Chambers and Curry Land on SWAC Preseason All-Conference Team

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – As the Alcorn State University volleyball team prepares to open the spring season, senior Jasmine Chambers and sophomore Jeda Curry were each selected to the Southwestern Athletic Conference Preseason Second Team on Wednesday.

Chambers a setter from Fort Worth, Texas saw action in 28 matches that included 26 starts and 93 total sets played in 2019. She led the team with 543 assists and also added a team-high 26 service aces. Chambers was strong on the back row with 179 digs and then added 23 blocks and 49 kills. Throughout the season, Chambers had 24 matches with at least 11 assists, reaching a season-high 45 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Twice during the season she had at least 40 assists, adding a 42 assist match against Grambling State. Chambers also had three other matches with 30 assists (37 vs. Wiley College, 32 vs. Texas Southern and 30 vs. Mississippi University for Women). Chambers added a season-high six kills against Southern, had five service aces against Talladega and 18 digs against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Chambers enters the 2021 season currently eighth on the program's all-time assists list (1,130). During the 2019 season, Chambers tallied the ninth-most assists in a single season in program history, 10^th most assists per set in a single season in program history and earned SWAC Setter of the Week on three different occasions.

Curry an outside/right side from Hampton, Ga., played in a total of 27 matches that included 20 starts and 84 total sets played as a true freshman in 2019. Curry finished second on the team in kills with 155, tallied 108 digs, sent back eight blocks, spun in 15 service aces and dished out five assists. She tallied a season-high 13 kills vs. Southern, spun in four service aces and had 11 digs both at Louisiana-Monroe and added a pair of blocks vs. Talladega. Four times during the season Curry had double-digits in kills and also had four matches with double-digits in digs. Curry went for a double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs at home against Grambling State. Curry was named to the Blazer Invitational All-Tournament Team.

Alcorn was set to open the 2021 season this Sunday at home against Alabama State and on Monday against Alabama A&M, but both programs have opted out of the season due to COVID-19. That means the Lady Braves will open the season on Sunday, January 31 against Prairie View A&M inside Davey L. Whitney Complex.

Preseason Player of the Year- Jylen Whitten, Jackson State
 
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year- Alana Washington, Jackson State
 
Preseason Blocker of the Year- Haley Gomez, UAPB
 
Preseason All-SWAC Volleyball First Team