UC SANTA BARBARA
2015
Played in 92 sets through 26 matches…Was third on the team with 182 kills, averaging 1.98 per set (second best)…Second on the team with 24 service aces…Second on the team and was first among non-liberos with 209 digs…Tallied 35 total blocks…Fourth on the team with 224 points, averaging 2.4 per set…Finished the year with 25 assists…Had a five match stretch of scoring at least 10 kills, including 14 at Cal State Fullerton…In UCSB’s first matchup with the Titans, she registered a season-high 15 kills with a .306 kill percentage, another season-high…Had a season-best 23 digs in a 3-1 win versus UC Riverside…Had a career-high six service aces at CSUN where she also recorded a season-high five total blocks.
2014
In her junior year, Villanueva was one of UCSB’s top attackers in being second on the team with 2.54 kills per set, 249 kills, 743 total attacks, 23 service aces and 295 points (three per set)…She finished the year with a .166 hitting percentage…She recorded 43 total blocks (three solo) and averaged 0.44 per set…Defensively, she picked up 97 digs (0.99 per set)…Hit a season-high 15 kills in 3-2 win over Cal Poly (9/27/14) and set a season-high seven digs on four occasions…In defeating Fresno State 3-1 (9/6/14) she finished with a season-best seven blocks to go along with her 10 kills…Her most efficient attacking performances came in a sweep of Santa Clara with 12 kills off a .500 hitting percentage…Dealt a season-high four service aces in home finale with Hawaii (11/21/14).
2013
Villanueva's second season with the team saw her in 21 matches...Had a career-high 102 kills with 1.46 kills per set, good for ranking fourth on the team...Recorded a season-high 13 assists in a five-set win over UC Davis, and 20 kills and 38 total attacks in a tough loss to Long Beach State...Was named to Fall 2013 Big West Academic All-Conference Team.
2012
After starting the season mostly relegated to the bench, Jaylen's play forced Kathy Gregory into platooning her with Ali Santi at setter. She ended the year 462 assists, 166 digs, and 72 kills. In the last three matches of the season, Jaylen showed her potential as she recorded three double-doubles, had at least 4 kills and 14 digs – including a season high 19 on Nov. 23 – in each match, and added 50+ assists in each of the final two matches. Also spending time at opposite early in the season, Jaylen had 12 kills and an astounding .478 hitting percentage in the opening match of the season against Iona on Aug. 24.
High School
Attended Los Alamitos High School... Played under Coach Dave Huber... Was First Team Sunset League... Won Sunset league all four years... Won CIF senior year.
Club
Played for the Long Beach Mizuno Club Team... Made the Top 3 LA Qualifier junior year... Made the Top 3 Reno Qualifer senior year.
Personal
Jaylen Villanueva was born December 7, 1993 in Long Beach Calif. by parents Kysha and Jeff Villanueva... Favorite sports team are the Lakers... Calls beating No. 5 Hawai'i in Honolulu (10/11/13) as her most memorbale sports moment...Favorite athlete is Mia Ham...Enjoys going to the beach and shopping in her spare time...Majoring in Sociology in hopes of becoming a nurse.
