Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

PRONUNCIATION:   

2025: All-NSIC First Team... NSIC All-Academic Team... NSIC Setter of the Week (Sep. 22)... Played and started 29 matches and 97 sets (team-high) for the Mavericks as a sophomore... 1,067 assists (11.00 ast/set, team best, sixth in NSIC)... Posted 78 kills, 61 service aces, 54.0 blocks, including eight solo blocks... Season high 58 assists vs. Northern State (Oct. 25)... Season high five kills vs. St. Cloud State (Sep. 23)... Season high 16 digs vs. Southwest Minnesota State (Oct. 4)... Totaled seven aces at Missouri S&T (Sep. 4).

2024: Played in 23 matches and 66 sets for Minnesota State in her freshman campaign… Recorded 14 kills, 246 assists, a team-high 30 service aces and 113 digs... Ended with 24 assists in consecutive days against Truman State and Northern Michigan… Tallied four service aces in three games… Had 16 digs in the match against Northern Michigan.

High School: Jadynis a 5-foot-10-inch setter from Rochester, Minn...At Rochester Mayo High School, Lester was an All-Conference setter for three straight years (2021-23) and was named to the MNVBCA Class AAAA All-State team...Jadyn was also an all-conference athlete in Track & Field in field events...Lester was a four-year Student Government representative at Mayo High School.

Personal: Jadyn is the daughter of Mike and Jodie Lester and is majoring in nursing.