Carthage College Athletics

From Frankfort, Ill., Jori Simmons was named American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America three times, honorable mention in both 2005 and 2006 and second team in 2007. She earned AVCA first-team All-Midwest Region honors all three years, was a first-team All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin selection four-straight years from 2004 to 2007 and the CCIW “Women’s Volleyball Player of the Year” in 2006. In addition, Simmons was named CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine third-team Academic All-America® in both 2006 and 2007. She is Carthage’s career leader in both attack percentage (.357) and total blocks (663), while ranked second in block assists (489), fifth in block solos (174) and seventh in kills (1,106). Simmons set a Carthage season record in 2007 with a .407 attack percentage.