Jacobs Chosen to 2025 Big Ten Volleyball Preseason All-Conference Team

ROSEMONT, Ill. — University of Michigan volleyball graduate-student exterior hitter Allison Jacobs was named to the Big Ten Volleyball Preseason All-Conference Team, the convention introduced Thursday (July 24).

Jacobs is considered one of 9 exterior hitters to make the 20-person workforce. She turns into the primary participant to earn Preseason All-Conference honors below head coach Erin Virtue, with Jess Mruzik final receiving the respect in 2022.

Entering her sixth collegiate volleyball season, Jacobs has tallied 637 profession kills with 438 digs. She began her profession at UCLA earlier than transferring to Michigan earlier than her junior season in 2022. Jacobs performed in 22 matches in her first season with the Wolverines, tallying 61 kills in 49 units. After an damage compelled her to overlook all the 2023 season, Jacobs earned All-Big Ten first-team honors in 2024 with 335 kills on a career-high .243 hitting proportion with 186 digs per set.

Through her first 20 video games final season, she registered 19 double-digit kill video games with a excessive of 25 twice. After getting back from an in-season damage, Jacobs performed solely within the again row for the ultimate three matches. Before the damage, she averaged 4.09 kills per set, which was sixth within the Big Ten.

In the preseason Big Ten coaches ballot, Michigan was voted to complete tenth, the identical place it completed final season.

Jacobs and the Wolverines open the season on the street in Cincinnati earlier than their house opener on Tuesday, Sept. 2 in opposition to Eastern Michigan at Crisler Center. Tickets for the full home season are now on sale.