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  Jessica Grupp

Jessica Grupp

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Highland Mills, N.Y.

High School:
Monroe-Woodbury

Height:
5-4

Position:
D

Game Highs
Points: 2, vs. Howard (10/30/07)
Goals: 1, vs. Howard (10/30/07)
Assists: 1, vs. Mount St. Mary's (9/19/08)
Shots: 2, vs. Lafayette (10/10/08)

Outlook -- Jessica is aggressive and strong 1v1 defender ... great defensive presence and hard-nosed tackler ... gets forward into attack well, while maintaining discipline to get back into shape.

2008 -- Played a valuable role as a reserve defender, appearing in 21 games and earning three starts ... for the second consecutive year, contributed to the Mids Patriot League's top-ranked scoring defense (14 goals against in 22 games) ... made her first collegiate start in a Navy uniform in the Mids' 3-0 win over Francis Marion (9/26) ... recorded her first career assist on teammate Kate Herren's first collegiate goal in the 70th minute of a 5-1 win over Mount St. Mary's (9/19) ... fired a career-high two shots in her first start against a conference versus Lafayette (10/10).

2007 -- Saw action in 10 contests as a freshman defender ... part of a Navy defensive unit that shutout 11 opponents and held the opposition to 0.92 goals per game ... made her collegiate debut in Navy's 4-0 win over Saint Peter's on Sept. 5 ... played some critical minutes in the back in the Mids' win over Towson ... recorded her first career shot on goal in a season-high 75 minutes of action in a 2-2 draw against league foe American ... scored her first goal at the collegiate level off a feed from classmate Christine Calderon in the 67th minute of a 8-1 win against Howard ... saw action as a reserve in four games against Patriot League competition.

High School/Club -- A 2007 graduate of Monroe-Woodbury High School in Central Valley, N.Y. ... earned four letters in soccer as a prep, while also lettering four times in track & field who competed in the pentathlon ... led the soccer team to the 2005 division title ... named team MVP and served as captain of the soccer team during her senior campaign ... the Times Herald Record named her a Second-Team All-Star in 2006 ... named the Monroe-Woodbury Outstanding Female Athlete in 2007 ... led the track & field team to the Section 9 Championship, as well as the OCIAA title in 2004-05 ... named the outdoor track team MVP in 2007 ... member of the National Honor Society.

Personal -- Full name is Jessica Mary Grupp ... daughter of Lt. Col. James (ret.) and Kathryn Grupp ... sister, Elizabeth, was a four-year soccer standout at the Coast Guard Academy where she graduated from in 2007 ... brother, Jason, is a junior at Norwich University where he plays defense for the soccer team ... father served 12 years as an active duty Air Force pilot ... spent the next 16 years as a reserve pilot in the Air National Guard, retiring in 2006 ... taught aviation at Army and also coached the marathon team ... born May 16, 1989, in West Point, N.Y. ... majoring in oceanography ... named to both Commandant's and Dean's Lists after posting a 3.6 GPA during the 2009 spring semester.

Grupp's Career Statistics

		Overall				Patriot League
Yr	GP/GS	Sh	G	A	Pts	GP/GS	Sh	G	A	Pts
2007	10/0	2	1	0	2	4/0	1	0	0	0
2008	21/3	3	0	1	1	7/1	2	0	0	0
Total   31/3	5	1	1	3	11/1	3	0	0	0

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