Lion Career
2007 (Freshman): Redshirt season.

High School
Four-year volleyball letterwinner at Barrington (Ill.) High School ... team captain for the Broncos ... also competed in basketball, soccer, track and baseball ... named one of the top 50 players in Illinois all four years ... named a High School All-American and Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection following senior year ... two-time all-state and three-time all-area selection ... led Barrington to a second-place finish at the Illinois State Championship with a 33-3 overall record ... played for the Rolling Thunder Club program in Lake Zurich, Ill. ... team took second at 18-club Nationals during junior season and was named to the all-tournament team ... as a senior, team was the highest finishing club team from Illinois at 18-open Nationals ... was an Illinois State Scholar.

Personal
Born Jason Diehl Ambrose on Oct. 10, 1987 in Barrington, Ill. ... parents are Raymond and Kathryn Ambrose ... has three siblings, sister Nancy (23) and cousins Kelly (17) and Lindsay (15) Pickering ... uncle Mike Pickering played football for Illinois ... names Rascal Flatts as favorite musical entertainer, ancient history and English as favorite subjects, the Chicago Cubs, Bulls and Bears as favorite professional sports teams, Michael Jordan and Sammy Sosa as favorite athletes, "The Shannara Series" as favorite books, "CSI" as favorite TV show, "Rent" as favorite movie and Sydney, Australia and Verona, Italy as favorite places to visit ... tentatively majoring in finance.

Quoting Coach Pavlik
"Jason is returning from a redshirt freshman year and will be looked at as an outside hitter and passer. With strength gains Jason will continue to develop into a good collegiate hitter."