| Jill Sawatzky |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada
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| High School:
Lord Selkirk Secondary/Selkirk Royals
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| Height:
6-2
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| Position:
OH
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| Experience:
3V
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Oregon State
Junior (2009): Jill Sawatzky started and played in all 30 matches, 110 sets ... Earned 357 kills on the season (3.25 kps), good for sixth all-time for a junior, and 293 digs (2.66 dps) ... Finished the season 12th all-time for career kills with 1,019 and ninth all-time for career kills per set, averaging 3.10 ... Racked up four 20-plus kills matches, 15 double-digit kills matches with two 20-plus digs matches and 15 double-digit digs matches ... Tallied nine double-doubles for kills and digs ... Earned All-Tournament honors at the ASICS/Coors Classic ... Named Active Ankle Challenge Most Valuable Player ... Set a new career-best for service aces with four at Arizona (10/9), adding 16 kills, two assists, 16 digs and three blocks ... Reset her career-best for kills with 27 at Washington State (11/27) with 23 digs and two blocks ... Posted a big 25 kill and career-high 25 dig match at Arizona State (10/10) with four assists and a block ... Tied her career-best for blocks with six against Stanford (10/16) with three solo and three assists, adding 20 kills, 15 digs and a pair of assists ... Chalked up 42 assists, 15 aces, 62 blocks on the season ... Posted a career-best 28.5 points at Washington State of her 409.0 total points ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic First Team honors.
Sophomore (2008): Continued to build on her rookie season's success, continuing to be the second-leading hitter ... Amassed 330 kills on the season (3.08 kps), tied for 10th most all-time for a sophomore, and 199 digs (1.86 dps) ... Currently ninth all-time for career kills per set, averaging 3.02 ... Tallied three 20-plus kills matches ... Tied her previous personal best three service aces in first match of the season against Wyoming (8/29), adding nine kills and five digs ... Named to the ASICS Classic All-Tournament Team after racking up 42 kills over the three-match span ... Earned Marquette Cheese Bowl All-Tournament honors ... Posted second double-double of the season with 20 kills and 10 digs in upset of No. 13 Wisconsin (9/20) ... Racked up 16 kills in team's upending of No. 4 USC (10/3) with three blocks ... Topped her previous career best with a season-high 22 kills at Washington State (10/17) before nearly tying it again with 21 against Washington State (11/16), adding a season-high 17 digs ... Posted 51 total blocks, including five solo ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic First Team honors.
Freshman (2007): Posted one of the best freshman seasons in school history quickly establishing herself as the No. 2 hitter on the team and breaking into the freshman record books ... Her solid play earned her Oregon State's lone All-Pac-10 Freshman Team honors ... In the team's two upsets of the season, tallied 11 kills at No. 10 Hawai'i (8/26) and nine at No. 4 UCLA (10/12), adding a career-high three aces, before following up at home against No. 9 UCLA (11/8) with a season-best 19 kills and 19.0 points... Earned All-Tournament honors at the ASICS Rainbow Wahine Invitational and Sacramento State Invitational ... Matched her kills number with a season-high 19 digs against Arizona (10/26), earning one of two double-doubles (kills and digs) on the season, adding 15 kills ... Blocked a career-high six balls twice at Idaho (8/31) and at Sacramento State (9/7) before posting a .636 hitting percentage (16-2-22) against Manhattan (9/8).
lord selkirk secondary
Helped lead her team to three consecutive AAAA Provincial Championships ... Captain of her team as a senior ... Was Winnipeg Sun's top-ranked player for the second year in a row in 2006... Was the MHSAA Female Athlete of the Week in September 2006 ... Won provincial championships with her club team, Selkirk Royals ... An all-around athlete, she also competed in softball, basketball and track & field ... Was a member of provincial champion 4x100 meter relay team.
Personal
Daughter of Paul and Brenda Sawatzky ... Has two sisters, Steph and Allie, who is a freshman at Texas A&M and plays volleyball for the Aggies ... Business major ... Graduated from Lord Selkirk Secondary with first class honors ... Chose to attend Oregon State because "the conference is the best, the girls are great and I believe the coaches can make me the best player that I can be!"
