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2024 Volleyball Roster

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  • OPP
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Los Angeles, Calif.
    Hometown
  • 6'0
    Height
  • Notre Dame HS
    High School
  • Howard
    Previous School
Jennifer Bolden
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Jennifer Bolden
OPP
Position
Graduate Student
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Los Angeles, Calif.
Hometown

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Biography

• 2023 MEAC All-Championship Team
• 2022 MEAC Player of the Week
• 2020-21 MEAC Rookie of the Year
• 2021, 2022 2023 MEAC All-Academic Team


2024 (5th Year):
Traveled with the Bears and played in the Foreign Tour matches in Austria, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia ... Finished the season playing in 13 sets across 11 matches … Had 10 kills and four blocks for the Bears … Came into the match against Campbell and recorded one kill on her lone swing (9/1) ... Subbed into the match against Samford and had three swings, one being the final blow in the last set to get the Bears’ win (9/15) ... Came into the match against No. 22 TCU, getting a kill on her only swing but also putting up a block with Manuela Bibinbe (10/6) ... Came in against Colorado and had one of the final kills of the match, also putting up a block assist (11/1) ... Had one dig and swing against UCF (11/9) ... Played against both Kansas State and No. 12 Kansas, getting a kill and two blocks against the Jayhawks (11/16) ... Started the match against Houston for Senior Night, getting two kills and two digs (11/23) ... Served in the match at Cincinnati (11/27) … Played in both the first and second round matches of the NCAA tournament against Wofford (12/5) and No. 23 Dayton (12/6).

2023 (Senior) – Howard:
Wore No. 7 in her four years with Howard ... Played in all 27 matches for the Bison ... Raked in 236 kills, most in a single season for her career ... Dug a season-best 38 balls ... Had 32 blocks on the year ... Recorded her first ace of her career against UMES, as well as had a career-high 18 kills against the Hawks (10/29) ... Helped Howard advance to the finals of the MEAC Championship ... Named to the MEAC All-Tournament Team ... Guided her team to the NIVC Tournament where Howard fell in the first round to Saint John's ... Finished her career with 261 kills and 99 digs along with 87.5 blocks.

2022 (Junior) – Howard:
Played in 77 sets over 22 matches … Earned a MEAC Player of the Week Award … Was fifth in the MEAC in kills per set (2.64), ninth in hitting percentage (.245) and ninth in points per set (2.89) … Had 203 kills and 31 digs … Was one of six Howard players with over 100 kills … Had seven matches with double-digit kills including a season-high 17 against Delaware State (10/20) … Collected 16 kills against Fairfield (9/11) and 13 kills against Tulane (9/2) … Had four digs in three matches: George Mason, and UMES twice … Had five solo blocks and 29 block assists … Helped Howard earn a share of the MEAC regular season title, advance to the MEAC semifinals, and win 20 games for the first time since 2019.

2021 (Sophomore) – Howard:
Finished the season having played in 19 matches with 129 kills and 20 digs ... Recorded three matches with double-digit kills ... Had a game-high 14 kills against Georgetown (8/28) ... Had a .500 hitting percentage, 10-1-18, against Morgan State (10/29) ... Helped Howard earn a share of the regular-season MEAC title ... Had three kills and one dig to help her team win the MEAC Championship ... Played in the NCAA First Round against Ohio State (11/20).

2020-2021 (Freshman) – Howard: 
Named to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) All-Rookie Team ... Competed in all 14 matches (51 sets) ... Finished second on the team in total kills (113) and third in total blocks (17) ... Produced four double-digit kill performances ... Registered nine kills in her collegiate debut versus George Mason (1/29) ... Recorded 11 kills at George Washington (2/9) ... Had a season-best 14 kills at Delaware State (3/22).

High School: 
Honor Roll all four years at Notre Dame High School … Earned All-Academic honors … Made First and Second Team All-League ... Played club volleyball for SG Elite and Mizuno.
 
Personal: 
Daughter of Joey Bolden and Jacqueline Williams ... Sister to Rafeal and Bolden, Matthew Durosseau ... Related to Arvis Harper, one of the first African-American baseball players at Arkansas and drafted by the Houston Astros ... Graduated from Howard University in May 2024 with her degree in Health Sciences ... Is studying for her master's of Medical Science at Baylor with the goal of being an anesthesiologist.