Dupage Policy Journal

St. Francis High School graduate and Wayne native Jessica McCall has been named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division III Player of the Week, as announced by the AVCA on Tuesday.

McCall, a senior outside hitter, is the first Titan to earn the weekly national award from the AVCA  since 2018, after leading the Titans to the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Volleyball Tournament Championship last week. The Titans clinched the title with three-set sweeps over Millikin and Carthage. She posted a 15-kill, 14-dig performance with a .378 hitting percentage in the Titans' semifinal victory over Millikin on Thursday. In Saturday's title game, McCall recorded 12 kills and 18 digs.

Returning for her fifth year after last year's COVID season, McCall posted season-highs in both kills (15) and digs (18) throughout the tournament as she led the Titans. She accounted for 23 percent of IWU's scoring throughout the conference tournament.

Illinois Wesleyan begins NCAA Tournament play Thursday, Nov. 11, with a 12:30 p.m. match against the University of Northwestern-St. Paul in Eau Claire, Wis.

McCall is a 2017 graduate of Wheaton St. Francis, where she won two letters and a state championship in 2015, playing for coaches Lisa Ston and Peg Kopec. Her parents are Jeff and Nikki McCall of Wayne.