University of North Texas Athletics
Volleyball Finalizes Roster
6/18/2026 10:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
The Mean Green add three transfer signings to the 2026 roster
DENTON – UNT volleyball head coach Dave Fleming completed his 2026 roster with three transfer signees, the program announced Thursday.
Jocelyn Jourdan (Robert Morris) joined the Mean Green ahead of the 2026 spring season while Kennedy Cooper (Saint Louis) and Alexa Hayes (NIU) finalized the three-player class of transfers for the upcoming campaign.
North Texas hosts a home exhibition at the UNT Volleyball Center versus DBU on Aug. 13 before it opens the season against CSU Bakersfield on Aug. 28 at the ACU Invitational in Abilene, Texas.
Additional information on each of the newcomers can be found below.
Jocelyn Jourdan | OH | Senior | 6-2 | Austintown, Ohio | Robert Morris / Youngstown State
Played two seasons at Robert Morris (2024-25) … Named Second Team All-Horizon League selection as a junior … Earned Under Armour Horizon League Player of the Week honors on Sept. 29, 2025 … Appeared in 216 sets and 58 matches played over two years with the Colonials … Totaled 665 kills on 1,985 attacks in two seasons at RMU … Led Robert Morris in kills and points over each of the past two seasons … Tallied double-digit kills in 34 matches at RMU, including five with 20-plus kills … Recorded 14 career double-doubles, all as a junior in 2025 … Dropped 17 kills, six digs and a season-high five blocks in a five-set win over USC Upstate on Aug. 30, 2024 … Registered career-best .452 attack percentage with 16 kills, four digs and three blocks versus Central Michigan on Sept. 21, 2024 … Collected season-high 19 kills and eight digs, adding with four blocks against Purdue Fort Wayne on Sept. 28, 2024 … Posted her first career double-double with 12 kills and 15 digs versus Loyola Maryland on Sept. 5, 2025 … Scored a career-high mark of 27 points with 23 kills, three aces and two block assists at Purdue Fort Wayne on Sept. 27, 2025 … Tallied her career high of 24 kills at Milwaukee on Nov. 7, 2025 … Played the 2023 season at Youngstown State … Appeared in 70 sets and 23 matches with seven starts in one season with the Penguins … Tallied 95 kills on 252 attacks for a .250 hitting percentage … Added 19 total blocks, 36 digs, eight aces and seven assists as a freshman at YSU … Recorded two kills in her collegiate debut versus Bethune-Cookman on Sept. 8, 2023 … Collected 11 kills on 22 attacks against Milwaukee on Sept. 30, 2023, for her first career double-digit kill performance … Registered career-high six blocks at Milwaukee on Oct. 27, 2023 … Posted a season-high mark of 13 kills, 32 attacks and 15 points versus IU Indy on Nov. 3, 2023 … Four-year letter winner at Austintown Fitch High School (Austintown, Ohio) … Set school records for kills in a match (36), season (495) and career (1,190) … Helped lead the Falcons to three regular season All-American Conference titles (2020, 2021, 2022) … Named 2022 Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association (OHSVCA) Division I Third Team All-State selection … Won OHSVCA District 1 Player of the Year as a senior … Two-time OHSVCA First Team All-District selection (2021, 2022) … Named 2022 All-American Conference Player of the Year … Earned First Team All-American Conference honors in 2021 and 2022 with a Second-Team selection in 2020 … Two-year basketball letter winner … Member of National Honor Society … Played club for NOVA Juniors (Akron, Ohio) and head coach Don Gromala … National runners-up at the 2023 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships.
Kennedy Cooper | MB | Sophomore | 5-10 | Las Vegas, Nev. | Saint Louis
Played the 2025 season at Saint Louis … Appeared in 70 sets over 20 matches, including 19 starts, as a freshman … Tallied 45 kills on 111 total attacks and added seven service aces … Finished second with 46 total blocks for the Billikens, including 43 block assists … Dropped three kills and five blocks in her first career match on Aug. 29, 2025 versus Northern Kentucky … Recorded season-high 9.5 points with six kills, three blocks, two aces while adding four digs and one assist against Kansas City on Sept. 19, 2025 … Tallied a season-best mark of seven total blocks versus VCU on Oct. 3, 2025 … Finished with five kills on 10 attacks and two blocks in the season finale at Davidson on Nov. 15, 2025 … Three-year letter winner at Liberty High School (Henderson, Nev.) … Two-time first team all-state selection in 2022 as a sophomore and 2024 as a senior … Earned second team all-state honors as a junior … Named academic all-state selection as a sophomore … Helped lead the Patriots to the 2022 Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) 4A State Semifinals after an undefeated league season as a sophomore … Played club for Topflight Volleyball Club (Las Vegas) … Finished in third place at the 2024 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships … Dad, John Cooper, is currently a men's basketball assistant coach at Kansas State and is a former all-conference player at Wichita State.
Alexa Hayes | OPP | Senior | 5-10 | Magnolia, Texas | NIU / Tyler Junior College / Lamar
Played two seasons at NIU (2024-25) … Appeared in 144 sets over 43 matches played including 11 starts … Collected 207 kills and 78 total blocks for 247.5 points … Added 67 digs and 10 assists over two seasons with the Huskies … Made her Division I debut with six kills, three blocks and one dig versus Western Illinois on Aug. 30, 2024 … Tallied season-high seven kills and 21 attacks versus Stony Brook on Sept. 14, 2024 … Recorded 8.5 points with seven kills and three blocks against Akron on Oct. 4, 2024 … Dropped career-high 13 kills and 14 points with two block assists and four digs versus Indiana State on Sept. 5, 2025 … Registered second double-digit kill performance with 11 at Akron on Oct. 25, 2025 … Posted seven blocks and added five kills, one dig versus Ohio on Nov. 7, 2025 … Named to the 2025 Academic All-MAC Team … Played 2023 season at Tyler Junior College … Named NJCAA Region XIV Newcomer of the Year … Earned First Team All-Region and First Team All-Conference selections as a freshman … Appeared in 119 sets over 33 matches for the Apaches … Ranked second for TJC with 310 kills and 77 total blocks … Added 61 digs, nine aces and seven assists in one season … Dropped 14 kills on 33 attacks and five blocks in her collegiate debut versus South Mountain Community College on Aug. 18, 2023 … Set season-high marks of 17 kills, 45 attacks and 23 points at Wharton County Junior College on Oct. 27, 2023 … Named to the Dean's List at Tyler Junior College in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 … Retained redshirt after she did not appear in the 2022 season at Lamar University … Three-year letter winner at Magnolia West High School (Magnolia, Texas) … Earned Second Team All-District 19-5A nods in 2020 and 2021 … Listed as an honorable mention all-district selection as a sophomore … Multi-sport athlete earning varsity letters in soccer and softball … Played club for Houston Juniors … Brother, Seth, played football at UIW (2022) and Arkansas State (2019-20).
Jocelyn Jourdan (Robert Morris) joined the Mean Green ahead of the 2026 spring season while Kennedy Cooper (Saint Louis) and Alexa Hayes (NIU) finalized the three-player class of transfers for the upcoming campaign.
North Texas hosts a home exhibition at the UNT Volleyball Center versus DBU on Aug. 13 before it opens the season against CSU Bakersfield on Aug. 28 at the ACU Invitational in Abilene, Texas.
Additional information on each of the newcomers can be found below.
Jocelyn Jourdan | OH | Senior | 6-2 | Austintown, Ohio | Robert Morris / Youngstown State
Played two seasons at Robert Morris (2024-25) … Named Second Team All-Horizon League selection as a junior … Earned Under Armour Horizon League Player of the Week honors on Sept. 29, 2025 … Appeared in 216 sets and 58 matches played over two years with the Colonials … Totaled 665 kills on 1,985 attacks in two seasons at RMU … Led Robert Morris in kills and points over each of the past two seasons … Tallied double-digit kills in 34 matches at RMU, including five with 20-plus kills … Recorded 14 career double-doubles, all as a junior in 2025 … Dropped 17 kills, six digs and a season-high five blocks in a five-set win over USC Upstate on Aug. 30, 2024 … Registered career-best .452 attack percentage with 16 kills, four digs and three blocks versus Central Michigan on Sept. 21, 2024 … Collected season-high 19 kills and eight digs, adding with four blocks against Purdue Fort Wayne on Sept. 28, 2024 … Posted her first career double-double with 12 kills and 15 digs versus Loyola Maryland on Sept. 5, 2025 … Scored a career-high mark of 27 points with 23 kills, three aces and two block assists at Purdue Fort Wayne on Sept. 27, 2025 … Tallied her career high of 24 kills at Milwaukee on Nov. 7, 2025 … Played the 2023 season at Youngstown State … Appeared in 70 sets and 23 matches with seven starts in one season with the Penguins … Tallied 95 kills on 252 attacks for a .250 hitting percentage … Added 19 total blocks, 36 digs, eight aces and seven assists as a freshman at YSU … Recorded two kills in her collegiate debut versus Bethune-Cookman on Sept. 8, 2023 … Collected 11 kills on 22 attacks against Milwaukee on Sept. 30, 2023, for her first career double-digit kill performance … Registered career-high six blocks at Milwaukee on Oct. 27, 2023 … Posted a season-high mark of 13 kills, 32 attacks and 15 points versus IU Indy on Nov. 3, 2023 … Four-year letter winner at Austintown Fitch High School (Austintown, Ohio) … Set school records for kills in a match (36), season (495) and career (1,190) … Helped lead the Falcons to three regular season All-American Conference titles (2020, 2021, 2022) … Named 2022 Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association (OHSVCA) Division I Third Team All-State selection … Won OHSVCA District 1 Player of the Year as a senior … Two-time OHSVCA First Team All-District selection (2021, 2022) … Named 2022 All-American Conference Player of the Year … Earned First Team All-American Conference honors in 2021 and 2022 with a Second-Team selection in 2020 … Two-year basketball letter winner … Member of National Honor Society … Played club for NOVA Juniors (Akron, Ohio) and head coach Don Gromala … National runners-up at the 2023 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships.
Kennedy Cooper | MB | Sophomore | 5-10 | Las Vegas, Nev. | Saint Louis
Played the 2025 season at Saint Louis … Appeared in 70 sets over 20 matches, including 19 starts, as a freshman … Tallied 45 kills on 111 total attacks and added seven service aces … Finished second with 46 total blocks for the Billikens, including 43 block assists … Dropped three kills and five blocks in her first career match on Aug. 29, 2025 versus Northern Kentucky … Recorded season-high 9.5 points with six kills, three blocks, two aces while adding four digs and one assist against Kansas City on Sept. 19, 2025 … Tallied a season-best mark of seven total blocks versus VCU on Oct. 3, 2025 … Finished with five kills on 10 attacks and two blocks in the season finale at Davidson on Nov. 15, 2025 … Three-year letter winner at Liberty High School (Henderson, Nev.) … Two-time first team all-state selection in 2022 as a sophomore and 2024 as a senior … Earned second team all-state honors as a junior … Named academic all-state selection as a sophomore … Helped lead the Patriots to the 2022 Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) 4A State Semifinals after an undefeated league season as a sophomore … Played club for Topflight Volleyball Club (Las Vegas) … Finished in third place at the 2024 USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships … Dad, John Cooper, is currently a men's basketball assistant coach at Kansas State and is a former all-conference player at Wichita State.
Alexa Hayes | OPP | Senior | 5-10 | Magnolia, Texas | NIU / Tyler Junior College / Lamar
Played two seasons at NIU (2024-25) … Appeared in 144 sets over 43 matches played including 11 starts … Collected 207 kills and 78 total blocks for 247.5 points … Added 67 digs and 10 assists over two seasons with the Huskies … Made her Division I debut with six kills, three blocks and one dig versus Western Illinois on Aug. 30, 2024 … Tallied season-high seven kills and 21 attacks versus Stony Brook on Sept. 14, 2024 … Recorded 8.5 points with seven kills and three blocks against Akron on Oct. 4, 2024 … Dropped career-high 13 kills and 14 points with two block assists and four digs versus Indiana State on Sept. 5, 2025 … Registered second double-digit kill performance with 11 at Akron on Oct. 25, 2025 … Posted seven blocks and added five kills, one dig versus Ohio on Nov. 7, 2025 … Named to the 2025 Academic All-MAC Team … Played 2023 season at Tyler Junior College … Named NJCAA Region XIV Newcomer of the Year … Earned First Team All-Region and First Team All-Conference selections as a freshman … Appeared in 119 sets over 33 matches for the Apaches … Ranked second for TJC with 310 kills and 77 total blocks … Added 61 digs, nine aces and seven assists in one season … Dropped 14 kills on 33 attacks and five blocks in her collegiate debut versus South Mountain Community College on Aug. 18, 2023 … Set season-high marks of 17 kills, 45 attacks and 23 points at Wharton County Junior College on Oct. 27, 2023 … Named to the Dean's List at Tyler Junior College in Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 … Retained redshirt after she did not appear in the 2022 season at Lamar University … Three-year letter winner at Magnolia West High School (Magnolia, Texas) … Earned Second Team All-District 19-5A nods in 2020 and 2021 … Listed as an honorable mention all-district selection as a sophomore … Multi-sport athlete earning varsity letters in soccer and softball … Played club for Houston Juniors … Brother, Seth, played football at UIW (2022) and Arkansas State (2019-20).
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