2014 Volleyball Roster
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Southeastern Louisiana
Sep 18 (Thu)
6:00 PM
Jersey Number 22
Jazzmin Babers
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Midway (Waco, Texas)
- Hometown:
- Syracuse, N.Y.
Bio
2016
2015
2014
2013
CAREER HIGHS
Category Career High
Kills 23 at South Carolina (10/10/15)
Attempts at South Carolina (10/10/15); 37 vs. New Mexico State (9/6/15)
Hit% (min. 10 k) .765 [14-1-17] at Auburn (9/30/15); [13-0-17] at Arkansas (11/19/14)
Assists 3 seven times
Aces 1 vs. New Mexico State (9/6/15); vs. Abilene Christian (9/5/15)
Digs 5 at UTEP (9/10/16); vs. Michigan (9/13/13)
Blk Solos 3 five times
Blk Assists 13 vs. UTSA (8/30/14)
Total Blocks 14 vs. UTSA (8/30/14)
Points 27.0 vs. New Mexico State (9/6/15)
2016 (SENIOR)
Started every match of her career (122)…Became the Texas A&M all-time career record holder for total blocks (562) and block assists (494)…Hit .370 for her career, ranking second in the Texas A&M all-time records…Finished her career holding a combined 29 Texas A&M career, season and match records, including A&M SEC records only…Named to the AVCA All-South Region Team and the All-SEC Team for a third consecutive year…The Texas A&M co-MVP also was named First-Team Senior CLASS Award All-American, an award that focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities, and was an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar award semifinalist…Broke the A&M career total blocks record with an 11-block performance at Auburn on Nov. 26, passing Cindy Lothspeich (1994-97), who had 552…Had seven block assists against Tennessee on Nov. 6 to set the A&M all-time career record breaking the previous record of 456 also previously held by Lothspeich…Finished fifth in A&M records for career total points (1,456) and 10th in career solo blocks (68)…Surpassed 1,000 career kills at Arkansas, becoming the 17th player in school history to reach the milestone and finished with 1,139 career kills, ranking 12th in the A&M records…Became the third* player in in program history to record more than 1,000 kills and 500 total blocks in a career (*Sherri Brinkman’s (1982-85) totals are incomplete)…Led A&M, was fifth in the SEC and 42nd in the nation with a .363 hitting efficiency for the full season…Was second on the team and fifth in the SEC with 1.19 blocks per set for the full season…Averaged 2.53 kills and 3.19 points per set for the full season…Averaged 2.37 kills and 3.18 points per set in SEC matches only…Led A&M and was sixth in the SEC with a .371 hitting percentage in SEC matches only…Also led A&M and was third in the SEC with 1.43 blocks per set in SEC matches only…Recorded two double-doubles, including an 11-kill, 11-block performance at Tennessee on Nov. 16…Posted double-figure kills 13 times…Led or tied for the team lead in blocks in 13 matches, in points in seven matches and in kills in six matches.
2015 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Became the eighth player in Texas A&M history to be selected to an AVCA All-America team, garnering second team honors after hitting a school season-record .412, smashing the previous record of .400 set by former two-time AVCA All-American Sherri Brinkman in 1984 and tied by Babers in 2014…Received All-American Honorable Mention from PrepVolleyball.com…Named AVCA All-South Region, All-SEC and Texas A&M Co-Best Offensive Player for a second consecutive year…Was a three-time SEC Player of the Week and a four-time SEC Defensive Player of the Week…Became the third player in Texas A&M history to be named AVCA national Player of the Week after leading the Aggies to a 3-0 victory over No. 19 Kentucky and a 3-2 win against No. 14 Florida, hitting a combined .396 and averaging 1.88 blocks, 3.12 kills and 4.06 points per set in the two matches…Her .412 hitting percentage ranked 15th in the nation and third in the SEC…Also ranked 25th in the nation and third in the SEC with 1.37 blocks per set for the full season…In conference matches only, led the SEC with a .441 hitting percentage and was second in the league with 1.46 blocks per set…Also led the Aggies with 3.17 kills and 3.96 points for the full season and 3.38 kills and 4.20 points per set in conference matches only…Led or tied for the team lead in in blocks in 21 matches, in points in 14 matches and in kills in 12 matches…Broke or tied 11 Texas A&M SEC records…Tied the Texas A&M SEC record for hitting percentage when making 15-19 attempts in a match after hitting .765 with 13 kills and only one error in 17 attempts at Auburn on Sept. 30…Posted double-figure kills in a team-leading 20 matches, including four contests in which she had 20 or more kills…Her career-high 23 kills in a 3-2 win at South Carolina were the most by a Texas A&M player in 2015 and tied the Texas A&M record for most kills in an SEC match…Her 10 blocks in a 3-2 victory against Florida set a Texas A&M record for blocks in an SEC five-set match…Her 27 points against New Mexico State was the most by an Aggie in a five-set match in 2015…Had 20 kills and 23.5 points against Milwaukee, both season-highs by an A&M player in a four-set match…Also had the most kills and points by a Texas A&M player in a three-set match with 16 and 19, respectively, against Missouri…Had 10 or more blocks in three matches and recorded two double-doubles…Tallied 135 block assists, ranking fourth in the Texas A&M all-time season records…Her 156 total blocks ties for eighth in the school season records…The MVP of the Texas A&M Invitational, also was named to the all-tournament team at the Comfort Suites Challenge at Iowa…Named to the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll for a second consecutive year…Has started every match (92) of her career…Will enter her senior year ranked sixth in the Texas A&M career records with 381 block assists and eighth in career blocks with 434…Also ranks 10th in the Texas A&M career record with 1111.5 points.
2014 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Garnered AVCA Honorable Mention All-America, AVCA All-South Region, All-SEC and Texas A&M Co-Offensive Player of the Year accolades after tying the all-time school record, ranking second in the SEC and 18th in the nation with a .400 hitting percentage for the full season…Was second in the SEC with a .449 hitting percentage in SEC matches only, just missing the Texas A&M SEC season record of .450…Hit .452 and averaged 3.03 kills and 3.71 points per set when posting 10 or more kills…Hit .368 with 2.73 kills and 3.60 points per set in Texas A&M’s eight matches against ranked opponents…Averaged 2.63 kills and 3.30 points per set for the full season…Posted double-digit kills in 16 matches, including in 12 of the last 14 matches…Had a career-high 19 kills in a five-set match at Alabama on Oct. 31…Four times posted double-figure kills without an attack error, including 13 kills in 17 attempts in the 3-1 win at Arkansas on Nov. 19, tying a school record in an SEC match and tying for third in the A&M records for all matches with a .765 hitting percentage when making 15-19 attempts…Also was errorless with double-figure kills against No. 6 USC and No. 16 Kentucky, as well as UTSA…Registered the first double-double of her career with 11 kills and a career-high 14 blocks against UTSA…Set a school record with 13 block assists against UTSA…Her 14 total blocks against the Roadrunners tied the Texas A&M all-time record for most blocks in a five-set match and also tied for second in the Texas A&M all-time records for most blocks in all matches…The 14 total blocks also marked the most by an Aggie since the 25-point scoring cap went into effect in 2008, and it tied for the most blocks by an SEC player in 2014…Led the Maroon and White and was fourth in the SEC with 1.20 blocks per set for the full season…In SEC matches only, ranked fifth in the league with 1.06 blocks per set and was 12th with 3.47 points per set…Also in SEC matches only, led Texas A&M and ranked 13th in the SEC with 2.89 kills per set…Took team-high honors in blocks in a team-leading 21 matches and led the team in kills in nine matches…Started every match for the second consecutive year to continue her streak of having started every match (61) of her career…Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2013 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Started every match (31) and played in every set (111)…Was named AVCA All-South Region Honorable Mention and selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team…Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week (9/14) and named all-tournament at the Texas A&M Invitational after averaging 1.82 blocks per set against No. 7 Michigan, No. 16 Florida State and Siena while leading the Aggies to the tournament title…Named SEC Freshman Player of the Week (11/18) after hitting a combined .444 and averaging 1.33 blocks, 2.11 kills and 2.83 points per set in sweeps over LSU, Tennessee and Auburn…Posted 128 block assists throughout the season, ranking sixth in the Texas A&M all-time season records…Led Texas A&M, was second in the SEC and 40th in the nation with 1.31 blocks per set for the full season…Averaged 1.42 blocks per set against ranked opponents…Finished fourth in the SEC with 1.36 blocks per set in conference matches only…Took or tied for team-high honors in blocks in a team-leading 23 matches…Had 11 blocks against No. 7 Michigan (Sept. 13), the most blocks by an Aggie freshman since 2001 and tying for second most amongst all SEC players in 2013…Had nine blocks apiece against Georgia and Auburn, tying for the second most blocks by an SEC player in a three-set conference match in 2013...Made her college debut in the 3-0 season opening win against South Dakota State on Aug. 30 and posted eight kills and zero errors in 10 attempts for a .800 hitting percentage, tying for third in the Texas A&M all-time match records for hitting percentage with 10-14 attack attempts…Reached double figures in kills for the first time in her career with 10 in the 3-1 win at UTSA (Sept. 6) and finished the season with five 10-kill performances…Hit .306 in SEC matches only, ranking 15th in the league…Hit .285 and averaged 1.92 kills and 2.65 points per set for the full season.
2012 (FRESHMAN)
Redshirted while training and learning under the tutelage of starting senior middle blockers Lindsey Miller and Stephanie Minnerly...Named to the 2012-13 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
Along with future Texas A&M teammate Angela Lowak, helped lead Austin Juniors to the 2011 USA Junior National Championship 17 Open Division title…Coached by Glen Lietzke, her 18s team placed fifth at 2012 Junior Nationals…Joined Austin Juniors in 2010…Was a three-year varsity starter for coach Janet Angell at Midway High School in Waco, Texas…Helped lead the Panthers to a district championship every year while seeing action as both a middle blocker and outside hitter…Earned all-state honors from the Texas Girls Coaches Association as a senior despite missing the latter part of the season following shoulder surgery…Also was named to the 2011 TGCA academic all-state team and was on PrepVolleyball.com’s preseason list of Senior Aces 150…As a junior, was named first-team all-District 8-4A and also was named the district’s most outstanding hitter…In addition, was named to LoneStarVolleyball.com’s All-Texas Team Special Recognition list…Named the 2009 Waco Tribune-Herald Super CenTex Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore…Lists winning the 2011 USA Junior National Championships in the 17 Open Division as the most memorable moment of her prep athletic career.
PERSONAL
Jazzmin LeeAnn Babers is the daughter of Dino and Susan Babers…Her father is the head football coach at Syracuse University and a former offensive coordinator at Texas A&M under then head coach R.C. Slocum…Her dad played football at Hawaii, and her mother lettered in volleyball for the Rainbow Wahine and legendary coach Dave Shoji…Has three sisters who all love to travel, including her oldest sister, Breeahnah, who was a teacher in South Korea, and her second oldest sister, Tasha, who recently spent a year in Hawaii editing film for a Christian organization, as well as her little sister, Paris…Jazzmin got her name because by the third girl her mom had run out of names and asked her oldest daughter what she wanted to name her new baby sister and she said Princess Jasmine…Jazzmin played soccer most of her childhood and did not pick up a volleyball until her freshman year of high school…In addition to Texas A&M, made official recruiting visits to Rice and Louisville…Chose to sign with Texas A&M because, “when I visited, I just loved the coaches, the people were very friendly and it just felt right”…Most memorable athletic moment at Texas A&M is beating Missouri to win the SEC title…Chose to wear No. 22 so she can have her jersey number in her name (Ja22min)…Hobbies include going to church, baking, arts and crafts, shopping and having fun and laughing…Is a member of the FCA leadership team…Was one of 11 volleyball players and 28 Aggie student-athletes overall to go on a mission trip to Haiti in May…Participates in numerous other volunteer activities, including 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 how to stay healthy while also teaching them the basic volleyball skills; SAAC Movie at the Mound, helping to organize the SAAC event put on for the community; Science Olympiad, a science competition for middle school and high school students from all around 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 older couple prepare their home for moving out, painting, cleaning windows and boxing up their items; Junior Aggie Club end-of-year celebration, playing with children and thanking them for their support of Aggie Athletics; and Residence Hall Move-In Assistance Day, helping new and returning Aggies move into their dorms…Also volunteers 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...Has been a member of the Texas A&M Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll in each of the last five semesters…Majoring in interdisciplinary studies (elementary education)…Slated to graduate in May 2017…Career ambition is to be an elementary teacher…Born February 13, 1994, in La Habra, Calif.
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Favorites:
Miscellaneous:
Teammate who:
Teammate who would be the best candidate for:
- First-Team Senior CLASS Award All-American
- AVCA All-South Region Team
- All-SEC Team
- Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award semifinalist
- SEC Community Service Team
- SEC Defensive Player of the Week (10/3)
- Texas A&M Co-MVP
- Texas A&M Best Offensive Player Award
- Preseason All-SEC Team
- Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Fall AD Honor Roll
2015
- AVCA Second Team All-America
- PrepVolleyball.com All-American Honorable Mention
- AVCA All-South Region Team
- All-SEC Team
- Texas A&M Co-Best Offensive Player
- Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week
- 3-time SEC Player of the Week (10/5, 11/9, 11/23)
- 4-time SEC Defensive Player of the Week (9/8, 10/5, 11/9, 11/23)
- MVP - Texas A&M Invitational
- Comfort Suites Challenge All-Tournament Team
- Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014
- AVCA Honorable Mention All-America
- AVCA All-South Region Team
- All-SEC Team
- Texas A&M Co-Best Offensive Player Award
- SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2013
- AVCA All-South Region Honorable Mention
- SEC All-Freshman Team
- Texas A&M Most Improved Player Award
- SEC Freshman of the Week (11/18)
- SEC Defensive Player of the Week (9/16)
- Texas A&M Invitational All-Tournament Team
CAREER HIGHS
Category Career High
Kills 23 at South Carolina (10/10/15)
Attempts at South Carolina (10/10/15); 37 vs. New Mexico State (9/6/15)
Hit% (min. 10 k) .765 [14-1-17] at Auburn (9/30/15); [13-0-17] at Arkansas (11/19/14)
Assists 3 seven times
Aces 1 vs. New Mexico State (9/6/15); vs. Abilene Christian (9/5/15)
Digs 5 at UTEP (9/10/16); vs. Michigan (9/13/13)
Blk Solos 3 five times
Blk Assists 13 vs. UTSA (8/30/14)
Total Blocks 14 vs. UTSA (8/30/14)
Points 27.0 vs. New Mexico State (9/6/15)
2016 (SENIOR)
Started every match of her career (122)…Became the Texas A&M all-time career record holder for total blocks (562) and block assists (494)…Hit .370 for her career, ranking second in the Texas A&M all-time records…Finished her career holding a combined 29 Texas A&M career, season and match records, including A&M SEC records only…Named to the AVCA All-South Region Team and the All-SEC Team for a third consecutive year…The Texas A&M co-MVP also was named First-Team Senior CLASS Award All-American, an award that focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities, and was an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar award semifinalist…Broke the A&M career total blocks record with an 11-block performance at Auburn on Nov. 26, passing Cindy Lothspeich (1994-97), who had 552…Had seven block assists against Tennessee on Nov. 6 to set the A&M all-time career record breaking the previous record of 456 also previously held by Lothspeich…Finished fifth in A&M records for career total points (1,456) and 10th in career solo blocks (68)…Surpassed 1,000 career kills at Arkansas, becoming the 17th player in school history to reach the milestone and finished with 1,139 career kills, ranking 12th in the A&M records…Became the third* player in in program history to record more than 1,000 kills and 500 total blocks in a career (*Sherri Brinkman’s (1982-85) totals are incomplete)…Led A&M, was fifth in the SEC and 42nd in the nation with a .363 hitting efficiency for the full season…Was second on the team and fifth in the SEC with 1.19 blocks per set for the full season…Averaged 2.53 kills and 3.19 points per set for the full season…Averaged 2.37 kills and 3.18 points per set in SEC matches only…Led A&M and was sixth in the SEC with a .371 hitting percentage in SEC matches only…Also led A&M and was third in the SEC with 1.43 blocks per set in SEC matches only…Recorded two double-doubles, including an 11-kill, 11-block performance at Tennessee on Nov. 16…Posted double-figure kills 13 times…Led or tied for the team lead in blocks in 13 matches, in points in seven matches and in kills in six matches.
2015 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Became the eighth player in Texas A&M history to be selected to an AVCA All-America team, garnering second team honors after hitting a school season-record .412, smashing the previous record of .400 set by former two-time AVCA All-American Sherri Brinkman in 1984 and tied by Babers in 2014…Received All-American Honorable Mention from PrepVolleyball.com…Named AVCA All-South Region, All-SEC and Texas A&M Co-Best Offensive Player for a second consecutive year…Was a three-time SEC Player of the Week and a four-time SEC Defensive Player of the Week…Became the third player in Texas A&M history to be named AVCA national Player of the Week after leading the Aggies to a 3-0 victory over No. 19 Kentucky and a 3-2 win against No. 14 Florida, hitting a combined .396 and averaging 1.88 blocks, 3.12 kills and 4.06 points per set in the two matches…Her .412 hitting percentage ranked 15th in the nation and third in the SEC…Also ranked 25th in the nation and third in the SEC with 1.37 blocks per set for the full season…In conference matches only, led the SEC with a .441 hitting percentage and was second in the league with 1.46 blocks per set…Also led the Aggies with 3.17 kills and 3.96 points for the full season and 3.38 kills and 4.20 points per set in conference matches only…Led or tied for the team lead in in blocks in 21 matches, in points in 14 matches and in kills in 12 matches…Broke or tied 11 Texas A&M SEC records…Tied the Texas A&M SEC record for hitting percentage when making 15-19 attempts in a match after hitting .765 with 13 kills and only one error in 17 attempts at Auburn on Sept. 30…Posted double-figure kills in a team-leading 20 matches, including four contests in which she had 20 or more kills…Her career-high 23 kills in a 3-2 win at South Carolina were the most by a Texas A&M player in 2015 and tied the Texas A&M record for most kills in an SEC match…Her 10 blocks in a 3-2 victory against Florida set a Texas A&M record for blocks in an SEC five-set match…Her 27 points against New Mexico State was the most by an Aggie in a five-set match in 2015…Had 20 kills and 23.5 points against Milwaukee, both season-highs by an A&M player in a four-set match…Also had the most kills and points by a Texas A&M player in a three-set match with 16 and 19, respectively, against Missouri…Had 10 or more blocks in three matches and recorded two double-doubles…Tallied 135 block assists, ranking fourth in the Texas A&M all-time season records…Her 156 total blocks ties for eighth in the school season records…The MVP of the Texas A&M Invitational, also was named to the all-tournament team at the Comfort Suites Challenge at Iowa…Named to the Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll for a second consecutive year…Has started every match (92) of her career…Will enter her senior year ranked sixth in the Texas A&M career records with 381 block assists and eighth in career blocks with 434…Also ranks 10th in the Texas A&M career record with 1111.5 points.
2014 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Garnered AVCA Honorable Mention All-America, AVCA All-South Region, All-SEC and Texas A&M Co-Offensive Player of the Year accolades after tying the all-time school record, ranking second in the SEC and 18th in the nation with a .400 hitting percentage for the full season…Was second in the SEC with a .449 hitting percentage in SEC matches only, just missing the Texas A&M SEC season record of .450…Hit .452 and averaged 3.03 kills and 3.71 points per set when posting 10 or more kills…Hit .368 with 2.73 kills and 3.60 points per set in Texas A&M’s eight matches against ranked opponents…Averaged 2.63 kills and 3.30 points per set for the full season…Posted double-digit kills in 16 matches, including in 12 of the last 14 matches…Had a career-high 19 kills in a five-set match at Alabama on Oct. 31…Four times posted double-figure kills without an attack error, including 13 kills in 17 attempts in the 3-1 win at Arkansas on Nov. 19, tying a school record in an SEC match and tying for third in the A&M records for all matches with a .765 hitting percentage when making 15-19 attempts…Also was errorless with double-figure kills against No. 6 USC and No. 16 Kentucky, as well as UTSA…Registered the first double-double of her career with 11 kills and a career-high 14 blocks against UTSA…Set a school record with 13 block assists against UTSA…Her 14 total blocks against the Roadrunners tied the Texas A&M all-time record for most blocks in a five-set match and also tied for second in the Texas A&M all-time records for most blocks in all matches…The 14 total blocks also marked the most by an Aggie since the 25-point scoring cap went into effect in 2008, and it tied for the most blocks by an SEC player in 2014…Led the Maroon and White and was fourth in the SEC with 1.20 blocks per set for the full season…In SEC matches only, ranked fifth in the league with 1.06 blocks per set and was 12th with 3.47 points per set…Also in SEC matches only, led Texas A&M and ranked 13th in the SEC with 2.89 kills per set…Took team-high honors in blocks in a team-leading 21 matches and led the team in kills in nine matches…Started every match for the second consecutive year to continue her streak of having started every match (61) of her career…Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2013 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Started every match (31) and played in every set (111)…Was named AVCA All-South Region Honorable Mention and selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team…Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week (9/14) and named all-tournament at the Texas A&M Invitational after averaging 1.82 blocks per set against No. 7 Michigan, No. 16 Florida State and Siena while leading the Aggies to the tournament title…Named SEC Freshman Player of the Week (11/18) after hitting a combined .444 and averaging 1.33 blocks, 2.11 kills and 2.83 points per set in sweeps over LSU, Tennessee and Auburn…Posted 128 block assists throughout the season, ranking sixth in the Texas A&M all-time season records…Led Texas A&M, was second in the SEC and 40th in the nation with 1.31 blocks per set for the full season…Averaged 1.42 blocks per set against ranked opponents…Finished fourth in the SEC with 1.36 blocks per set in conference matches only…Took or tied for team-high honors in blocks in a team-leading 23 matches…Had 11 blocks against No. 7 Michigan (Sept. 13), the most blocks by an Aggie freshman since 2001 and tying for second most amongst all SEC players in 2013…Had nine blocks apiece against Georgia and Auburn, tying for the second most blocks by an SEC player in a three-set conference match in 2013...Made her college debut in the 3-0 season opening win against South Dakota State on Aug. 30 and posted eight kills and zero errors in 10 attempts for a .800 hitting percentage, tying for third in the Texas A&M all-time match records for hitting percentage with 10-14 attack attempts…Reached double figures in kills for the first time in her career with 10 in the 3-1 win at UTSA (Sept. 6) and finished the season with five 10-kill performances…Hit .306 in SEC matches only, ranking 15th in the league…Hit .285 and averaged 1.92 kills and 2.65 points per set for the full season.
2012 (FRESHMAN)
Redshirted while training and learning under the tutelage of starting senior middle blockers Lindsey Miller and Stephanie Minnerly...Named to the 2012-13 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
Along with future Texas A&M teammate Angela Lowak, helped lead Austin Juniors to the 2011 USA Junior National Championship 17 Open Division title…Coached by Glen Lietzke, her 18s team placed fifth at 2012 Junior Nationals…Joined Austin Juniors in 2010…Was a three-year varsity starter for coach Janet Angell at Midway High School in Waco, Texas…Helped lead the Panthers to a district championship every year while seeing action as both a middle blocker and outside hitter…Earned all-state honors from the Texas Girls Coaches Association as a senior despite missing the latter part of the season following shoulder surgery…Also was named to the 2011 TGCA academic all-state team and was on PrepVolleyball.com’s preseason list of Senior Aces 150…As a junior, was named first-team all-District 8-4A and also was named the district’s most outstanding hitter…In addition, was named to LoneStarVolleyball.com’s All-Texas Team Special Recognition list…Named the 2009 Waco Tribune-Herald Super CenTex Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore…Lists winning the 2011 USA Junior National Championships in the 17 Open Division as the most memorable moment of her prep athletic career.
PERSONAL
Jazzmin LeeAnn Babers is the daughter of Dino and Susan Babers…Her father is the head football coach at Syracuse University and a former offensive coordinator at Texas A&M under then head coach R.C. Slocum…Her dad played football at Hawaii, and her mother lettered in volleyball for the Rainbow Wahine and legendary coach Dave Shoji…Has three sisters who all love to travel, including her oldest sister, Breeahnah, who was a teacher in South Korea, and her second oldest sister, Tasha, who recently spent a year in Hawaii editing film for a Christian organization, as well as her little sister, Paris…Jazzmin got her name because by the third girl her mom had run out of names and asked her oldest daughter what she wanted to name her new baby sister and she said Princess Jasmine…Jazzmin played soccer most of her childhood and did not pick up a volleyball until her freshman year of high school…In addition to Texas A&M, made official recruiting visits to Rice and Louisville…Chose to sign with Texas A&M because, “when I visited, I just loved the coaches, the people were very friendly and it just felt right”…Most memorable athletic moment at Texas A&M is beating Missouri to win the SEC title…Chose to wear No. 22 so she can have her jersey number in her name (Ja22min)…Hobbies include going to church, baking, arts and crafts, shopping and having fun and laughing…Is a member of the FCA leadership team…Was one of 11 volleyball players and 28 Aggie student-athletes overall to go on a mission trip to Haiti in May…Participates in numerous other volunteer activities, including 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 how to stay healthy while also teaching them the basic volleyball skills; SAAC Movie at the Mound, helping to organize the SAAC event put on for the community; Science Olympiad, a science competition for middle school and high school students from all around 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 older couple prepare their home for moving out, painting, cleaning windows and boxing up their items; Junior Aggie Club end-of-year celebration, playing with children and thanking them for their support of Aggie Athletics; and Residence Hall Move-In Assistance Day, helping new and returning Aggies move into their dorms…Also volunteers 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...Has been a member of the Texas A&M Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll in each of the last five semesters…Majoring in interdisciplinary studies (elementary education)…Slated to graduate in May 2017…Career ambition is to be an elementary teacher…Born February 13, 1994, in La Habra, Calif.
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Favorites:
- Favorite class subject: Science
- Favorite quote: For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. –Jeremiah 29:11
- Favorite volleyball player: Stephanie Aiple
- Favorite social media site: Instagram
- Favorite app: Pandora
- Favorite type of music: Christian- anything by Bethel Music
- Favorite food: pizza and French fries
- Favorite TV show: Grey’s Anatomy
- Favorite books: Heaven is for Real, Kisses from Katie
- Favorite movies: Titanic, Tuck Everlasting, The Guardian
- Favorite Disney character: Princess Jasmine because I was named after her
- Favorite part about the sport of volleyball: Blocking the other team
- Favorite sport to play other than volleyball: Soccer
- Favorite thing about Texas A&M: The friendly people
- Favorite Aggie tradition: Whooping
- Favorite Karaoke song to sing: Downtown by Macklemore
Miscellaneous:
- My nickname is: Jazz
- One word to describe me when I’m on the court: Happy
- One word to describe me away from the court: Unique
- The person who has had the greatest impact on my athletic career: Every coach I’ve ever had
- The Aggie volleyball player I most idolized while growing up: I actually liked Aggie soccer
- The person I would most like to meet: Jesus
- People have told me that I look like: The black Barbie
- The most famous athlete I have met: Laurie Corbelli
- The song title that best describes me: Happy by Pharrell
- Song most listened to: I have been obsessed with Pandora so a little bit of everything
- Musical instruments that I play: My parents forgot to put me in music lessons…
- When I was little, I dreamed of being a: Police officer
- Early bird or night owl: Little bit of both, depends on the day
- Something I've always wanted to do but haven't: Ride on a train
- The reality show I would most like to participate in is: Big Brother
- I can’t believe I watch this show: WWE Wrestling
- Few people know that I: Have a Hawaiian middle name. It is AlohaLani and it means compassion.
- My best non-athletic talent: I can belly dance
- My most annoying habit: My laugh
- My pet peeves: when someone always has food on their face and when people poke me
- My superstitions: I have to have a yellow pre-wrap headband on game days
- Best piece of advice to your freshmen teammates: Always set multiple alarms, even if you don’t think you’ll fall asleep….because you probably will.
- After I graduate, I plan to: Travel, go on mission trips and teach in a foreign country
- My dream job is: doing anything that I love and makes me happy while also helping other people
Teammate who:
- The teammate who will surprise people the most this year: Katelyn Blake- Aggie fans got to see a little bit of her last year, but this year I think she’ll have a huge impact on the court. She is super athletic and gets really hyped during games. She’ll be fun to watch!
- The teammate who can always make me laugh: Victoria Arenas, because she is so funny, super sarcastic and she is so easy to talk to about anything
- The teammate who dominates in the weight room: Kiara McGee - She is a little ball of muscle and kills it on bench press and squats
- Teammate most likely to be on People’s “Best Dressed” list: Katelyn Labhart
- Teammate most likely to become president: Montse Castro
Teammate who would be the best candidate for:
- America’s Next Top Model: Hollann Hans
- The Amazing Race: Victoria Arenas
- The Apprentice: Montse Castro
- Big Brother: Amy Nettles
- Cake Wars: Erin Boyette
- Chopped: Kiara McGee
- Dancing with the Stars: Stephanie Aiple
- HGTV Design Star: Katelyn Labhart- you should look at her house
- Last Comic Standing: Gabby Litwin
- The Price is Right: Ashlie- she would use all of her money to buy pizza and Chipotle
- Shark Tank: Emily Hardesty - she has a creative mind
- Survivor: Kaysie Shebeneck, because she already eats rabbit food and grass so she'll be the strongest contestant
- The Voice: Kaitlyn Blake- She’s secretly really good at singing
- Wipeout: Emily Hardesty, because I would love to watch her long limbs hit the big red balls
Highlights: Texas A&M vs Vanderbilt
Thursday, October 10
Texas Postgame: Jamie Morrison, Ava Underwood, Logan Lednicky
Friday, September 27
Highlights: A&M vs. OBU
Wednesday, November 03
