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2017 Women's Volleyball Roster

9 Jess Kalous

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Greenfield
  • Hometown Greenfield, Wis.

Biography

PRONUNCIATION: CAL-us

Collegiate Honors
- '17 Pepsi Panther Invitational All Tournament

2017 (Senior) | Game-by-Game
Appeared in all 30 matches as a senior, making 29 starts ... set a program record for hitting percentage for a five-set match on the first day of the year, hitting .652 on 16-of-23 to go with five blocks in a win over Idaho State Aug. 25 ... had another 13 kills one day later against Virginia Tech ... was named to the Panther Invitational All-Tournament Team ... tallied four blocks in a three-set win over Northern Illinois Aug. 28 ... had an incredibly efficient weekend, hitting .578 in a sweep of the Rambler Classic Sept. 1-2 ,... started things off with eight kills and four blocks in a five-set thriller against Fairfield Sept. 1 ... followed that up by hitting .714 (5-7) to go with two more blocks in a sweep of Samford later that day ... continued the hot weekend with a .688 hitting clip (12-16) and three more blocks in the three-set win over host Loyola Sept. 2 ... again hit .500 (7-14) against Northwestern Sept. 8 ... one day later, went 12-21 at the net (.524) in a win over Army ... had 15 kills, three blocks and a career-high five digs against Cleveland State Sept. 22 ... set a new career-high with 17 kills to go with five blocks against UIC Oct. 1 ... had 10 kills in back-to-back wins over Youngstown State and Wright State Oct. 14-15 ... had eight kills each in back-to-back matches at Oakland and Cleveland State Oct. 20-21 ... tallied 11 kills and five blocks at UIC Oct. 29 ... had 10 kills, hit .389 to go with four blocks in her final collegiate game Nov. 11.

2016 (Junior) | Game-by-Game
Played in 27 matches as a sophomore, making 27 starts ... had a strong start to the season, hammering home 15 kills to go with seven blocks in a win over Bradley Aug. 26 ... later that day, added nine more kills while hitting .500 in a sweep of Akron ... had a combined 17 blocks and 14 kills in a pair of wins at Sacred Heart and against George Mason Sept. 3 ... seven kills against Tennessee Sept. 9 ... one day later, registered 11 kills and four blocks in a win at Western Michigan ... had a team-high eight kills against Missouri State Sept. 16 ... added seven more one day later at Marquette ... posted a game-high seven blocks to go with eight kills against Northern Kentucky Sept. 23 ... one day later, added nine more kills and five more blocks in a sweep of Wright State ... tallied eight kills and five blocks - two of which were solo - in a sweep of UIC Oct. 1 ... one day later, posted 13 kills, nine blocks and one assist against Green Bay ... continued her run of solid play with 11 kills both at Cleveland State Oct. 7 and at Youngstown State Oct. 8 ... hammered home another 10 kills to go with three blocks at Valparaiso Oct. 15 ... hit an outstanding .429 with 12 kills and a pair of blocks in a sweep of Youngstown State Oct. 21 ... added another six blocks and nine kills one day later against Cleveland State ... had six blocks in a win at Wright State Nov. 4 ... had a big weekend to close out the regular season, recording seven kills and eight blocks in a sweep of Oakland Nov. 11 before an 11 kill seven block performance while hitting .588 in a sweep of Valpo on day later ... had 11 kills and seven blocks against Oakland in the league tournament Nov. 18.

2015 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 24 matches on the season, making 16 starts ... reached double figures in kills three times thus far on the year ... second on the team with 68.0 blocks on the year ... had eight kills and four blocks against Towson Sept. 5 ... had another six kills later that day against North Dakota State ... added nine kills and three blocks in a five-set win at Oakland Sept. 24 ... reached double figures in kills with 10 against Wright State Oct. 2 ... eight kills at UIC Oct. 10 ... just missed a double-double with 11 kills and nine blocks in a win over Youngstown State Oct. 23 ... recorded another nine kills and eight blocks one day later against Cleveland State ... again had double-digit kills with 12 to go with seven blocks at Northern Kentucky Oct. 30 ... nine kills and five blocks in a big win over Valparaiso Nov. 7.

2014 (Freshman)
Played in 10 matches, making one start as a freshman ... posted a pair of kills and blocks at Missouri State Sept. 6 ... hit .500 and had one block against Tulsa Sept. 13 ... had a season-high three blocks at Minnesota Sept. 13 ... tallied two blocks and one kill in a win over Green Bay Oct. 3.

Kalous' High School Career
Claimed Woodland Conference Player of the Year honors in each of her final two seasons ... also a three-time All-Woodland Conference honoree ... won team most valuable player honors in each of her four seasons ... helped Greenfield reach the top 10 in the state for the first time ever ... in fact, Greenfield won its conference, conference tournament and a regional for the first time ever during her senior campaign ... part of a highly-successful Milwaukee Sting club program, playing on teams that have finished second, third and fifth at nationals.

Kalous' Personal File
Daughter of Dave and Chris Kalous ... born Feb. 12, 1996 ... given name is Jessica Marie ... a nursing major in school ... also an art minor ... career goal is to become a nurse ... most memorable sports moment was taking second at club nationals in Florida ... chose UWM because it felt like home ... lists hobbies as art, volleyball and fishing ... has done volunteer work for the hunger task force.

2017 Season Highs 
Kills: 17 vs. UIC 10/1 
Attempts: 31 vs. UIC 10/1 
Hitting %: .688 at Loyola 9/2 
Blocks: 5 - multiple times 
Digs: 5 vs. Oakland 9/23 
Aces: n/a 
Assists: 1 vs. SDSU 8/25 

UWM Career Highs 
Kills: same 
Attempts: 35 at NKU 10/30/15 
Hitting %: same 
Blocks: 9 - three times 
Digs: same 
Aces: 3 vs. Valparaiso 11/7/15 
Assists: 1 - seven times 

Notable Numbers 
Double-Figure Kills: 22

 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2014Freshman

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    6'1"
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    2015Sophomore

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    6'1"
    9
  • 9

    2016Junior

    MB
    6'2"
    9
  • 9

    2017Senior

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    6'2"
    9