Jaali Winters (2025) - Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame

Jaali Winters

Induction:
2025
Class:
2018

Jaali Winters wasted no time in elevating the Creighton Volleyball program to unprecedented levels during her career spanning from 2015 to 2018. With Winters leading the way, the Bluejays reached their first Sweet 16 during her freshman campaign in 2015, then advanced to their initial Elite Eight a season later.

Creighton won four BIG EAST regular-season titles and four BIG EAST Tournament titles with Winters, going a combined 77-3 against league competition.

One of five student-athletes in the history of Creighton Athletics to be a four-time First Team All-Conference selection, Winters was a three-time AVCA All-American and four-time AVCA All-East Region selection.

Winters was recognized by the BIG EAST as its 2015 Freshman of the Year, 2018 Player of the Year and the Conference Tournament MVP in both 2016 and 2018, but the honors didn’t stop there. She was also a two-time Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-American (2017, 2018), a two-time Creighton Athletics Female Athlete of the Year (2015-16 and 2018-19) and the 2015 AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year.

The Ankeny, Iowa product graduated with an incredible 96 school records (71 of which still stand), including career kills (1,843), career attack attempts (5,093), single-season kills (546) and single-season points (595.5).

Winters represented her country in the summer of 2017 when she spent two weeks in Croatia with the U.S. Volleyball Collegiate National Team, helping the American side to the European Global Challenge title.

After playing professionally in Spain, France and Greece, Winters now resides in Omaha, where she plays for LOVB Nebraska.