COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Jazzmin Babers, who recently completed an illustrious four-year career on the Texas A&M volleyball team, has been named the National Consortium for Academics and Sports PlayMaker of the Month for February, the NCAS announced today.
The NCAS PlayMaker of the Month award program recognizes the academic achievement and community service of student-athletes at NCAS member institutions. Nominated by coaches, administrators and/or teammates, current student-athletes must carry a 3.0 grade point average, and they must be active participants in community/volunteer services and/or social change advocacy.
Babers (pronounced BAY-bers), who is majoring in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in education, is engaged in numerous philanthropic activities. A member of the local Fellowship of Christian Athletes leadership team, Babers is responsible for community outreach. She also serves as a speaker, sharing testimonies at local schools and churches. Last May, Babers and several teammates went on a humanitarian trip to Haiti to spread the gospel and do manual labor.
Other charitable activities she has participated in include spending time at the Bryan Adult Learning Center, where she volunteered in an adult ESL class, taught lessons and helped with one-on-one work; Aggies Move, teaching elementary children how to live active lives and stay healthy while also teaching them basic volleyball skills; Science Olympiad, a science competition for middle school and high school students from throughout Texas in which she helped with set up and take down, monitored and distributed tests, graded tests and was an overseer and judge for certain science competitions; The Big Event in which she helped an elderly couple prepare their home for moving out, painting, cleaning windows and boxing up their items; Residence Hall Move-In Assistance Day, helping new and returning Aggies move into their dorms; Aggies CAN, a student-run food drive, and the Brazos Valley Food Bank, where she packed family food boxes. She also has volunteered at a local elementary school, working one-on-one or in small groups with students needing extra help or with advanced students needing more challenging work.
On the court, Babers started all 122 matches throughout her distinguished career and became the Texas A&M all-time career record holder in total blocks (562) and block assists (494). In addition, her .370 career hitting percentage ranks second in school annals.
Babers, who also holds numerous other Texas A&M all-time and SEC match, season and career records, was named to the 2016 AVCA All-South Region Team and she was selected to the All-SEC Team for a third consecutive season after leading the Aggies with a .363 hitting percentage while averaging 2.53 kills and 3.19 points per set. A team captain, Babers was second on the team with 1.19 blocks per set.
As a senior, Babers also was named to the SEC Community Service Team and she was named First-Team Senior CLASS Award All-American. In addition, she was named to the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll for a third consecutive year.
From Syracuse, New York, Babers aspires to become an elementary school teacher following her graduation in May.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M volleyball. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M volleyball team on Facebook and on Twitter by following @AggieVolleyball.
The NCAS PlayMaker of the Month award program recognizes the academic achievement and community service of student-athletes at NCAS member institutions. Nominated by coaches, administrators and/or teammates, current student-athletes must carry a 3.0 grade point average, and they must be active participants in community/volunteer services and/or social change advocacy.
Babers (pronounced BAY-bers), who is majoring in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in education, is engaged in numerous philanthropic activities. A member of the local Fellowship of Christian Athletes leadership team, Babers is responsible for community outreach. She also serves as a speaker, sharing testimonies at local schools and churches. Last May, Babers and several teammates went on a humanitarian trip to Haiti to spread the gospel and do manual labor.
Other charitable activities she has participated in include spending time at the Bryan Adult Learning Center, where she volunteered in an adult ESL class, taught lessons and helped with one-on-one work; Aggies Move, teaching elementary children how to live active lives and stay healthy while also teaching them basic volleyball skills; Science Olympiad, a science competition for middle school and high school students from throughout Texas in which she helped with set up and take down, monitored and distributed tests, graded tests and was an overseer and judge for certain science competitions; The Big Event in which she helped an elderly couple prepare their home for moving out, painting, cleaning windows and boxing up their items; Residence Hall Move-In Assistance Day, helping new and returning Aggies move into their dorms; Aggies CAN, a student-run food drive, and the Brazos Valley Food Bank, where she packed family food boxes. She also has volunteered at a local elementary school, working one-on-one or in small groups with students needing extra help or with advanced students needing more challenging work.
On the court, Babers started all 122 matches throughout her distinguished career and became the Texas A&M all-time career record holder in total blocks (562) and block assists (494). In addition, her .370 career hitting percentage ranks second in school annals.
Babers, who also holds numerous other Texas A&M all-time and SEC match, season and career records, was named to the 2016 AVCA All-South Region Team and she was selected to the All-SEC Team for a third consecutive season after leading the Aggies with a .363 hitting percentage while averaging 2.53 kills and 3.19 points per set. A team captain, Babers was second on the team with 1.19 blocks per set.
As a senior, Babers also was named to the SEC Community Service Team and she was named First-Team Senior CLASS Award All-American. In addition, she was named to the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll for a third consecutive year.
From Syracuse, New York, Babers aspires to become an elementary school teacher following her graduation in May.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M volleyball. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M volleyball team on Facebook and on Twitter by following @AggieVolleyball.