Saint Joseph's University

Career Honors

6x Dean's List Honors

Career-Highs

Kills: 17 (at Felician, 10/1/16)

Assists: 2 (at Millersville, 9/7/18)

Aces: 5 (at Cheyney, 9/1/17)

Digs: 18 (vs. Post, 10/20/18)

Blocks: 2 (7x)

2018 (Match-by-Match): Checca played in all 27 matches her senior season. She was fifth on the team with 1.95 digs and 1.26 kills per set.

• Had 11 digs and five kills on Senior Day against Wilmington (11/3)
• Finished in double-digits with 10 kills against CACC North leader Post, while adding a career-high 18 digs for her second double-double in three matches, and the third of her career (10/20)
• Led USciences with a season-high 11 kills, and added 12 digs for her second career double-double against Chestnut Hill (10/13)

2017 (Match-by-Match): Checca all played in all 23 matches for USciences in 2017, appearing in 71 sets. She was third on the team with an average of 2.55 digs per set, and sixth at 1.14 kills per set.  

• Set a new career-best with nine kills on .200 hitting in sweep of Felician and was two digs shy of her first career double-double (10/21)
• Team-high 16 digs in five set win at Concordia were a new career-best (10/14)
• 10 digs in sweep of Lincoln matched her career-best for a three set match (10/12)
• In double-figures for digs with 10 vs. Jefferson, which matched a career-best for a three set match (9/27)
• Match-high nine kills at Dominican were a career-best for a three set match. She added nine digs to fall just one kill and one dig shy of her second career double-double (9/13)
• Recorded five kills on .571 hitting, career-best five services aces and a match-best five digs in season-opening sweep of Cheyney (9/1)

2016 (Match-by-Match):

2015 (Match-by-Match):

Prior to USciences: 

• Four-year player at Kingsway High School
• Served as team Captain in 2014
• Kingsway won 2013 Conference championship
• Played club volleyball for Cherry Hill Volleyball Club
• Also played lacrosse and soccer in high school 

Personal: 

• One of two children of Mike and Judith Checca
• Mother, Judith, is a 1992 graduate of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science with a degree in Pharmacy
• Chose USciences because it will enable her to focus on her studies while also being able to play a sport