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Jersey Number 1
Essence Clerkley
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Waxahachie HS
- Hometown:
- Palestine, Texas
Bio
2022 (Senior)
Appeared in 29 matches, making 25 starts…recorded 183.5 points, recording 123 kills with a .243 hitting percentage and 87 blocks, including 30 solo rejections…recorded 51 digs…registered 10 or more kills in a pair of contests with a season-high 11 against Kent State (Sept. 10)…rejected a season-best 8.0 attacks on November 10 against Arkansas State while collected a season-high 14.5 points on 10 kills, three solo blocks and three block assists against Arkansas State on November 11.
2021 (Junior)
2021 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week: Oct. 11
Appeared in 21 of the Herd’s 25 matches with nine starts … Played in 69 sets … Incredible athlete with loads of fire and passion on the court … Finished third on the team in total blocks with 63, 0.91 per set … Tallied 77 kills, 1.12 per set … Hit .300 or better eight times … Totaled 115 points … Two or more blocks 14 times … Had multiple blocks in first five matches played (Aug. 28-Sept. 4) … Made Herd debut against Austin Peay (Aug. 28) recorded five blocks and three kills … Had five blocks and four kills at Wright State (Sept. 4) … Six kills and four blocks versus Arkansas State (Sept. 11) … Recorded seven kills while hitting .462, and three blocks against Memphis (Sept. 11) … Filled in admirably for Destiny Leon with starts at Florida Atlantic (Oct. 8-9) and Old Dominion (Oct. 15-16) … Named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week after dominant performance at FAU, combining for 13 total blocks and adding eight kills, one ace and one assist … Had career-high nine blocks in first match against FAU, tallied three in the first set and four in the third set of the sweep … Caused FAU to adjust attack in second match after recording four blocks in the first set … Helped keep FAU hitting percentage to .068 in first game and .085 in second match … Recorded career-high 10 kills to go along with six blocks, one ace and one assist in game one versus Old Dominion (Oct. 15) … Had eight kills with no errors and hit .444 in game two against Old Dominion (Oct. 16) … Had four blocks and three kills against FIU (Nov. 5) … Put up six blocks, fifth match with at least five during the year, in the season-finale versus FIU (Nov. 6), also had six kills.
Prior to Marshall: Played two years at Blinn College (Junior College in Brenham, Texas)
2020-21 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 30 matches and 99 sets … Helped lead the Buccaneers to a 27-3 overall record, No. 8 seed in the NJCAA National Tournament and a fifth place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament … Team ranked No. 7 in the final regular season NJCAA Division I poll (March 29) … Finished season third on the team in kills with 221, 2.23 per set and hit .318 … Also third in blocks with 97, 0.98 per set … Added 61 digs, 12 service aces and 10 assists … Recorded double-digit kills in four contests … Hit over .300 16 times and over .500 in eight matches … Tallied at least one block in 27-of-30 matches and four or more 12 times … Opened season with nine kills, hit .533 and had three blocks in sweep of Temple College (Jan. 26) … Recorded 11 kills, hit .556 and added three blocks in sweep over Western Texas College (Jan. 29) … Tallied 11 kills and hit at a .733 clip with no errors in 15 attacks against Wharton County Junior College (March 1) … Finished with a .667 hitting percentage (8 K, 0 E, 12 Att.) and had six blocks at Coastal Bend College (March 5) … Had 10 kills and four blocks against Victoria College (March 11) … Tallied eight kills with a .571 attack percentage and added four blocks in a sweep of Panola College (March 18) … Recorded season-high 10 blocks and had seven kills in sweep over Navarro College (March 20) … Finished the Region XIV Tournament (April 1-3) with 30 kills and seven blocks in four matches to advance to the National Tournament … Had 11 kills and three blocks in four-set win over Odessa (April 17) to take fifth place at the NJCAA Division I National Tournament … Finished Buccaneers career playing in 67 matches, 225 sets, 594 kills, 2.55 per set, hit .367, 204 total blocks, 0.95 per set, 152 digs, 35 aces, 12 assists and accounted for 746.0 points.
2019 (Freshman)
2019 Region XIV Freshman of the Year
2019 NJCAA Division I Tachikara Offensive Player of the Week: Week 4
2019 Sports Imports AVCA Two-Year College Player of the Week: Week 4
2019 Blinn College Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
Appeared in all 37 matches and 116 sets … Helped lead Buccaneers to a 29-8 overall record … Finished second on the team with 373 kills, 2.96 per set and hit .401 … Led with 459.5 points … Led squad with 107 total blocks, 0.85 per set (second on the team) … Added 91 digs, 23 service aces and two assists … Recorded double-digit kills in 22 matches including 10 of the last 11 contests of the season … Hit over .300 in 29 matches and over .500 16 times … Had a streak of 10-straight matches hitting over .300 from Sept. 7 to Sept. 21, with five-straight in the same span hitting over .500 (Sept. 14-21) … Tallied at least one block in 32-of-37 matches and had four or more 11 times … Hit over .300 in first nine career matches and over .500 five-straight as well (Aug. 24-30) … Had first double-digit kills match with 10 (hit .500) and added four blocks in four-set win over Wharton County (Aug. 27) … Had 10 kills, hit .588 and tallied three blocks against North Lake (Aug. 28) … Put up 12 kills, hit .632 (12 K, 0 E, 19 Att.) with six blocks in sweep over Laredo (Aug. 29) … Recorded 18 kills and had two blocks in five-set win over Ranger (Aug. 30) … Finished with 13 kills, hit .478 and had five blocks in sweep of Victoria College (Sept. 4) … Hit .647 with 11 kills and six blocks in sweep of Pratt (Sept. 6) … Recorded first career-double-double with 17 kills and 10 digs in four-set victory over Temple College (Aug. 31) … Match versus Temple started four-match streak of double-digit kills adding 11 versus Trinidad State (Sept. 13), 11 at Clarendon (Sept. 14) and 12 versus Dallas College-Richland (Sept. 14), Blinn went 4-0 … Hit .647 with 11 kills and no errors in 17 attacks in sweep of New Mexico Junior College (Sept. 20) … Hit .625 with 11 kills and added three blocks versus Frank Phillips (Sept. 21) … Totaled seven blocks at Lee (Sept. 25) … Another string of four-straight matches with double-digit kills with 12 against Tyler (Oct. 4), 12 against Panola (Oct. 5), 12 (hit .688) versus Victoria College (Oct. 9), and then 15 (hit .583) against Wharton County … Finished season with six-straight contests with 10 or more kills … Had 11 kills and hit .500 at Navarro (Oct. 16) … Put up 14 kills at Laredo (Oct. 25) … Had 10 kills and a season-high eight blocks versus Monterrey Tech (Oct. 25) … Recorded season-best 19 kills and added three blocks at Coastal Bend (Oct. 26) … Tallied 13 kills and five blocks versus Panola in the first round of the Region XIV Tournament (Nov. 1) … Ended season with 13 kills and five blocks against Trinity Valley in the Region XIV Tournament (Nov. 2).
High School: Attended Waxahachie High School … Played club volleyball for Ellis County Juniors and Texas Image ... Earned second-team all-region honors in 2017 and first-team all-region honors in 2018 at Waxahachie High School ... Made the all-star team in 2019 ... Named MVP of two preseason tournaments … Also a member of the track and field and basketball teams in high school … Former high school teammates playing collegiately are Audrey Nalls at TCU and Alli Wells at UT-Arlington.
Personal: Born Sept. 22, 2000 … Daughter of Shawna Marie Price … Has six brothers … Chose Marshall because, "they (Marshall) chose me. I had an unbelievable click with the coaches. I've always wanted to go far and play at a big school and it was just an all-around meet of my every need." … Majoring in psychology with emphasis on social work as she wants to help children when her playing days are over.
Appeared in 29 matches, making 25 starts…recorded 183.5 points, recording 123 kills with a .243 hitting percentage and 87 blocks, including 30 solo rejections…recorded 51 digs…registered 10 or more kills in a pair of contests with a season-high 11 against Kent State (Sept. 10)…rejected a season-best 8.0 attacks on November 10 against Arkansas State while collected a season-high 14.5 points on 10 kills, three solo blocks and three block assists against Arkansas State on November 11.
2021 (Junior)
2021 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week: Oct. 11
Appeared in 21 of the Herd’s 25 matches with nine starts … Played in 69 sets … Incredible athlete with loads of fire and passion on the court … Finished third on the team in total blocks with 63, 0.91 per set … Tallied 77 kills, 1.12 per set … Hit .300 or better eight times … Totaled 115 points … Two or more blocks 14 times … Had multiple blocks in first five matches played (Aug. 28-Sept. 4) … Made Herd debut against Austin Peay (Aug. 28) recorded five blocks and three kills … Had five blocks and four kills at Wright State (Sept. 4) … Six kills and four blocks versus Arkansas State (Sept. 11) … Recorded seven kills while hitting .462, and three blocks against Memphis (Sept. 11) … Filled in admirably for Destiny Leon with starts at Florida Atlantic (Oct. 8-9) and Old Dominion (Oct. 15-16) … Named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week after dominant performance at FAU, combining for 13 total blocks and adding eight kills, one ace and one assist … Had career-high nine blocks in first match against FAU, tallied three in the first set and four in the third set of the sweep … Caused FAU to adjust attack in second match after recording four blocks in the first set … Helped keep FAU hitting percentage to .068 in first game and .085 in second match … Recorded career-high 10 kills to go along with six blocks, one ace and one assist in game one versus Old Dominion (Oct. 15) … Had eight kills with no errors and hit .444 in game two against Old Dominion (Oct. 16) … Had four blocks and three kills against FIU (Nov. 5) … Put up six blocks, fifth match with at least five during the year, in the season-finale versus FIU (Nov. 6), also had six kills.
Prior to Marshall: Played two years at Blinn College (Junior College in Brenham, Texas)
2020-21 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 30 matches and 99 sets … Helped lead the Buccaneers to a 27-3 overall record, No. 8 seed in the NJCAA National Tournament and a fifth place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament … Team ranked No. 7 in the final regular season NJCAA Division I poll (March 29) … Finished season third on the team in kills with 221, 2.23 per set and hit .318 … Also third in blocks with 97, 0.98 per set … Added 61 digs, 12 service aces and 10 assists … Recorded double-digit kills in four contests … Hit over .300 16 times and over .500 in eight matches … Tallied at least one block in 27-of-30 matches and four or more 12 times … Opened season with nine kills, hit .533 and had three blocks in sweep of Temple College (Jan. 26) … Recorded 11 kills, hit .556 and added three blocks in sweep over Western Texas College (Jan. 29) … Tallied 11 kills and hit at a .733 clip with no errors in 15 attacks against Wharton County Junior College (March 1) … Finished with a .667 hitting percentage (8 K, 0 E, 12 Att.) and had six blocks at Coastal Bend College (March 5) … Had 10 kills and four blocks against Victoria College (March 11) … Tallied eight kills with a .571 attack percentage and added four blocks in a sweep of Panola College (March 18) … Recorded season-high 10 blocks and had seven kills in sweep over Navarro College (March 20) … Finished the Region XIV Tournament (April 1-3) with 30 kills and seven blocks in four matches to advance to the National Tournament … Had 11 kills and three blocks in four-set win over Odessa (April 17) to take fifth place at the NJCAA Division I National Tournament … Finished Buccaneers career playing in 67 matches, 225 sets, 594 kills, 2.55 per set, hit .367, 204 total blocks, 0.95 per set, 152 digs, 35 aces, 12 assists and accounted for 746.0 points.
2019 (Freshman)
2019 Region XIV Freshman of the Year
2019 NJCAA Division I Tachikara Offensive Player of the Week: Week 4
2019 Sports Imports AVCA Two-Year College Player of the Week: Week 4
2019 Blinn College Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
Appeared in all 37 matches and 116 sets … Helped lead Buccaneers to a 29-8 overall record … Finished second on the team with 373 kills, 2.96 per set and hit .401 … Led with 459.5 points … Led squad with 107 total blocks, 0.85 per set (second on the team) … Added 91 digs, 23 service aces and two assists … Recorded double-digit kills in 22 matches including 10 of the last 11 contests of the season … Hit over .300 in 29 matches and over .500 16 times … Had a streak of 10-straight matches hitting over .300 from Sept. 7 to Sept. 21, with five-straight in the same span hitting over .500 (Sept. 14-21) … Tallied at least one block in 32-of-37 matches and had four or more 11 times … Hit over .300 in first nine career matches and over .500 five-straight as well (Aug. 24-30) … Had first double-digit kills match with 10 (hit .500) and added four blocks in four-set win over Wharton County (Aug. 27) … Had 10 kills, hit .588 and tallied three blocks against North Lake (Aug. 28) … Put up 12 kills, hit .632 (12 K, 0 E, 19 Att.) with six blocks in sweep over Laredo (Aug. 29) … Recorded 18 kills and had two blocks in five-set win over Ranger (Aug. 30) … Finished with 13 kills, hit .478 and had five blocks in sweep of Victoria College (Sept. 4) … Hit .647 with 11 kills and six blocks in sweep of Pratt (Sept. 6) … Recorded first career-double-double with 17 kills and 10 digs in four-set victory over Temple College (Aug. 31) … Match versus Temple started four-match streak of double-digit kills adding 11 versus Trinidad State (Sept. 13), 11 at Clarendon (Sept. 14) and 12 versus Dallas College-Richland (Sept. 14), Blinn went 4-0 … Hit .647 with 11 kills and no errors in 17 attacks in sweep of New Mexico Junior College (Sept. 20) … Hit .625 with 11 kills and added three blocks versus Frank Phillips (Sept. 21) … Totaled seven blocks at Lee (Sept. 25) … Another string of four-straight matches with double-digit kills with 12 against Tyler (Oct. 4), 12 against Panola (Oct. 5), 12 (hit .688) versus Victoria College (Oct. 9), and then 15 (hit .583) against Wharton County … Finished season with six-straight contests with 10 or more kills … Had 11 kills and hit .500 at Navarro (Oct. 16) … Put up 14 kills at Laredo (Oct. 25) … Had 10 kills and a season-high eight blocks versus Monterrey Tech (Oct. 25) … Recorded season-best 19 kills and added three blocks at Coastal Bend (Oct. 26) … Tallied 13 kills and five blocks versus Panola in the first round of the Region XIV Tournament (Nov. 1) … Ended season with 13 kills and five blocks against Trinity Valley in the Region XIV Tournament (Nov. 2).
High School: Attended Waxahachie High School … Played club volleyball for Ellis County Juniors and Texas Image ... Earned second-team all-region honors in 2017 and first-team all-region honors in 2018 at Waxahachie High School ... Made the all-star team in 2019 ... Named MVP of two preseason tournaments … Also a member of the track and field and basketball teams in high school … Former high school teammates playing collegiately are Audrey Nalls at TCU and Alli Wells at UT-Arlington.
Personal: Born Sept. 22, 2000 … Daughter of Shawna Marie Price … Has six brothers … Chose Marshall because, "they (Marshall) chose me. I had an unbelievable click with the coaches. I've always wanted to go far and play at a big school and it was just an all-around meet of my every need." … Majoring in psychology with emphasis on social work as she wants to help children when her playing days are over.
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