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2016 Volleyball Roster
Sep 17 (Wed)
6 p.m.
Jelena Sunjic
- Position:
- Outside Hitter/Right Side
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Sport Lyceum
- Hometown:
- Metkovic, Croatia
2016: Played in 30 matches, making 28 starts … Appeared in 98 sets … Named First Team All-MAC … Named to the All-Tournament Team at the MAC Tournament … Named MAC East Offensive Player of the Week three times in 2016 … Recorded 464 kills on the season, which ranks ninth all-time … Ranked ninth all-time in a single-season with his .331 hitting percentage … Ranks seventh all-time in career kills with 1,329 … Led the MAC in kills per set (4.73) and total kills (464) … Finished the season ranked eighth in the country in kills per set and 36th in the country in total kills … Finished the season by recording 20-plus kills in five-consecutive matches, and five of the team's last six matches … Hit at least .300 in 16 matches … Hit at least .400 in 10 matches … Hit .484 with 17 kills versus Louisville … Registered 15 kills while hitting .433 versus Fort Wayne (Sept. 2) … Racked up 18 kills and hit .486 versus Louisiana Tech (Sept. 9) … Hit .652 with 16 kills at Eastern Illinois (Sept. 10) … Picked up 17 kills and hit .500 at Illinois-Chicago (Sept. 17) … Recorded 19 kills in matches versus Northern Illinois (Sept. 24), Kent State (Oct. 1) and Toledo (Oct. 21) … Registered 20 kills and hit .447 versus Western Michigan … Had 41 kills on 65 attempts (.631) and no errors across the last weekend of the regular season in matches against Buffalo (Nov. 11) and Akron (Nov. 12) … Recorded 22 kills and hit .327 in a MAC Tournament win over Western Michigan (Nov. 18) … Posted 23 kills on 75 attempts versus Miami (Nov. 19).
2015: Received All-MAC Honorable Mention honors … Played in all 29 matches and all 112 sets on the season … Started all 29 matches for the Falcons … Led BGSU with 398 kills overall and with 213 kills in MAC only play … Ranked fifth in the MAC with 3.55 kills per set on the season … Also led BGSU with 454.0 points on the season overall … Had seven double-doubles on the season for the Falcons … Totaled double digit points in 23 matches on the year, including a season-high 31.0 points at home against Akron … Posted 20 kills or more four times on the year … Tallied a career-high 25 kills twice on the season, both of which were wins versus Akron … Picked up 22 kills in the win over Cleveland State … Also totaled 21 kills in the home win over Kent State … Turned in 19 kills in the home win over IPFW and in the road match at Pittsburgh … Had double digit digs in 10 different contests on the year … Registered a season-high 17 digs in the home win over Kent and at Toledo … Also had 15 digs versus Buffalo and 13 digs in home contests against Loyola (Chicago) and Northern Illinois … Totaled 4.0 total blocks are more in six different matches on the year, including a season high 5.0 versus NIU in the regular season finale … Posted a season-best .400 attack percentage in the victory at Akron … Also hit .385 versus Lehigh and .375 at home against Akron … Tallied a career-high four service aces in the home win over the Zips.
2014: Named First-Team All-MAC despite missing almost the entire non-conference slate and the first two league matches due to injury … Averaged 3.00 kills per set, second-best on the team, and hit a Falcon-best .246 during the season … Had 10 kills, four digs and two blocks in the season opener against Dayton before leaving the match late with injury … Returned to post 13 kills against Miami … Recorded at least 10 kills in nine of the 14 conference matches in which she competed … Had a season-best 19 kills later in the year against Miami … Posted at least three blocks in each of the final five matches of the season … Her 35 blocks and nine aces in conference play both ranked third on the team … Had 16 kills, a career-best .538 attack percentage, four blocks and three aces in a five-set win over Buffalo … Ranked eighth in the MAC in kills both over the course of the entire season and in conference-only play.
2013: All-MAC Freshman Team … Played in 28 matches, starting 20 times … Third on the team with 299 kills and 2.79 kills per set … Fourth on the team with 66 blocks … Posted double-digit kill totals 16 times, with a career-best 22 in a home win over Miami … Hit .447 with 19 kills and just two attack errors against Rice … Had a career-best four digs to go with 14 kills against Buffalo … Had 18 kills and a career-high seven blocks at Ball State.
Prior to BGSU: Member of the Croatian Junior National Team ... Competed in the 2012 Confederation of European Volleyball (CEV) Junior European Championship, ranking 25th with 112 points ... Added 13 blocks and a .363 attack percentage.
Personal: Full name is Jelena Sunjic ... Daughter of Zoran and Ankica Sunjic ... Born Jan. 4, 1994 ... Majoring in business administration ... Two brothers, Mario and Luka ... Played club volleyball for HAOK Mladost/OK Kastela.
