2017 (Senior Year): Appeared in and started all 35 matches, and played in all 131 sets … given Illinois State Lauri Mabry Award … became sixth player in Valley history, and second in ISU history, to be named a four-time All-MVC First Team selection … earned AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention honors for the fourth-straight season … named a CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection for the second-straight year … one of 10 NCAA Division I volleyball student-athletes to be selected as a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award, earning Second-Team Senior CLASS Award All-America status … named to MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team for third-straight season … Led the team in offense, finishing with 503 kills, a .326 hitting percentage, 43 aces and 131 blocks … set Redbird Arena record with 29 kills and 33.0 points versus Valparaiso (10/7) … turned in the fourth-most kills in a single match with 30 at Southern Illinois (10/20) … tabulated the single-match record with 34.5 points at Southern Illinois (10/20) … finished the season with the eighth-most points recorded in a single year with 619.5, while ranking third all-time in career points with 1,983.0 … totaled 1,567 career kills, 472 career blocks and 392 career block assists – the fifth-most all-time in each category in ISU history … holds the career hitting percentage record (.367) all-time at ISU.
2016 (Junior Year): Appeared in and started all 32 matches, and played in all 118 sets … earned AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention honors … named an All-Missouri Valley Conference First-Team selection for the third-straight year … named Illinois State Linda Herman Most Valuable Player … named a CoSIDA Academic All-District First-Team selection, and later a CoSIDA Academic All-America Second-Team pick … named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team … twice named the MVC Offensive Player of the Week (9/6 and 9/19) … twice named the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (9/6 and 9/20) … named the UNI Tournament’s Most Valuable Player … selected to the Mizzou Invitational All-Tournament Team … named an MVC Preseason All-Conference selection … led Illinois State in kills (364), hitting percentage (.396), aces (50), aces per set (0.42), blocks (115) and blocks per set (0.97) … led the MVC in hitting percentage, aces and aces per set … ranked second in the league in points per set (4.07) … ranked 13th nationally in aces per set, and 18th in hitting percentage … became the 20th player in Illinois State history to reach 1,000 career kills … posted double-digit kills 21 times … played seven matches without a hitting error … collected a season-high 19 kills versus Miami (Ohio) (9/2) … posted a career-best .900 hitting percentage versus Tennessee Tech (9/10) … matched a career high with six service aces against Niagara (8/27) … tallied at least one block in every match … registered five or more blocks in 10 matches … accumulated a season-high seven blocks at Bradley (10/21) … set a career high with nine digs at Northern Iowa (9/16), and later matched the feat against Missouri State (10/14) … earned a varsity letter … named to the MVC and AFNI honor rolls … earned the MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award.
2015 (Sophomore Year): Appeared in and started all 32 matches, and played in all 119 sets … earned AVCA All-Region First-Team honors … named an All-MVC First-Team selection … earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors … twice named the MVC Offensive Player of the Week (10/5 and 10/19) … named the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (9/1) … named an MVC Scholar-Athlete First-Team selection … named to the all-tournament team at the Harvard Invitational (9/4-5), Country Financial Redbird Classic (9/11-12) and Flyer Invitational (9/18-19)… named a MVC Preseason All-Conference selection … led Illinois State and the MVC in hitting percentage (.420), breaking Illinois State’s single-season hitting percentage record … posted a season-best .842 hitting percentage against Florida A&M (8/29), the third-highest single-match percentage in school history … matched a career high with seven digs on two occasions … tallied career highs in kills (22) and points (25.0) against Southern Illinois (10/17) … made a career-high five solo blocks at Illinois-Chicago (9/15) … registered a career-high six service aces versus Bradley (10/7) … earned a varsity letter …named to the MVC and AFNI honor rolls … earned the MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award.
2014 (Freshman Year): Appeared and started in all 33 matches, while playing in all 124 sets … earned AVCA All-America Honorable Mention status … named the AVCA North Region Freshman of the Year, while earning AVCA All-Region honors … named to the All-MVC First Team and MVC All-Freshman Team … selected to the MVC Championship All-Tournament Team … two-time MVC Freshman of the Week selection (9/22 and 10/13) … named to the George Washington Colonials Classic All-Tournament Team … recorded the fourth-best hitting percentage in a season in school history (.353) … recorded the seventh-highest hitting percentage (.786) in program history at Bradley (10/10), an ISU freshman record … tallied a season-high 19 kills in ISU’s NCAA Tournament win over Marquette (12/4) … recorded double-digit kills on 20 occasions … led the Redbirds in total blocks (127), solo blocks (18) and block assists (109) … ranked second on the team in kills (364), kills per set (2.94) and aces (29) … tallied three service aces on three occasions … recorded a career-high eight block assists against Oakland (9/5) … earned a varsity letter … named to the MVC and AFNI honor rolls … earned the MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award.
Jacksonville HS: Four-year starter for the volleyball team … led team to Central State Eight title and fourth-place finish at IHSA Class 3A state tournament as a junior … two-time CS8 Volleyball Player of the Year … named 2013-14 CS8 Female Athlete of the Year … three-time team MVP … two-time team captain … two-time Jacksonville Journal-Courier Volleyball Player of the Year … set IHSA Class 3A state tournament single-match record with 23 kills in a 2012 semifinal match … recorded career totals of 1,355 kills, 420 blocks, 322 service points and 467 digs … earned 12 varsity letters as a member of her school’s volleyball, basketball and soccer teams … recorded career totals of 1,761 points and 1,132 rebounds as member of the basketball team … tallied career totals of 17 goals, 28 assists and 150 goalkeeper saves as member of the soccer team.
Personal: Jaelyn Rose Keene … born Aug. 17, 1995 … daughter of Steve and Rose Keene … has two brothers, Sean and Dalton, and one sister, Meghan … brother, Dalton, is a member of the Illinois State football team. … majoring in accounting.