Jenna Giambi

Photo by: John Fajardo

Position:
L/DS
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Major:
Communications
Hometown:
Upland, Calif.
High School:
Upland HS
Prev School:
Upland HS

2024 (Senior): Appeared in 28 matches, playing 102 sets ... Second on the team in digs with 220 ... Posted season-high 15 digs at UC Irvine on Nov. 9 ... Registered double-digit digs on 10 occasions ... Recorded 60 assists, the third most on the squad ... Charted a season-best seven assists at UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 26 ... Named Academic All-Conference.

2023 (Junior): Played in all 31 matches and in 113 of 114 sets on the year primarily as a defensive specialist … Fourth on the team with 182 digs on the year, averaging 1.61 per set … Had just 13 reception errors on the year as one of the team’s primary passers … Started the year by making seven digs in the win over No. 1 Texas … Made 23 digs over three matches against Indiana, Washington and UCLA … Hit double-figures for the first time in her career in digs with 10 on the road at Omaha … Made 12 digs against New Mexico State (9/16) … Also had double-figure digs the next two matches against Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara … Set a career high with 16 digs at UC Santa Barbara on November 10 … An Academic All-Big West selection.

2022 (Sophomore): Saw action in three matches … Recorded three digs at Portland State (8/26) … Logged one dig in two sets against Oregon (8/27) … Tallied three digs against UC Riverside (11/26).

2021 (Freshman): Played in 23 matches … Made her first career start at Cal State Fullerton (11/4) where she logged 13 digs … Finished her rookie campaign with 142 digs to average 1.92 per set … Recorded double-digit digs four times … Tallied a career-high 19 digs in her collegiate debut against Montana State (8/27) … Led Long Beach State in digs three times.

High School: Played libero for four years at Upland High School … Finished her prep career with more than 1,000 digs … All-League and All-Area selection … Accumulated 486 digs her senior year, while adding 31 aces, and 580 serve receptions … Played club for Forza 1 North where she earned MVP honors of the American 18s Division … In her nine-year club career, Giambi earned three bronze medals and one gold medal at Junior Nationals, while winning a gold medal at Qualifier and Gold at JVA in Open.

Personal: Daughter of Timothy Nunez and Julie Giambi … Her mother, Julie Giambi, played softball at Cal State Fullerton … Her uncles are former Major League Baseball players Jason and Jeremy Giambi … Her uncle, Jason, played for the Dirtbags from 1990-92 … Four-year Principal’s Honor Roll selection … Earned six Highlander Educational Foundations Awards at Upland HS … Majoring in Communications.