Updated August 7, 2008

An outstanding athlete who cracked the line up last season after a redshirt season cut short with a knee injury • was able to gain the year back with a medical redshirt • brings athleticism and ball control to the court • first Saluki volleyball player to earn weekly honors since 2002.

2007
• MVC All-Freshman Team
• Freshman of the Week (Sept. 24)
As a redshirt freshman played in all 31 matches and 100 games • recorded 2.26 kills, 2.98 digs and 0.41 blocks per game • posted a career-best 21 kills against Wichita State (Oct. 26) and 17 digs at Evansville (Oct. 18) • she hit .176 in her first full season at outside hitter and recorded 32 service aces, second on the team • ranked eighth in the league in service aces at 0.32 per game.

2006
Played limited time in eight matches and 28 games before having her season cut short • recorded three kills and averaged 2.32 digs per game.

High School
As a sophomore was named second-team all-conference and Honorable Mention All-Area Lake County • named all-conference and all-area as a junior and senior • earned second team All-State - top 50 special mention in Illinois • was named team MVC and played in high school all-star game senior year • named 2006 Lake County Female Athlete of the Year • in three years of varsity volleyball, her team was 85-20 • also played basketball and softball • a member of the National Honor Society as a prep.

Personal
High School • Lake Zurich
Full name is Jennifer Colleen Berwanger • majoring in therapeutic recreation and physical therapy • carries a 3.81 cumulative GPA • born on August 17, 1988 in Lake Zurich, Ill. • has a brother, Paul, and two sisters, Kristie, a senior on the SIU volleyball team, and Katie, who wrapped up her basketball career at SIU in 2004 • daughter of Paul and Mary Berwanger.