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Goshen College

2019 Women's Volleyball Roster

4 Jennifer Ritchie

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Junior
  • Position OH/DS
  • Hometown New Carlisle, Ind.
  • Previous School New Prairie HS

Biography

AT GOSHEN:
2019: 
One of four players to take part in all 35 matches and two iron players who appeared in all 135 sets ... team-high 309 kills and second on team with 535 digs ... third on team with 27 aces ... also served and received serve with better than 95 percent efficiency ... added 28 blocks and 29 assists ... 16 matches of double-figure kills, including career-high 18 vs. Thomas More 10/12 ... had two matches with three assists and three matches with three aces ... season high of 4 blocks twice, 8/17 vs. Brescia and 10/29 vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene ... had at least 10 digs in 31 of 35 matches, including 20 or more on seven occasions and an even 30 on 9/27 vs. Spring Arbor.
2018: One of five players to appear in every match and play at least 120 sets ... led team with 314 digs ... added 139 kills and 16 blocks ... set season high with 15 winners in the first match 8/17 vs. Governors State ... later posted two matches of 10 kills 9/8 vs. Siena Heights and 9/12 vs. Saint Francis ... hit .200 or better 9 times, peaking at .800 on 8/21 vs. Roosevelt ... 8 matches with multiple assists, including two distinct streaks of 3 matches in a row ... season-high 4 aces 8/25 vs. Columbia International ... season-high 4 assists also 8/25 vs. Columbia International ... 15 matches with double-digit digs and 4 with at least 20 ... had 22 digs in season opener 8/17 vs. Governors State ... also 27 digs 9/7 vs. Bethel to start a streak of four matches in double figures ... season-high 3 blocks 9/22 vs. Spring Arbor ... recorded 3 solo stuffs on the season.
2017: Played in 109 sets and 31 matches ... recorded 290 digs, second-most on the team ... served at a .934 clip and returned serve at a .961 rate ... finished with 14 matches of double-digit digs ... set career-high of 6 by default on 8/18 vs. Robert Morris before promptly raising it to 10 and 13 in next two matches ... three straight matches of 19 or more digs from 9/20 to 9/23 ... peaked with season-high 21 in win over Taylor on 9/22 ... had season-high 2 blocks 9/23 at Spring Arbor ... two matches of 10 or more kills, 9/23 vs. Spring Arbor and 9/29 vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene ... also had 2 assists in that Spring Arbor match to tie a season high she matched 3 times ... first two career aces came 8/22 vs. Roosevelt and set a season high there as well.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Played for coaches Troy Campbell, Emily Laukus and Ariel Gast at New Prairie High School ... four-year letterwinner ... three-time sectional and regional champion ... won two Northern State Conference titles before that league disbanded ... 2015 Northern Indiana Conference south division champion ... two-time second-team all-NIC pick ... named to 2016 NIC all-academic team ... graduated magna cum laude ... member of National Honor Society and Health Occupations Students of America.

PERSONAL:
Born on August 31 ... parent is Sharon Ritchie ... has a sibling, Ali (21) ... chose Goshen "because of its close-knit community, core values, amazing academics, and its great volleyball program" ... admires her mom because "she always pushes me to be my best and she is always there to support me" ... best athletic moment was being named to the NIC all-academic team in 2016.

QUICK FACTS:
MAJOR: Biochemistry
FUTURE GOALS: Go to medical school or pharmacy school
HOBBIES: Hanging out with friends, going to the beach

FAVORITES:
TV SHOW: The Bachelorette, Survivor, and Grey's Anatomy
MOVIE: Mulan
VACATION SPOT: Orlando, Florida

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2018Sophomore

    DS
    5'7"
    4
  • 4

    2019Junior

    OH/DS
    5'7"
    4