2023 Men's Volleyball Roster
Jenness, Kaleb
Jersey Number 2
Kaleb Jenness
- Position:
- Outside Attacker
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Mount Pleasant, S.C.
- High School:
- Wando
Bio
2022: Tabbed to the All-Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association preseason squad … named MIVA Player of the Year … selected to the All-MIVA First Team and All-MIVA Tournament Team … earned First Team NVA/AVCA All-American accolades … received Academic All-MIVA Team honors … finished the season ranked second nationally in kills per set (4.65) … led the Cardinals in kills (414), hitting percentage (.398) and points (467.5) … turned in a double-digit kill performance 23 times … had a season best 31 kills against Purdue Fort Wayne on Feb. 17 and tied Ball State's all-time rally kills record … earned MIVA Player of the Week honors on Feb. 8 for his performance at BYU … currently ranks 11th on Ball State's all-time kills list with 1,104 … helped the Cardinals win the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) regular season and tournament titles along with an automatic bye to the 2022 NCAA semifinal round.
2021: Named to the preseason All-Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association squad and earned All-MIVA First Team honors … Jenness ranked second on the team in kills (260) and third in blocks (48) last season … recorded double-digit kills for the Cardinals in 16 contests, including a season-best 21 at Ohio State on March 11, 2021 … Jenness was named MIVA Offensive Player of Week on Feb. 23 for his performance against Lindenwood.
2020: Named to the All-MIVA First Team ... appeared in 17 matches and 59 sets … put down a career-high 26 kills against George Mason … totaled a team-high 246 kills for the year, more than his freshman campaign, even with the 2020 season being cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak … recorded six matches with at least 20 kills … named MIVA Defensive Player of the Week for recording 10 digs in both matches against Ohio State and Sacred Heart … added season totals of 13 assists, nine aces, 102 digs and 22 blocks.
2019: Played 66 sets for Ball State his rookie season... named to the MIVA All-Freshman Team... earned Off the Block's Freshman of the Week award... put down 184 kills while hitting .220... earned 15 assists and 13 service aces... compiled 76 digs and 35 total blocks... had 22 kills against both UC Santa Barbara and George Mason... put down 13 kills in his debut against Princeton... had eight matches with double-digit kills... had eight blocks in a win against nationally ranked Cal State Northridge.
Before Ball State: Played for Carolina Union Volleyball Club … was coached by Dylan Mulkey … served as a team captain in 2018 … tied for 16th at Boy’s Junior National Championships in 2017 … played for A5 in Atlanta where he finished 33rd at the National Championships … did not play for his high school due to there being no high school men’s volleyball in South Carolina.
Personal: Hometown is Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina … is the first person to play men’s division I volleyball from the state of South Carolina … attended Wando High School … mother is Lisa Kimbrell Jenness … father is Norm Albert Jenness III … brother Max is 13 and sisters Haley and Caroline are 15 and 11.
2021: Named to the preseason All-Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association squad and earned All-MIVA First Team honors … Jenness ranked second on the team in kills (260) and third in blocks (48) last season … recorded double-digit kills for the Cardinals in 16 contests, including a season-best 21 at Ohio State on March 11, 2021 … Jenness was named MIVA Offensive Player of Week on Feb. 23 for his performance against Lindenwood.
2020: Named to the All-MIVA First Team ... appeared in 17 matches and 59 sets … put down a career-high 26 kills against George Mason … totaled a team-high 246 kills for the year, more than his freshman campaign, even with the 2020 season being cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak … recorded six matches with at least 20 kills … named MIVA Defensive Player of the Week for recording 10 digs in both matches against Ohio State and Sacred Heart … added season totals of 13 assists, nine aces, 102 digs and 22 blocks.
2019: Played 66 sets for Ball State his rookie season... named to the MIVA All-Freshman Team... earned Off the Block's Freshman of the Week award... put down 184 kills while hitting .220... earned 15 assists and 13 service aces... compiled 76 digs and 35 total blocks... had 22 kills against both UC Santa Barbara and George Mason... put down 13 kills in his debut against Princeton... had eight matches with double-digit kills... had eight blocks in a win against nationally ranked Cal State Northridge.
Before Ball State: Played for Carolina Union Volleyball Club … was coached by Dylan Mulkey … served as a team captain in 2018 … tied for 16th at Boy’s Junior National Championships in 2017 … played for A5 in Atlanta where he finished 33rd at the National Championships … did not play for his high school due to there being no high school men’s volleyball in South Carolina.
Personal: Hometown is Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina … is the first person to play men’s division I volleyball from the state of South Carolina … attended Wando High School … mother is Lisa Kimbrell Jenness … father is Norm Albert Jenness III … brother Max is 13 and sisters Haley and Caroline are 15 and 11.
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