 17
• Recorded 16 digs in three matches in 2006 with two of the three coming against the Tar Heels
• Also had 16 in Nov. 17 contest against Maryland
• Overall, had 12 matches with at least 10 defensive saves
• Hit over .400 twice during the season
• Posted a .455 hitting percentage against Western Carolina in the Big Orange Bash
• Then hit .500 with 17 kills and just one error in 32 attempts in Clemson's 3-0 victory at Florida State on Nov. 3, just one day after her 20th birthday
• Recorded four service aces in two matches in 2006
• First came against Charlotte on Sept. 2
• Then had four at Virginia on Oct. 20
• Had a season-best five total blocks in victory over Furman on Sept. 16
• Also had four block assists in Western Carolina and North Carolina contests
• Block solos came in Furman, Duke, Boston College, Virginia and North Carolina matches
• Also had 20 assists during the season, recording two in Sept. 23 Wake Forest match.

2005
• Highly touted newcomer who lived up to expectations with one of the best rookie campaigns in program history
• Started all 30 matches and played in every game
• Was named the ACC and AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year
• Was just the second Tiger player to earn the region honor and the fifth to be named the best rookie in the conference
• Broke the Clemson single season kill record for a freshman with 515 on the year, 43 better than Brittany Ross' mark in 2004
• Also posted 26 kills on two occasions to tie for second place for kills in a single match for a freshman
• First 26-kill performance came against Georgia in Athens on Sept. 7
• The second time she accomplished the feat was in five-game thrilling victory for the Tigers over Miami on Nov. 5 at Jervey Gym
• Earned ACC Player of the Week honors for the week ending Sept. 24 after tallying 52.5 points in wins over Wake Forest and Duke
• She posted 24 kills and hit .308 in the come-back victory over the Demon Deacons
• Overall, recorded 304 defensive saves, second-best on the team, served 25 aces and posted 79 total blocks, with 22 set assists for the year
• Tallied at least 20 kills in 11 matches in 2005, with the Tigers posting a 6-5 record in those contests
• Had a season-best 20 defensive saves against Boston College on Nov. 19 in Chestnut Hill, MA
• Recorded four service aces in Clemson's 3-1 win over the NC State Wolfpack on Nov. 12
• Totaled six blocks in three matches in 2005
• Tallied six block assists in Clemson's 3-2 victory over Wake Forest on Sept. 22
• Had five block assists with one solo block in the win over Miami in Clemson and again in the tough, five-game defeat to Georgia Tech on Nov. 15
• Recorded a .947 serve receive percentage, which ranked first on the team for players with at least 200 attempts
• Had just 48 errors in a team-high 914 attempts

High School
• The #94 national prospect according to PrepVolleyball.com during the early signing period
• Named High School All-America by that service
• USA Volleyball Junior Olympic National Champion
• AAU National Champion
• Chicago Tribune Player of the Year as a senior
• Three-year starter on one of the top high school teams in the state of Illinois
• Led Downers Grove South to a State Championship in 2002 as a sophomore
• Numerous All-Area, All-Conference, and All-State honors over her highly decorated high school career
• Selected to USA Volleyball's Junior National Team in 2003
• Played her high school volleyball for Colleen Reagan
• Played on the Sports Performance club team with recently graduated Tigers Sue Eckman and Leslie Mansfield
• Born November 2, 1986
• Majoring in marketing.


 
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