Georgia State Volleyball Player Jocelyn Walden, a Career Review

Jocelyn Walden, the lone senior on the PantherBy her junior year Jocelyn had established herself
squad during the 2009 season, is the sixthas one of the top serving threats in the Colonial
Canadian to the play for Georgia State. TheAthletic Association conference. She served an
biology major played four years of high schoolaverage of.30 aces per set and finished tenth in
volleyball and three years of soccer beforethe conference.
deciding to become a Lady Panther.The Panthers started their regular conference
During preseason her first year, Jocelyn flourishedseason with a five-set victory over Delaware
in the victory over Gardner-Webb where she setwhere Jocelyn had eight kills. She followed that
a season high with 10 kills, five digs and fivewith an errorless game against SMU notching four
blocks. A week earlier against the James Madisonkills out of nine total attacks. Having worked her
team, Jocelyn had five kills, five digs and fiveway up the Georgia State team statistical charts,
blocks while that same weekend she wasJocelyn had the third-most digs on the team with
honored as a member of the All-Tournament191. In the blocking category, she finished third
team at the McAlister's Deli/Seahawk Invitational.with 38 total and was first in serving, having
As a sophomore, her more notable preseasonscored a total of 25 aces.
playing accomplishments occurred during theThis 2009 season was her final season as a
team's victory over ETSU where Jocelyn finishedGeorgia State volleyball player and she made the
the match with ten kills and a.400 hittingbest of it, first by committing no errors in the
percentage. Seven days later, she scored sixteam's match against Navy where she finished
service aces in the Panthers victory over Texaswith 10 kills and had a.588 hitting percentage. A
State. The next day against North Texas, Jocelynmonth later against Mercer, the volleyball player
had 12 kills, four assists, four service aces andfrom Canada had 11 kills with only two errors and
seven blocks.added seven blocks with nine digs.
Two weeks later, she had a.500 percentageSince becoming a Georgia State volleyball player,
playing against Appalachian State and increasedJocelyn earned the Colonial Athletic Association
her hitting effectiveness in the next match againstCommissioner's Academic award for all four
Kennesaw State where she had a.528 hittingyears. As a Panther player she finished with 479
percentage blasting eight kills and putting up fivekills, 451 digs, 106 service aces and 52 assists.
blocks.