At A Glance: Will serve as team captain for the 2013 season…Has led the team in blocks the past two seasons…Enters the season with 153 career blocks, 12 shy of moving into 10th all-time at Morgan State.
2012 (Junior): Served as co-captain with Ngebui (Natalie) Chafeh…Named to the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team…Was a first-team Morgan State Academic honoree…Led the team in blocks with 70 and finished third in kills with 147…Totaled 24 digs, nine aces and three assists in 89 sets played…Recorded eight kills, a season-high four digs and three blocks in the season finale at Howard (11/9)…Had eight kills, a season-high two service aces, two digs and two blocks against Delaware State (11/4)…Tallied 10 kills, four blocks and one dig at Norfolk (10/26)…Tied a career-high 14 kills and added four blocks and two digs against Bethune-Cookman (10/22)…Totaled a match-high five blocks, nine kills, a dig, an assist and a service ace at Coppin State (10/19)…Notched 11 kills with a career-high hitting percentage of .667, four blocks, two digs and an ace at Delaware State (10/5)…Posted 10 kills and two blocks against Coppin State (9/23)…Finished with 10 kills, five blocks, two digs an assist and a service ace against Rider (9/8) during the Marriot Greyhound Challenge.
2011 (Sophomore): Was a first-team Morgan State All-Academic team honoree…Named to the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic team…Earned the team’s most improved award…Led the Lady Bears in blocks with 83, which ranked sixth in the MEAC and in hitting percentage (.227), which ranked ninth in the MEAC…Finished third on the team in kills with 170…Added six assists, four service aces and 33 digs in the 109 sets played…Tallied six kills, two digs and three blocks against Bethune-Cookman in opening round of the MEAC Championship (11/18)…Recorded a career-high .533 hitting percentage, finishing with 10 kills on 15 attempts and had six blocks against Delaware State (11/6)…Totaled a career-high 14 kills and tied a career-high eight blocks at Hampton (10/30)…Recorded nine kills, and five blocks at Norfolk State (10/28)…Finished with nine kills, four blocks and two digs in a tough five-set loss at American (9/27)…Set a career-high with eight blocks, added 11 kills, three service aces and six digs at Navy (9/20)…Named to the Robert Morris Holiday Inn Classic All-Tournament team, after recording 10 kills, 11 blocks and three digs in three matches (9/16-17)…Notched 12 kills, two digs and two blocks in a five-set win over Providence during the La Salle Invitational (8/26).
2010 (Freshman): Played in just four sets after suffering an injury during preseason training...Saw her first action as a Lady Bear in a Battle of Baltimore match against Loyola-Md. (9/3) and recorded a kill in her only attempt of the season...Collected her lone dig of the season at Coppin State (10/15).
High School: Was a two-sport letterwinner in volleyball and basketball…Lettered for three years on the Lobo volleyball team and two years on the basketball team…A two-time MVP and first-team 5A Desert West All-Region selection in volleyball…Named to the academic all-region team and earned honorable mention second-team all-region honors…Was coached by Emily Tonn…Garnered academic all-region and honorable mention honors…Named team MVP one year and received second-team all-region accolades…Coached by Paula Oxford…Graduated in the Top 1 % of her class…Was a member of the National Honors Society and the team leaders club.
Personal: Born on April 2, 1992 in Honolulu, Hawaii…Daughter of Mark and Losa Wilson…Major is chemistry…Career ambition is to become a successful doctor…Is a member of the chemistry club at Morgan State, National Council of Negro Women, Academic Enrichment Program and the National Society for Collegiate Scholars...Hobbies include hanging out with family and friends and going out…Has volunteered her time with clean-ups and working with community service programs such as Adopt a Highway.
JANELLE’S CAREER HIGHS
Attack Percentage .667 at Delaware State, 10/5/12
Kills 14 twice; last vs. Bethune-Cookman, 10/22/12
Total Attempts 27 three times; last at Coppin State, 10/19/12
Assists 1 five times; last at Coppin State, 10/19/12
Digs 6 twice; last at Hampton, 10/30/11
Aces 3 at Navy, 9/20/11
Blocks 8 twice; last at Hampton, 10/30/11
