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23 Lexie Libs
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SETTER 5-9 FIFTH YEAR EXERCISE SCIENCE FLOYDS KNOBS, IND. PROVIDENCE HS EAST TENNESSEE STATE
2018 FIRST TEAM ALL-OVC • 2019 FIRST TEAM ALL-OVC • 2019 OVC SETTER OF THE YEAR 2020 FIRST TEAM ALL-OVC • 2020 OVC SETTER OF THE YEAR • 2020 AVCA ALL-REGION
JSU CAREER:
2020: Continued her tear from 2019 despite the season delay due to Covid-19…named Ohio Valley Conference Setter of the Year for the second-straight year after 673 assists in JSU’s 18 matches during the Gamecocks run to a second-straight OVC title…led the conference with 11.60 assists per set and led the nation for part of the season as Jax State reeled off 15-straight wins to begin the year…in addition to OVC First Team and Setter of the Year honors, Libs was tabbed All-Region by the AVCA following the season…she had 14 matches with 30-or-more assists and more than 40 on eight occasions, including a season-high 54 at Morehead State on March 28 as the Gamecocks rallied for a 3-2 win to clinch the OVC title…finished second on the team with 146 digs and fourth with 30 blocks…also recorded 33 kills and six aces.
2019: Put together one of the most decorated seasons by a Gamecock setter...started all 30 matches and played in every set for JSU as a junior...ranked among the top 25 nationally for most of the season in assists and assists-per-set...had 25-or-more assists in all but one match and dished at least 40 assists in 13 matches...recorded a seasonhigh 57 against Morehead State on Oct. 6...completed back-to-back 1,000-assist seasons finishing with 1,178...third on the team with 245 assists and added 84 kills and 41 blocks as one of the most versatile setters in the nation...became the first Gamecock to be named Ohio Valley Conference Setter of the Year as she led JSU to the OVC championship with a 13-3 league record...also earned First Team All-OVC honors for the second straight season. 2018: Immediately earned the starters role upon arriving to Jacksonville where she started all 32 matches in her first season… recorded the most single-season assists by a Gamecock since 2007 with 1,289…dished 40-or-more assists in 17 contests, 50-or-more eight times and set a career high with 61 assists at Murray State on Oct 20…recorded 14 double-doubles with a career-best 28 digs coming at Belmont on Nov. 2…finished with year with 1,289 assists, 307 digs, 84 kills and 53 blocks…paced JSU to 18 wins and its first OVC tournament victory in nine seasons on her way to earning first team All-OVC honors PRIOR TO JSU:
2017: Played in all 31 matches as a freshman at East Tennessee State, totaling 112 sets…had the highest attacking percentage on the team of .467…registered a season-high 15 digs vs. Radford on Sept. 15…finished second on the team in total assists (550) and assists per set (4.91)… had a season-high 32 assists vs. Chattanooga on Nov. 8…recorded two double-doubles as a freshman…recorded double-digit figures in assists in all but one match that season…had two matches where she recorded 30 or more assists and six matches where she recorded 20 or more assists.
HIGH SCHOOL: Six-year letterwinner in both volleyball and basketball at Our Lady of Providence…led her team to three state championships titles and one statee runner-up finish… named an All-American and made the All-State First Team…had the most assists in a state championship in 2016…named the News and Tribune Volleyball Player of the Year. PERSONAL: Born October 23, 1998…the daughter of Mike and April Libs…older sister, Haley, was an all-conference volleyball at Northern Kentucky…in Sept., 2018 the two made VolleyMag.com national news for earning weekly all-conference honors on the same weekend…loves ice cream and lists her favorite book as The Eleventh Hour, written by her mother…plans to major in exercise science and human development.
LIBS’ SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS:
KILLS: 10, UT Martin, 09/28/19 ATTACKS: 17, at SIUE, 10/18/19 ASSISTS: 61, at Murray State, Oct 20, 2018 SERVE ACES: 3, Southeast Missouri, Nov 10, 2018 ; vs North Alabama, Sep 07, 2019 DIGS: 28, at Belmont, Nov 2, 2018 BLOCKS: 4, Tennessee Tech, 03/01/21 ; at Belmont, 03/08/21 BLOCK SOLO: 2, at Austin Peay, Nov 16, 2018 BLOCK ASSIST: 5, at Murray State, Oct 20, 2018
LIBS’ CAREER STATISTICS
Season SP MP K K/S E TA Pct A
A/S SA SA/S SE 2018 123 32 84 0.68 15 179 .385 1289 10.48 20 0.16 35 2019 106 30 84 0.79 19 227 .286 1179 11.12 22 0.21 33 2020 58 18 33 0.57 12 133 .158 673 11.60 6 0.10 13 TOTAL 287 80 201 0.70 46 539 .288 3141 10.94 48 0.17 81
Season DIG D/S RE BS 2018 307 2.50 2 7 2019 245 2.31 1 6 2020 146 2.52 2 1 TOTAL 698 2.43 5 14
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