2020 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Brandt, Jenna
Jersey Number 20
Jenna Brandt
- Position:
- S
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Sumner-Fredricksburg
- Hometown:
- Sumner, Iowa
Bio
2021: Played in all 120 sets across 31 matches with 29 starts ... Marquette Invitational All-Tournament Team ... MVC President's Council Academic and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards, and MVC Honor Roll... career-high 500 total assists at 4.17 per set, 200 digs at 1.83 per frame, and 22 service aces ... 1,000th career assist against Southern Illinois (11/5/21) ... seven double-doubles featuring then-season-high 26 assists and career-best 16 digs at Indiana State (11/12/21) ... surpassed season high for assists in next match at Evansville (11/13/21) with 28 assists ... matched career high with three aces versus North Dakota State (8/27/21) and UTSA (9/17/21).
2020: Transferred to UNI in January of 2021 ... played in 13 matches with 11 starts for Cyclones ... finished season with 338 assists at 7.35 per set and 79 digs at 1.72 per frame ... career-high 51 assists, five blocks, and three aces against Texas Tech ... career-high 12 digs and seven kills on 11 attempts (.636 hitting) along with 43 assists for first-ever double-double at Kansas State ... finished one dig shy of double-double in four other contests ... recorded 18 total blocks and 10 service aces including three-match streak covering Texas Tech series and opener at Texas.
2019: Played in seven matches for Iowa State, making three starts … started the season opener versus UCF and matches at Texas and versus Kansas… finished season with 119 assists at 7.44 per set and 19 digs at 1.19 per frame … notched season-best 41 assists at Texas while also recording her season-high seven digs at UT … posted 31 assists, six digs, and a season-high four blocks against Kansas … came off the bench to record 23 assists and five digs against Texas in Ames … came off the bench to post 16 assists against Creighton in NCAA Tournament First Round … also played against Lipscomb and at Oklahoma.
2018: Played in 21 matches and 39 sets for the Cyclones including four starts (three at setter, one at middle blocker) … finished season with 142 assists at 3.64 per set … notched career-best 46 assists against Wichita State … had 37 assists at Montana … finished with 31 digs on the year … had seven digs twice both in starts at setter (vs. Wichita State, at Nebraska) … finished with 11 total blocks posting career high of three blocks twice (at Montana, at TCU) … in start at middle blocker at Baylor on Nov. 7 finished with two kills, .333 hitting, one ace, three digs, and two blocks ... NIVC champion.
High School: Four-year letterwinner, three-year starter and two-time team captain at setter for Sumner-Fredericksburg … helped lead the Cougars to three consecutive IGHSAU State Volleyball Tournament appearances … as a sophomore, earned All-Tournament Team honors after leading SFHS to the championship match … played in a setter-hitter role as a senior finishing with 147 kills, 489 assists, and 215 digs … three-time Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association Class 2A All-State honoree earning First Team honors each of the last two seasons and Second Team All-State as a sophomore … three-time all-conference and all-district … played club volleyball for Six Pack out of Cedar Falls … helped lead team to fifth in the 18 National Division earning All-Tournament Team honors at Junior Nationals in April 2018 ... also competed in track and field in high school and is a member of Sumner-Fredericksburg's school-record 4x400m relay team.
Personal: Born on Oct. 26, 1999 … daughter of Kevin and Amy Brandt … has three siblings, older sister Kaylyn (setter at UMKC (2013-16), earning WAC Setter of the Year in 2016), an older brother, Isiah, and a younger sister, Morgan … Kinesiology major.
2020: Transferred to UNI in January of 2021 ... played in 13 matches with 11 starts for Cyclones ... finished season with 338 assists at 7.35 per set and 79 digs at 1.72 per frame ... career-high 51 assists, five blocks, and three aces against Texas Tech ... career-high 12 digs and seven kills on 11 attempts (.636 hitting) along with 43 assists for first-ever double-double at Kansas State ... finished one dig shy of double-double in four other contests ... recorded 18 total blocks and 10 service aces including three-match streak covering Texas Tech series and opener at Texas.
2019: Played in seven matches for Iowa State, making three starts … started the season opener versus UCF and matches at Texas and versus Kansas… finished season with 119 assists at 7.44 per set and 19 digs at 1.19 per frame … notched season-best 41 assists at Texas while also recording her season-high seven digs at UT … posted 31 assists, six digs, and a season-high four blocks against Kansas … came off the bench to record 23 assists and five digs against Texas in Ames … came off the bench to post 16 assists against Creighton in NCAA Tournament First Round … also played against Lipscomb and at Oklahoma.
2018: Played in 21 matches and 39 sets for the Cyclones including four starts (three at setter, one at middle blocker) … finished season with 142 assists at 3.64 per set … notched career-best 46 assists against Wichita State … had 37 assists at Montana … finished with 31 digs on the year … had seven digs twice both in starts at setter (vs. Wichita State, at Nebraska) … finished with 11 total blocks posting career high of three blocks twice (at Montana, at TCU) … in start at middle blocker at Baylor on Nov. 7 finished with two kills, .333 hitting, one ace, three digs, and two blocks ... NIVC champion.
High School: Four-year letterwinner, three-year starter and two-time team captain at setter for Sumner-Fredericksburg … helped lead the Cougars to three consecutive IGHSAU State Volleyball Tournament appearances … as a sophomore, earned All-Tournament Team honors after leading SFHS to the championship match … played in a setter-hitter role as a senior finishing with 147 kills, 489 assists, and 215 digs … three-time Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association Class 2A All-State honoree earning First Team honors each of the last two seasons and Second Team All-State as a sophomore … three-time all-conference and all-district … played club volleyball for Six Pack out of Cedar Falls … helped lead team to fifth in the 18 National Division earning All-Tournament Team honors at Junior Nationals in April 2018 ... also competed in track and field in high school and is a member of Sumner-Fredericksburg's school-record 4x400m relay team.
Personal: Born on Oct. 26, 1999 … daughter of Kevin and Amy Brandt … has three siblings, older sister Kaylyn (setter at UMKC (2013-16), earning WAC Setter of the Year in 2016), an older brother, Isiah, and a younger sister, Morgan … Kinesiology major.
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