11 Elysa Jackson
Class: Senior Hometown: Sugar Land, Texas High School: Stephen F. Austin Height: 5-9 Birthdate: 01/07/1991 Experience: SQ Major: Finance

2012: Did not play as sand volleyball as a redshirt-sophomore.

Indoor: Two-year letterwinner of Tulane's indoor program, posting three kills (0.05/set), 172 assists (2.61/set), 18 service aces (0.27/set) and 105 digs (1.59/set) in 21 matches and 66 sets of action...has 10 double-digit assist games, four double-digit dig outings and a pair of double-doubles...posted career highs of two kills vs East Carolina (10/22/10), 19 assists vs Houston (11/18/11), 3 aces vs East Carolina (10/22/10), at UAB (11/13/11) and vs Houston (11/18/11), and 14 digs vs Houston (11/18/11).

High School: Two-year letterwinner Hightower High before playing her final prep season at Stephen F. Austin High where she saw time at setter, right-side hitter and defensive specialist for coach Amy Cataline...helped team post 15 wins and reach the state playoffs in her lone season at Stephen F. Austin...as a senior, named District 23-5A Outstanding Setter, first-team all-district and varsity MVP...named all-district as a sophomore and junior...tabbed district Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore...named MVP of the Hightower Junior Varsity Team as a freshman...also played two seasons for Texas Tornados Volleyball Club for coaches Rob Amason and James Fuller...voted team captain in 2008...selected to the USAV Lone Star High Performance Team (16s) and competed in the USAV Junior Olympics (15s)...off the court, named Academic All-District, received the Academic Excellence Award in media studies and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born Elysa Erin Jackson on Jan. 7, 1991, in Houston, Texas...daughter of Gary and Claudette Jackson...has one sister, Lauren...cousin, James Becnel, played football at Tulane, earning his bachelor's degree in 1979 and completed his master's degree in 1989...majoring in finance.