Georgia Southern University Athletics

Honors and Awards
2013 SoCon Tournament MVP
2013 first-team All-SoCon
2013 Jaguar Invitational MVP
2013 two-time SoCon Offensive Player of the Week
2013 SoCon Offensive Player of the Month for September
2013 SoCon Academic Honor Roll
2012 SoCon Academic Honor Roll

Junior (2013): Ranked second in the SoCon in kills (3.69/set) • Played in all 34 matches and started 33 • Played in 118 sets • Ranked second on the squad with 3.39 digs per set • Reached double-figure kills in 26 matches • Had 20-plus kills in four outings • Posted double-figure digs 25 times, including the final 14 matches • Had 19 double-doubles with kills and digs • Collected 36 blocks and ranked second on the team with 24 service aces • Had a season-high 23 kills and 19 digs vs. Elon (9/27) • Notched a season-high 21 digs and 18 kills in the SoCon semifinals vs. Appalachian State • Posted 22 kills and 14 digs in the SoCon title match vs. Samford. 

Sophomore (2012): Started 17 of the 25 matches she played in • Saw action in 90 sets • Missed matches midway through the season because of injury • Posted 161 kills and averaged 1.79 per set • Had 223 digs and averaged 2.48 per game • Also posted 16 blocks • Had seven matches with double-figure kills and tallied six double-doubles • Posted a season-high 14 kills and nine digs vs. Troy (8/26) • Had 11 kills and a season-high 17 digs at Wofford (9/21).

Freshman (2011): Played in 19 matches and made four starts • Saw action in 42 sets • Finished the campaign with 38 kills and 50 digs • Collected 14 kills, 10 digs and an ace vs. College of Charleston (10/28) • Posted eight kills and seven digs against Chattanooga (10/23) • Posted nine digs and two kills vs. S.C. State (9/17).

Prep: Played for Norm Cabacar at J.H. Rose High School in Greenville, N.C. • Member of the National Honor Society • Named her conference's Player of the Year and all-conference twice • Team went undefeated her junior year and won the state championship • Named the Great 8 Tournament MVP • Lettered four times and was a team captain for three seasons • Also earned letters in track and field as well as soccer and basketball.

Personal: Born Jamie Linn DeRatt Feb. 25, 1993, in Wilson, N.C. • Daughter of Jimmy and Patricia DeRatt • Has two sisters, Barbara and Lindsey • Barbara played volleyball at N.C. Wesleyan • Father, Jimmy, is a former NFL player with the New Orleans Saints, spending one season as a defensive back in 1975 • He lettered three times at the University of North Carolina.

Major: Sports management.