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2021 Volleyball Roster

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Chase Cochran | Samford Athletic
Cameron Pollack / The Citadel
Cameron Pollack / The Citadel
Cameron Pollack / The Citadel

11 Sharlissa de Jesus

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Position OH
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Guayama, Puerto Rico
  • High School Guamani Private School

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
2020-21 Southern Conference All-Conference First Team
2019 Southern Conference All-Conference Second Team
2018 Southern Conference All-Conference Second Team

2017 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team
Southern Conference Honor Roll (2018-19)


2020-21: School’s all-time leader in career kills…one of only five players in school history with 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs…appeared in all 21 matches, totaling 79 sets…led the team with 314 kills and 35 service aces…second on the team with 245 digs…added 21 assists and 38 total blocks…posted 13 double-doubles during the spring season…had 18 kills and 21 digs in victory over College of Charleston…finished with season-high 27 kills and 11 digs against Furman…totaled 28 kills and 27 digs in pair of victories over Chattanooga…finished season with 24 kills and 25 digs against Samford…two-time SoCon Offensive Player of the Week selection…SoCon Offensive Player of the Month for March.

2019: Appeared in 27 matches, playing 102 sets…led team with 331 kills and 45 service aces…third on the team with 273 digs…also added 43 assists and 34 total blocks…posted double figures in kills in 18 matches, including a season-high 24 kills against Florida A&M…added 15 digs and season-best five service aces in the match…finished with 13 double-doubles…opened season with 14 kills and 18 digs against North Dakota…had 22 kills in back-to-back matches against Wofford and Chattanooga…registered double-doubles in both matches.

2018: Named All-SoCon Second Team after finishing the season with 405 kills...played in 29 matches, making 29 starts, and playing in 104 sets...her 405 kills were fourth most in the Southern Conference, while her 3.89 kills per set were second most...finished second in the league in service aces (42) and third in service aces per set (0.40)...ranked 55th in the nation for points per set earned with 4.46...led the team in attacks (1,144), kills, and service aces...her 3.89 kills per set were a program record for a single season...finished second on the team with 289 digs...recorded 12 double-doubles, including five in a row from Nov. 3-16...had three double-doubles in a row in three matches over two days...recorded 20+ kills in six matches, including two of the last three...recorded 25 kills against Bethune-Cookman...notched her first double-double of the season with 27 kills and 18 digs at Charleston Southern...had a season-high 28 kills at home against Chattanooga...had a season-high 35 digs to go along with 22 kills in the Bulldogs’ first-ever post-season victory, a 3-1 win over Western Carolina in the opening round of the Southern Conference Championships.

2017: First-ever Bulldog to be named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team...played in 28 matches, making 27 starts and playing in 103 sets...led the team in kills (359), kills per set (3.49) and digs per set (3.01)...her 359 kills on the year is the fourth-most kills in a single season in program history...her 3.49 kills per set is fifth in program history...her 1,020 total attacks is seventh in program history...had 14 double-doubles on the year...eclipsed the 20-kill mark twice and had 20-plus digs once...began her collegiate career strong with three straight double-double performances, beginning with a 19-kill, 25-dig performance in her debut against North Carolina Central where she had an attack percentage of .240...her 25 digs in the season-opening match were a season high...followed that up with a 21-kill, 11-dig outing at Campbell...finished with an attack percentage of .286 off 18 kills to go along with 14 digs against Tennessee Tech...hit .366 with 19 kills to go along with 13 digs against Winthrop...also hit over .300 with a .324 attack percentage that included 16 kills at home against South Carolina State...had five straight matches where she finished with a double-double from Oct. 20 against Mercer through Oct. 28 at Chattanooga...set a season record of 23 kills against the Mocs, hitting .246 for the match while adding 16 digs...had a season-high three service aces three times, including at Columbia at Western Carolina and at home against Wofford.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2016 graduate of Guamani Private School in Guayama, Puerto Rico...member of the Puerto Rico U18 National Team in 2016...earned all-star recognition and MVP nomination during her senior campaign...named member of all-star volleyball team during junior and senior year...member of Next Level Academy in 2016.

PERSONAL: Full name is Sharlissa Marie de Jesus … Daughter of Carlos de Jesus and Julissa Lopez … Major is business administration.

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2017Freshman

    OH
    11
  • 11

    2018Sophomore

    OH
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2019Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2020-21Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2021Fifth Year

    Outside Hitter
    5'9"
    11

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