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Subscribe to our NewsletterVanessa Jones gets scholarship to UWI
Outside hitter Vanessa Jones, received a full volleyball scholarship to the University of the West Indies. Jones is a former national junior player made her debut in 2009 at the FIVB Junior Intercontinental championship in Guatemala. She also excelled in Netball, and was team captain to the Caribbean Junior championships.
It was not very difficult for her to make the transition from Netball to volleyball as she learnt the sport very quickly and went on to represent the Wolverines to a successful championship crown in the national Under 15 Championship. She entered the Under 19 team as a middle blocker and have won the Best Blocker award twice; during her 2nd year on the senior team her role was switched to being an Outside Hitter, which she dominated throughout the school competitions. At the National Championship final in April 2013, she was named Best Attacker and won the Most Valuable Player award for the second consecutive time as Wolmer's won their 19th championship title.
Vanessa was quite elated upon receiving the scholarship and is looking forward to the challenge of attending the UWI, which is one of the dominant teams in Jamaica, the female team is the 2013 Intercollegiate champions while the males were runners-up to UTECH for the past two years.
Members of the Wolmer's Volleyball Programme, would like to wish her all the best as she embarks on a new journey, and continue to keep the Wolmer's flag high.
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