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#3 Jelena Mijatovic Season 2005

Position
Outside Hitter
Height
6'1
Class
Senior
Hometown
Belgrade, Serbia
Previous School
Northwood University
High School
XI Belgrade High School

Updated 1/4/06

SENIOR SEASON (2005)
Played in 106 games in 29 matches … Named a Second-team All-SEC selection … Selected to the all-tournament team at the prestigious UTSA Dome Rally … Most Valuable Player at the Georgia State Invitational … Member of the Georgia Southern Invitational All-Tournament team … Broke the LSU career record for service aces per game … Led the SEC and ranked 13th in the NCAA in service aces per game … Also led the SEC in service aces per game in conference matches … Ranked sixth in the league in kills per game … Recorded the sixth-most kills in a three-game match in school history with 21 against Jacksonville on Aug. 26 … Tied the school record with 70 attempts in a five-game match against Texas A&M on Sept. 10 … Also posted the third-most total attempts with 69 against Notre Dame on Sept. 18 … Recorded the fifth most service aces in a four-game match with seven against Georgia Southern on Aug. 26 … Posted 11 double-doubles on the season … Recorded nine 20-plus kill matches… Led the team with 23 double-figure kill matches … Posted double-figure digs in 11 matches … Led the team in kills in 15 matches and in digs in four matches … Recorded her 1,000th career kill against Georgia State on Sept. 2 … Also finished her career with over 700 career digs.

JUNIOR SEASON (2004)
Played in 92 games in 26 matches … Led the SEC and ranked fourth in the NCAA in service aces per game … Also led the SEC in service aces per game in conference matches … Recorded the third-most service aces in a five-game match in school history with seven against Ole Miss on Oct. 3 … Posted the second-most aces in a four-game match in LSU history with eight against South Carolina on Nov. 5 … Recorded a career-best 26 kills, 12th most in a four-game match in LSU history, on 61 attempts with 21 digs against Kentucky … Posted eight double-doubles on the season … Against Auburn, recorded a career-best .632 hitting percentage … Recorded a career-best five blocks against Mississippi State … On four occasions recorded a pair of assists … Tied for the team lead with 16 double-figure kill matches … Posted double-figure digs in 10 matches … Led the team in kills in 10 matches and in digs in five matches.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2003 – Northwood University)
First-team All-Great Lake Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … Led GLIAC and set the school record in service aces (0.80 per game) … Injured versus Lake Superior State (Oct. 23) and missed the rest of the season … Finished third on the team in kills (321) and second in kills per game (3.57) … Had 10 or more kills in 15 of 25 matches … Registered 20 or more kills six times … Had 21 kills and hit .432 against Lake Superior … Also had notched 21 kills against Indianapolis … Reached 10 kills in 10 of 13 GLIAC contests … Ranked in the top 10 in career kills, kills per game, total attempts, service aces and service aces per game in NU history.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2002 – Northwood University)
Appeared in 33 matches with nine starts … Named Honorable Mention All-GLIAC … Named to the GLIAC All-Tournament team … Team finished ranked 15th in the nation and advanced to the NCAA Regional Finals … Ranked sixth in conference matches with 3.77 kills per game … Garnered 317 kills which ranked third on the team and a .271 hitting percentage … Tallied 98 digs and 38 blocks … Had 10 or more kills in nine of the final 10 matches … Collected a season-high 24 kills at Lake Superior State … Tallied 23 kills and a .436 hitting percentage in the NCAA Regional versus Wheeling Jesuit … Recorded 17 kills and a .583 hitting percentage against Michigan Tech.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended XI Belgrade High School … Team won the 2002 Serbia and Montenegro National Championship … Member of elite Yugoslavia volleyball league

PERSONAL
Parents are Mirko and Djuja Mijatovic … Has an older brother, Predrag … Born on April 29, 1983, in Belgrade, Serbia … hobbies include outdoor sports.

CAREER HIGHS
Hitting Pct.: .632 vs. Auburn (10/29/04)
Kills: 26 vs. Kentucky (10/24/04)
Attempts: 61 vs. Kentucky (10/24/04)
Assists: 3 – twice, last vs. Ole Miss (10/16/05)
Digs: 21 vs. Kentucky (10/24/04)
Service Aces: 8 vs. South Carolina (11/5/04)
Total Blocks: 5 – four times, last vs. Mississippi State (10/9/05)

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