Jacqi Van Liefde

2018 Colorado State Volleyballl - vs. San Jose State, 9/22/18, Fort Collins, Colo. (Orange Out)

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Colorado State Volleyball 2018 vs. Cincinnati 9/1/20182018 Colorado State Volleyballl - vs. Cincinnati, 9/1/18, Fort Collins, Colo.

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Colorado State Volleyball 2018 vs. Illinois 8/24/20182018 Colorado State Volleyballl - vs. Illinois, 8/25/18, Fort Collins, Colo.

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Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-0
Position:
Outside Hitter
Hometown:
Chula Vista, Calif.
High School:
Eastlake High
Major:
Health and Exercise Science

Awards & Honors

Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2018, 2020)
Mountain West Academic All-Conference (2018, 2020, 2021)

2022 (Redshirt Senior): Started in seven of the 17 matches she played in, appearing in 49 sets before suffering an injury… Recorded 80 kills as an outside hitter with a hitting percentage of .344… Added 28 total blocks for the Rams with a season-high of six blocks in match against North Carolina August 26… Recorded her season-high of 12 kills and 14 points against UC Santa Barbara August 27.

2021 (Redshirt Junior) [Match-by-Match]: Started all 30 matches at outside, appearing in 107 sets... Finished fourth on the team with 238 kills... Added 34 total blocks (3-31)... Had a season-high 21 kills, while hitting .559, in a reverse sweep at San Diego State on Oct. 21... Reached double-figure kills in eight times during the season.

2020 (Redshirt Sophomore) [Match-by-Match]: Fall 2020 season was moved to spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and a Mountain West Conference only schedule was played... Appeared in all 15 matches, making seven starts... Played 52 sets all as an outside... Totaled 126 kills in 368 swings for a .171 hitting mark... Reached double-figure kills in five matches, including a career-high 20 kills against Boise State on March 25 when she went 20-7-44 for a .295 hitting percentage... Made her first collegiate start against UNLV on Feb 18.

2019 (Sophomore): Redshirted.

2018 (Freshman) [Match-by-Match]: Appeared in 15 matches as an outside hitter ... Totaled eight kills, including three against Air Force on Oct. 5 ... Added two blocks in 18 sets played.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Eastlake High ... As a freshman she was named Second-Team All-League ... Her sophomore and junior season she earned First-Team All-League and was Co-MVP ... Also on the Honor Roll and placed second in the Biological Science category at the District Science Fair.

Personal: Born on Jan. 22, 2000, in San Diego, Calif. ... Grew up in Chula Vista, Calif. ... Parents are Diane and Paul Van Liefde ... Has an older bother Brice ... Majoring in health and exercise science.

Head Coach Hilbert on Van Liefde: "She is an athletic outside hitter that will need some development, but is really physical – how we want them. I am excited about her and she is a great student and a great kid that plays in an excellent club. She will be somebody that we will develop and will eventually be very powerful and good for us."

Van Liefde on CSU: "I am attracted to the beauty of Fort Collins and the active community of people. The volleyball program is very strong and has a promising future. Throughout my recruiting process and at my unofficial visit, I came to realize how great the Volleyball coaches and players are. Everyone was so welcoming and I really felt at home."