17 Jessica Needham
17 Jessica Needham
Height: 5-8
Year: 2011
Hometown: East Bridgewater, MA
High School: Cardinal Spellman
Position: Forward
Major: Nursing
Premier/ODP: Blackwatch Premier

2010: Started six games before suffering a season-ending injury…was off to a great start before getting hurt with seven goals –including three game-winners, five assists and 19 total points in just six matches…selected as the GNAC Player of the Week twice…finished second on the team in goals, assists and points…tallied six points with two goals and two assists in a 7-0 win over Thomas College on September 4th…notched the game-winner in back to back games against Maine-Farmington and Emerson College on September 9th and 11th, respectively…netted a goal and two assists in a 4-0 win over Pine Minor College on September 15th…scored both of the Monks’ goals in a 2-1 triumph over Lasell on September 17th…closed out her career with 33 goals, 23 assists and 89 total points…leaves Saint Joseph’s as the team’s all-time leader in game-winning goals with 11.

2009: Played in 17 games with 17 starts…paced the Monks with 11 goals, 27 points and 4 game-winning tallies…garnered second All-GNAC honor of her career with a Third Team nomination…listed on GNAC Weekly Honor Roll twice…scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, against Mount Ida on September 16th…chipped in with a goal and a helper in a 2-1 victory over Emerson College on October 4th…scored all three SJC goals in a 3-2 victory over Norwich on October 10th…notched the GWG in a 3-2 GNAC Quarterfinal victory over Norwich on November 1st…set a new program individual game record with nine shots on goal against Pine Manor on September 29th…closed out her junior campaign ranking in the top ten in several St. Joe’s career categories, including goals (26), points (70), shots (154) and game-winning goals (8)...received team's "Golden Boot" award as the Monks' leading goal scorer.

2008: Played and started in all 18 games for the Monks. She matched her goals and assists with eight apiece totaling 24 points.

2007: Played in 14 games starting nine in her freshman year...notched her first collegiate goal and tallied two assists in an 8-0 win over Daniel Webster on September 26th...named to GNAC All-Conference Second Team.

High School: Played two years of varsity soccer for Head Coach Mike Perry at Cardinal Spellman High School (missed two years due to injury)...made the Division II South tournament each year and the Division II State Final senior year...Catholic Central League all-star, Eastern Mass all-star and Captain senior year...scored 14 goals and tallied 12 assists as a senior.

Personal: Jessica Nicole Needham, born on November 5, 1988 in Stoughton, Massachusetts ...daughter of Mike and Eileen Needham...majoring in Nursing.

CAREER STATISTICS