Jen Barcus

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Class: Senior Hometown: Nine Mile Falls, WA Last College: Washington State

Height: 6-1 Position: MB

Hawk Item - Transferred to Iowa after playing three seasons at Washington State... was recruited by and spent a redshirt year under Head Coach Cindy Fredrick.

2005 at WSU - Led the Cougars in kills (3.05 per game), blocks (1.36 per game) and hitting percentage (.279)... named to UC Davis Aggie Invite All-Tournament Team...named to SLU Billikens Classic All-Tournament Team... in 3-1 win over Arizona State, reached career-high 22 kills, hit .333 and had seven blocks... in 3-2 win at Saint Louis had 19 kills (.548), nine blocks, one ace and three digs... second in Pac-10 at 1.36 blocks per game... career-high 12 digs versus UC Davis... 16 kills, no errors on 35 attacks for .457 against Gonzaga... four aces at EWU...double-figure kills in 19 of 31 matches... five or more blocks in 17 matches... career-high 11 blocks in win over Oregon 11/17...WSU career standings fifth in career block assists (336), ninth in career solo blocks (43) and seventh in total blocks (379).

2004 at WSU - Averaged 1.98 kills per game, third on team... averaged 2.10 kpg in conference matches... opened season with a career-high 15 kills (.323) and three blocks against UNLV... had 15 kills (.522) and 6 blocks in win over Gonzaga... second best blocker on team with 0.88 blocks per game average... had 6 blocks at No. 2 USC, 8 blocks vs. No. 1 Washington, and 6 blocks vs. No. 6 USC... against No. 22 Arizona, landed 7 kills with 1 error on 10 attacks for .600 hpct... season-best eight blocks and career-high 18.5 points in No. 1 UW match 11/5... her .219 hitting percentage is second on team.

2003 at WSU - Starter all season... second on heat and sixth-best in Pac-10 with 1.16 blocks per game average... tallied 10 blocks four times - against Wichita State, Loyola Marymount, Oregon State and UCLA... had 13 kills and hit .423 against Idaho... served up four aces against Arizona... best match was 10 kills, .375 hitting percentage, and 10 blocks in win over No. 22 Loyola Marymount... third on team in aces with 25 and 0.23 sapg.

2002 at WSU - Saw action in four of the Cougars first 10 games and had four blocks... back pain caused her to stop playing... granted a medical hardship so this season became a redshirt season.

High School - Two-time Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year for the state of Washington (2001 and 2002)... led her team to state 2A championships three times after placing third her freshman year... named MVP of the state tournament twice... four-time All-Great Northern League team member and three-time all-state selection... also an outstanding basketball player, named 2002 Seattle Times State 2A Girls Basketball Player of the Year and selected to USA Today All-America prep team as a senior... played on the Spokane Splash club team for coach Wade Benson... team finished 18th at both 2001 and 2002 Volleyball Festival.

Personal - Born January 19, 1984... parents are Randy and Colleen Barcus... women's studies major... has an older brother Joe.