Jess Schaben

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior Jess Schaben was named an Honorable Mention All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) for the third time in her career, the AVCA announced Wednesday morning.

Schaben wraps up her Iowa State career with another award to her stuffed mantle of prizes. She finishes her Cyclone tenure as a three-time AVCA Honorable Mention All-American to go with her three AVCA All-Midwest Region team nods. The AVCA also recognized Schaben as the Midwest Region Freshman of the Year back in 2015. She was also a three-time All-Big 12 First Team honoree.

The Defiance, Iowa native finished up her senior season leading the Cyclones to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) title last night, earning Tournament MVP honors in the process. For the season, Schaben finished 2018 with 516 kills at 4.20 per set, both the No. 4 marks for a single season in ISU history, at .250 hitting. She also posted 362 digs at 2.94 per set, racking up 20 double-doubles across the season.

For her career, Schaben finishes fourth in Iowa State history with her 1,548 career kills, second with her 3.57 kills per set. Last night in the sweep of Tulane, Schaben became the 16th player in ISU history to record over 1,000 digs, finishing with 1,005 for her career. She is the third player in Cyclone history to finish their careers with at least 1,500 kills and 1,000 digs, joining Krisitin Hugdahl (1992-95) and Steph McCannon (1992-95).