Jennifer Joines

Infobox Volleyball biography
playername = Jennifer Joines


fullname = Jennifer Joines
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1982|11|23|fd=y
cityofbirth = Santa Clara, California
countryofbirth = United States
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = 6' 4" (1.93 m)
position = Middle blocker
currentclub = Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
clubnumber = 9
years =
2007
2008
clubs =
Bigmat San Paolo Chieri
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
nationalyears = 2001-present
nationalteam = flagicon|USA United States

Jennifer Joines (born November 23, 1982) is an American indoor volleyball player. Joines made her first Olympic appearance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and helped Team USA to a silver medal

Personal life

Joines was born in Santa Clara, California to David and Jody Joines. She now calls Milpitas, California home.

She attended Presentation High School in San Jose, California and graduated in 2000. She chose to play volleyball at the University of the Pacific, where she majored in communications and business.

Pacific

In 2003, she capped her career by being selected as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) First-Team All-American and became the first four-time All-American in school history. She was also named the 2003 Big West Conference Player of the Year. She was named first-team All-Big West Conference for the fourth-straight season. For the season, she recorded a .340 hitting percentage with 5.63 kills, 2.09 digs and 1.20 blocks per game.

In 2002, she averaged 4.99 kills and 1.32 blocks per game and finished her junior season third in the Pacific career record book in kills (1,501) and seventh in total blocks (486). As a sophomore in 2001, she led the Tigers and Big West with 601 kills, 4.73 kills per game and a .313 hitting percentage. As a freshman in 2000, she broke 15-year old record for single-season hitting percentage at .402 and was named the Big West Freshman of the Year and First Team All-Big West.

Major international competition

2008
*Olympic Games (Silver Medal)
*U.S. Olympic Team exhibition vs. Brazil
*FIVB World Grand Prix (Fourth Place)2007
*Pan American Cup (Fourth Place)
*FIVB World Grand Prix (Eighth Place)
*NORCECA Championship (Silver Medal)
*FIVB World Cup (Bronze Medal)2006
*Pan American Cup (Fourth Place)
*FIVB World Grand Prix (Seventh Place)
*World Championships (Ninth Place)2005
*Front Range Tour vs. Brazil
*Pan American Cup
*FIVB World Championship Qualifying Tournament (Gold Medal)
*NORCECA Continental Championships (Gold Medal)
*World Champions Cup2003
*Pan American Games (Bronze Medal)

International highlights

2008 – Started eight of nine sets played in the opening preliminary weekend of the FIVB World Grand Prix. She averaged 3.11 points with 2.78 kills and 0.33 blocks per set and compiled a .511 hitting efficiency on 45 swings and just two errors.
2007 – Averaged 2.40 points per set during Pan American Cup and only non-libero to play in all 25 sets. She produced 15 points, including international career-high five blocks, versus Dominican Republic on June 29. She started 18 sets and three matches at the FIVB World Cup and averaged 2.11 points, 1.47 kills and 0.58 blocks per set with an overall .386 hitting percentage.
2006 – Joines averaged 3.33 points in 24 sets over seven matches of a tour of Italy March 22 to April 2. She scored in every match of the Pan American Cup with 10 points against Venezuela and 13 points against Argentina. She scored 61 total points at Pan American Cup. She played in 14 sets of the World Championships with eight individual set starts and compiled 24 points on 18 kills and six blocks, including a personal tournament high 10 points coming off the bench against Kazakhstan on Oct. 31.
2005 – Selected as a member of the USA Women’s National Team that captured the silver medal at the season-ending FIVB World Grand Champions Cup in Japan in November, where the United States finished the tournament with a record of 4-1 as it earned wins over Korea, 2004 Olympic gold medalist China, Poland and Japan along the way.

Professional

Joines played for Toyota Auto Body Queenseis in Japan’s V-League in 2008. In 2007, she played for Bigmat San Paolo Chieri of the Italian Serie A League. Produced a 2.10 points per set average and 52.6 kill efficiency for Chieri, which advanced to the league quarterfinals.

References

External links

* [http://www.usavolleyball.org/National/profiles/women/JenniferJoinesProfile.asp U.S. National Team Bio]
* [http://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/DettaglioAtleta.asp?IdAtleta=JOI-JEN Bio for Bigmat San Paolo Chieri]