The University of Akron Athletics
2011 Akron Women's Volleyball

Courtney Jarvis
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Amherst Steele
- Hometown:
- Amherst, Ohio
As a Junior (2010): Started 29 matches and played in 31 total as an outside hitter … Led the team with 337 kills in 113 sets played … Averaged a team-high 2.98 kills per set … Finished with an attack percentage of .214 … Recorded 32 service aces, second on the team, and led the team with a .952 serving percentage in 459 total attempts … Notched 328 digs for a mark of 2.90 digs per set … Tallied 20 total blocks … Led the Zips with 3.36 points per set and 380.0 total points … Named MAC East Division Offensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks on Sept. 20 and Sept. 28.
As a Sophomore (2009): Started 31 matches and played in 124 games ... finished third on the team in kills with 252 (2.03 K/G) ... second on the team in digs with 284 (2.29 D/G) ... sixth on the team in blocks with 22 (.18 B/G) ... had a season high 21 digs against Toledo (Oct. 10) and 14 kills against Indiana State (Aug. 28) ... had double digit kills in 10 contests.
As a Freshman (2008): Played in 52 games in her first year of collegiate competition ... averaged 1.54 kills per game and 1.38 digs per game ... registered her first kill of the season against Binghamton (Aug. 30) ... posted nine kills in only her second match of the year in Akron’s 3-1 win against NC State (Sept 5) ... recorded one double-double against the New Jersey Institute of Technology (Aug. 29) tallying 13 kills and 13 digs, both season highs, while adding two service aces, two assists and one block assist ... her only solo block came vs. Eastern Michigan (Oct. 24) ... recorded a team-high .467 hitting percentage nine kills against NC State (Sept. 5) ... had nine kills and seven digs against Ohio (Nov. 1) ... her best league performance came against Bowling Green (Nov. 15) where she had 13 kills adding seven digs ... posted seven kills and six digs in the Zips first round tournament game against Toledo (Nov. 18).
At Amherst Steele High School: Three-time, first team all-league, all-district and all-county performer ... led the Comets to a 63-14 record over three season and claimed a pair of conference championships ... named to the all-state second team after guiding Amherst Steele to the regional finals as a senior with averages of 5.1 kills and 3.6 digs per game ... also named league MVP her final year ... finished runners up in the district finals as a sophomore and junior .. also played basketball.
Personal: Daughter of Randy and Linda Jarvis ... has an older brother, Ryan ... enjoys reading and playing basketball ... can speak Spanish ... played with teammate Tina Dimitrijevs on the Akron-Canton Elite (A.C.E.) 17 Junior Olympic club team ... majoring in early childhood education ... was a 2008-09 Scholar Baller.