Jocelynn Birks

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Jocelynn Birks
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Jocelynn Birks (2016)
portrait
Date of birth August 21, 1993
place of birth Willow Springs, Illinois, United States
size 1.88 m
position External attack / adoption
societies
2012–2015
2016–2017 		University of Illinois
Dresdner SC
successes
2016 Illinois Sportswoman of the Year

Jocelynn Birks (born August 21, 1993 in Willow Springs , Illinois ) is a former American volleyball player .

Career

Birks began her career on the University of Illinois women's volleyball team , where she played between 2012 and 2015. There she was the player with the most attack points (1972 points in 127 games), was elected to the All-American Team , the nationwide best selection of American college sports , three times in four years and was awarded the title Illinois Sportswoman of the Year 2016 .

At the beginning of August 2016, the German champions Dresdner SC signed Jocelynn Birks. There the attacker signed a one-year contract. After Birks had to pause at the beginning of the season due to cartilage damage, she was also absent from the crucial play-off games due to injury. The team reached third place in the championship and the club announced in early May 2017 that the expiring contract of Jocelynn Birks - as well as the contracts of Barbora Purchartová , Lucie Smutná , Brittnee Cooper and Jennifer Cross - will not be renewed. As a result, she ended her career.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DSC signs US American Jocelynn Birks. In: sz-online.de. Sächsische Zeitung , August 1, 2016, accessed on August 17, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Scott Richey: 2016 Illinois Female Athlete of the Year: Jocelynn Birks. In: news-gazette.com. July 9, 2016, accessed August 17, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Steffen Grimm: Gold not at any price! DSC will not go into debt for success. In: tag24.de. TAG24 , April 20, 2017, accessed May 16, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Astrid Hofmann: DSC separates from five players. In: dnn.de. Dresden Latest News , May 9, 2017, accessed on May 16, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Birks, Jocelynn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Willow Springs, Illinois