Colorado Inks Jenna Ewert, Allie Moger On NLI Signing Day

Press Release courtesy of Colorado Athletics

Colorado volleyball head coach Jesse Mahoney has announced the signing of a pair of prep standouts to continue their education at CU as part of the 2018 volleyball class.

Jenna Ewert (Antioch, Calif.) and Alexandra “Allie” Moger (McKinney, Texas) have each signed on to join the Colorado volleyball program next season.

“We are excited to welcome such a talented pair of student-athletes to Boulder,” Mahoney said.  “Though this is a smaller class, it definitely packs a punch.  Jenna and Allie are each exceptional athletes and competitors and we expect them both to have an impact on our program from day one.”

2018 Recruiting Class

Jenna Ewert, 5-10, S, Antioch, Calif./Absolute VBC

Ewert has earned four letters playing for Deer Valley High School and was an all-league first team selection her freshman, sophomore and junior years (senior awards are yet to come). She is listed as the No. 72 recruit by Prepvolleyball.com.

As a freshman, she was second in the Bay Valley Athletic League with 312 kills and added 49 blocks, 371 digs and 35 aces. Her serving improved through her career as she totaled 72 aces as a sophomore and 125 her junior season. In 2017, Ewert has served up 65 aces.

She has performed quite well offensively and defensively. In 2015 as a sophomore, she recorded 464 kills and 373 digs. The following season, she had 267 kills and 324 digs as she made the switch to setter, adding 516 assists. Her senior season has seen her hand out 363 assists.

A member of Absolute Volleyball Club, Ewert’s 13’s team won the Far Western American Division, as well as her 16’s team. Her 16’s and 17’s team participated at the Open level at the USA Volleyball Championships.

She has also been part of the USAV pipeline. In 2015, she attended the USAV Team Prospect Training Camp and was named to the USA High Performance Select A1 Team, which participated at the USAV High Performance Championships. Ewert was selected to the 2016 USA Youth National A1 Team and competed again at the USAV HP Championships. This past summer, she was named again to the USA Youth National A1 Team.

Jenna Maria Ewert is the daughter of Thomas and Donna Ewert. She has one sister, Jessica, and two brothers, Jordan and Joshua. Jordan is an outside hitter for the Stanford men’s volleyball team. Ewert enjoys singing and is part of a choir called Divine Voices, which goes caroling and to Disneyland once a year. She competed competitively in gymnastics and swimming before playing volleyball. Ewert is interested in psychology as a major.

Many teams recruited Ewert, including Santa Clara, Cal Poly, Miami, Purdue and UCSB. She chose Colorado for many reasons, but the main reason was, “Colorado’s athletic programs are some of the best, but the team and coaching staff showed what type of people were being brought into the program, and that was a great thing.”

Mahoney on Ewert

“As a setter, Jenna can do it all: she’s got the physicality to play big at the net, she has the court presence to be a great leader, and she is absolutely fearless with the ball when pushing the tempo of the offense.  Jenna does all the routine things at a high level, but what makes her special is that one or two times each set when she makes a play that makes everyone in the gym go “wow!”  Jenna has the potential to be one of the elite setters in the Pac-12.”

Alexandra “Allie” Moger, 6-3, MB, McKinney, Texas/Madfrog VBC

A four-year letterwinner for the Lovejoy Leopards, Moger was part of a very successful team. As a sophomore, she helped her team to a second-place finish at the Texas 5A State Championships. Her junior season, LHS placed third at the state meet after winning the district championships. The Leopards won the district and region titles again during Moger’s senior campaign and is heading back to the state championships. So far this season she has recorded 220 kills and has hit .264 while adding 71 blocks, 51 solo and 20 assists.

Moger, a Prepvolleyball.com Senior Ace, competed for Madfrog Volleyball Club. Her 16’s and 17’s team participated at the Open level at the USA Volleyball Championships. Last season (2016) she hit .382 and posted 190 total blocks.

Alexandra “Allie” Moger is the daughter of Adrian and Leonie Moger of McKinney, Texas. Her father was a member of the Columbia fencing team. Moger also has one brother, Adrian Moger Jr. She enjoys drawing, listening to music and photography. Moger is also in the process of learning American Sign Language. She would like to major in psychology because she wants to have the ability to help people.

A top recruit, Moger was recruited by Georgia, Northwestern, Iowa State and Loyola Marymount. She picked Colorado because “The coaching staff and the team put out a very welcoming environment and the school has so many opportunities as well as having a great location.”

Mahoney on Moger

“Allie has all the tools necessary to be a great middle blocker in the Pac-12.  A bit of a late bloomer, Allie now measures in at 6’3 and touches 10’3 – all the physicality needed to play big at the net. But her biggest asset is her arm: she already hits one of the heaviest balls in our gym.  Allie has a blue-collar work ethic and I’ve seen her elevate her game over the past year.  Our staff is looking forward to continuing her development.”