Jenna Ptaschinski

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-0
Position:
Defensive Specialist
High School:
Wayland Academy
Hometown:
Beaver Dam, Wis.

2012: Played in 47 sets for the Wildcats… Dished out a trio of assists in the season opener vs. Gardner-Webb (8/28)… Also had 15 digs vs. the Runnin’ Bulldogs… Put up eight digs at Wake Forest (9/1)… Served up an ace vs. both Winthrop (8/31) and UNC Wilmington (9/1)… Had a pair of assists to go with seven digs vs. Florida A&M… Notched two assists, 14 digs and an ace in five sets vs. UNCG (10/14)… Season-high 16 digs at Chattanooga (10/20)… Recorded three aces, 12 assists and 85 digs on the season… Averaged 1.81 digs per set.

2011: Played in all 30 games as a sophomore, with seven starts… Finished the season with 171 digs (1.66 per set) and 24 assists… Also had two kills and a block assist… Had eight digs against both Mercer (8/26) and UNC Wilmington (8/27)… Recorded two assists vs. UNC Asheville (9/2)… Had a season-high 15 digs vs. James Madison (9/10)… Tallied 11 digs, three assists and an ace against Western Carolina (10/7)… Finished with 10 digs at Georgia Southern (10/11)… Had a block assist and seven digs in the ‘Cats win over App State (11/4)… Had six digs in each of the last three contests (Furman, Wofford and Samford).

2010: Appeared in three matches in her first season with the Wildcats ... tallied a dig in her first career match against Texas-Pan American on Sept. 11 ... bettered that performance with two digs and an assist against N.C. A&T on Sept. 23.

Prep/Personal: Four-year letter winner at Wayland Academy, where she was named team MVP in her final two seasons ... four-time All-Conference selection and Midwest Classic Conference Player of the Year in 2009 ... team captain ... led her team to the 2009 Midwest Classic, as well as a conference and regional championship ... Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association Player of the Week ... played club volleyball for the Fusao Volleyball Club... four-year letter winner in basketball, a two-year member of the track team and a one-year member of the soccer team ... four-year member of the President’s List ... 2009 inductee to the Wayland Chapter of the Cum Laude Society ... participant on the 2007-08 Model U.N. team ... member of the Junior Classical League, National Latin Exam ... daughter of Tom and Eva ... two sisters, Sophie and Claire, and a brother, Oliver.