Jaidyn Jager

Photo by: Maddi Sponsel/Indiana Athletics

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Photo by: Grace Urbanski/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Maddi Sponsel/Indiana Athletics

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Photo by: Grace Urbanski/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Grace Urbanski/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Grace Urbanski/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Grace Urbanski/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Grace Urbanski/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Grace Urbanski/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Grace Urbanski/Indiana Athletics

Year:
Freshman
Hometown:
Carlsbad, Calif.
Position:
OH
Height:
6-1

Get to Know Jaidyn
Hobbies: Going to the Beach, Hanging with Friends, Bowling, Playing Board Games
Movies: 10 Things I Hate About You, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Pitch Perfect, Guardians of the Galaxy
Binge Show: Love Island
Music Taste: Early 2000’s Music and R&B
Favorite Food: All Food, Especially Sushi
Major: Business
Why IU: Felt Like Home, Even So Far from California

Awards and Honors:
Second Team All-Big Ten (2025)
Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2025)
AVCA Midwest All-Region (2025)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Sept. 8, 2025, Nov. 3, 2025)

2025 (Freshman Season)
Season: Played and started in all 33 games as a freshman … one of three freshmen to appear in all 33 games … Second Team All-Big Ten selection … Big Ten All-Freshman team member … AVCA Midwest All-Region selection … named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on two occasions (Sept. 8; Nov. 3, 2025) … compiled 383 kills, a team-high 249 digs, 57 blocks, 31 aces and 30 assists … recorded the third-most kills by a freshman (383) in program history … led the team in digs (249) as a six-rotation outside hitter … averaged 3.39 kills per set, 2.20 digs per set and 3.96 points per set … had double-digit kills on 23 occasions … put up double-digit digs on seven occasions while recording six double-doubles … first IU freshman since 2005 (Erica Short) to record 10+ kills in their first two career matches … recorded first career 20-kill match in a sweep of SEMO … provided 15 kills while hitting .538 to beat Bradley … opened Big Ten season with five-straight 10-kill matches … had 17 kills, nine digs and two blocks in conference debut at Northwestern … tallied career-high 13 digs in sweep at Maryland … had five-straight matches with 14-or-more kills to open the month of November … put up 16 kills on a .542 hitting percentage to sweep Maryland … went errorless with eight kills on 13 swings in win over Rutgers … averaged 3.89 kills per set in the NCAA Tournament … matched a career high with three aces in win over Toledo … final game of the season saw her record nine kills, five digs and two blocks at No. 3 Texas.

Prep and Personal
Prepped at La Costa Canyon High School in California … No. 31 overall recruit by Prep Dig … ranked as the No. 51 overall recruit by Prep Volleyball … member of the 2025 USA Volleyball Girls 18U Open All-Tournament team … played club volleyball for COAST … led her team to the 2024 18U Elite Triple Crown Championship … played one year of high school volleyball under IU associate coach Rachel Morris … named the 2021 All-Coastal League Player of the Year … 2021 Prep Volleyball Second Team All-American … honored on the All-CIF Girls Volleyball First Team … member of IU’s highest-ranked recruiting class in program history (No. 14 – Prep Dig) … high school teammates with Avry Tatum … daughter to dad, Matthew, mom, Kimberly and step dad, Ryan … has three siblings – Kailyn, Raigan and Cason … sister, Kailyn, played volleyball at Boise State … sister, Raigan, played soccer at Mira Costa College … intended major is Business … born on March 24th.