Player Bio: Jennifer Detmer

  Jennifer Detmer
Jennifer Detmer
Player Profile
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Thousand Oaks, Calif.
High School:
Thousand Oaks
Height:
6-3
Position:
Middle Blocker

One of the top middle blockers in the nation and a two-time All-Pac-10 selection...Excellent at the net...Boasts impressive career totals with 338 total blocks and a .363 hitting percentage in her first three collegiate campaigns...Needs just 87 blocks in senior season to enter school's all-time top five block list ... Will be a more focal point in the offense this season.

As a Senior in 2000 - First-team All-Pac-10 selection … Second-team Verizon All-District VIII All-Academic pick … First-team All-Pac-10 All-Academic honoree … Started in 14 of 21 matches for the Cardinal … Led team with a .368 hitting percentage … Averaged 2.75 kills and 1.73 blocks per game … Her 461 career blocks ranked third in the league among active leaders and fifth on the Stanford career charts … Notched a career high 12 blocks vs. Washington State (10/6) … Tied her career high with 12 blocks against UC-Santa Barbara (12/1) ... Had 17 kills and seven blocks vs. Oregon State (9/15) … Notched two double-doubles (kills/blocks) on the season … Had 12 kills and 11 blocks vs. WSU (11/4) … Recorded six or more blocks on 12 occasions … Led team with 123 total blocks … Tallied double figures in kills in 11 matches this season … Had team-leading 21 blocks solos as well as 102 block assists … Her 2.75 kpg ranked third on the squad … Hit .563 (10-1-16) vs. Oregon (9/14) … Hit .619 (14-1-21) vs. Arizona (10/26) … Had 16 kills and seven blocks vs. Washington (11/2) … Hit .529 (10-1-17) vs. Long Beach State (10/14) ... Hit .455 (7-2-11) with seven blocks versus Loyola Marymount (11/30) ... Recorded eight kills and 12 blocks in her final collegiate match against UCSB (12/1).

As a Junior in 1999 - Returned from an early season abdominal injury that kept her out of nine matches to have an excellent campaign, leading the club with a career-high 1.62 block per game average and .353 attack percentage...Totaled 115 blocks despite missing the nine matches...Added 2.30 kills per game...Earned All-Pac-10 honors for the second straight season...Named to the Second Team All-District 8 Academic squad...Big matches included three double-digit block efforts (11 - at Oregon State, 10/30; at Arizona, 11/13; 10 - vs. Santa Clara, 12/3)...Posted five double-digit kill games, led by an 18-kill performance at Texas (9/3)...Hit .500 or better on six occasions, including three of her final seven matches.

As a Sophomore in 1998 - Starting middle blocker ... Named First Team All-District 8 ... Earned Second Team GTE District 8 All-Academic recognition ... Named First Team All-Pac-10 and Second Team Pac-10 All-Academic ... Earned her first Pac-10 Player of the Week honor after recording a career-high 23 kills vs. USC in the league opener (9/18), then added 11 kills vs. UCLA (9/20), recording 14 blocks on the weekend ... Selected to the All-Tournament Team at the San Diego State Tournament after posting 44 kills and 14 blocks in three matches ... Finished the season with 364 kills and 167 blocks ... Ranked fourth in the conference in blocks per game (1.50) and hitting percentage (.367) ... Against the Oregon schools in October, registered 21 kills and only two errors for a .514 hitting percentage ... Posted a career-high 11 blocks vs. New Mexico (9/11) at the Colorado PowerBar Invitational ... Posted two double-doubles on the season...Tallied 10 or more kills for 11 straight matches to open the season and had 23 double-digit kill nights in 31 matches ... Had at least six blocks in 15 matches, including seven in a row from September 11-October 2.

As a Freshman in 1997 - Member of Pac-10 All-Freshman Team ... Third middle blocker on the squad but saw extensive playing time (31 matches, 59 games) while platooning with Paula McNamee ... Recorded an impressive 56 blocks in 59 games and also had 72 kills to go with a .366 hitting percentage ... Hit .432 in Pac-10 play (45-13-74) ... Established season-highs of seven kills and seven blocks in just two games vs. Arizona State (10/11).

National Competition - Member of the U.S. Youth National Team from 1996-97.

Prep - All-CIF Section as a senior ... Two-time All-Marmonte League selection ... Team MVP as a senior ... Three-year member of the Thousand Oaks varsity squad ... Named the Cal Hi Sports Junior Athlete of the Year in 1996 ... Three-time winner of the Ventura County Coaches Academic Athlete Award ... Class valedictorian ... Played for Robert Haar at Thousand Oaks High School and club ball for Pat Zartman at Spoilers.

Personal - International Relations major ... Born April 25, 1979 ... Daughter of David and Barbara Detmer ... Hobbies include beach volleyball and water skiing.

Jennifer Detmer Career Highs

  • Kills: 23, vs. USC, 9/18/98
  • Aces: 1, three times, last vs. USC, 9/18/98
  • Digs: 5, at USC, 10/20/00
  • Blocks: 12, twice, last at UC Santa Barbara, 12/1/00
  • Assists: 2, at Arizona, 9/25/98

Jennifer Detmer Career Post-Season Statistics

YearGKKPGETAPCTAAPGSASESAPGREDIGDPGBSBATOTBPGBEBHE
199754.8018.3750.0000.0000.00134.8000
199811343.09666.4240.0000.0002.0001010.0020
199919341.791075.3200.0000.0004.21225271.4230
Totals35722.0617149.3690.0000.0006.17338411.1750

Jennifer Detmer Career Statistics

YearGKKPGETAPCTAAPGSASESAPGREDIGDPGBSBATOTBPGBEBHE
199759721.2224131.3660.0020.0003.0594756.9552
19981113643.28103711.3678.0719.01021.19291381671.50265
1999711632.3039351.3531.0100.00021.3016991151.62161
Totals2415992.491661193.3639.0439.01045.19542843381.40478