Jailyn Borum

Jailyn Borum

  • Award
    Women's Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/1/2018
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • School
    Illinois Springfield
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Outside Hitter
  • Hometown
    Sterling, Ill.
  • High School
    Sterling
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jailyn Borum, Illinois Springfield
Jr., L, Sterling, Ill.
Major: Exercise Science

Team Results: 3-1 W vs. Missouri S&T (9/28) | 3-2 W vs. #10 Drury (9/29)
  • Averaged 7.78 digs per set with a .974 serve receive percentage in two GLVC wins last week, including an upset over 10th-ranked Drury - UIS's first win over a top-10 team
  • Set school record with 43 digs vs. Drury
  • Tied for fourth in NCAA for digs in five-set match and second in GLVC
  • Averaged 9.0 digs per set in final three frames vs. Drury to help UIS overcome 0-2 deficit
  • Held Drury to .111 hitting percentage in final three sets, including a negative mark in the deciding fifth set
  • Registered 27 digs vs. S&T
  • Helped hold S&T to .070 hitting in the four-set win
  • Assisted in holding opponents to a .133 hitting percentage on the week
  • Earns Prairie Stars' first-ever Defensive Player of the Week award