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Jessica Gordon Season 2008

#17
PositionFORWARD
Height5-1
ClassJunior
HometownTujunga, Calif.

2008 Season:Earned second-team all-Mountain West Conference honors ... One of four players to start all 19 matches ... Tied for second on the team with 12 points ... Her five goals were second on the squad ... Had two game-winning scores, which tied her for tops on the squad with Cat Walker ... Was also second in shots (28) and shots on goal (17) ... Over 60 percent (17-of-28) of her shots were on net ... Ended up setting career-bests in goals, points, shots, shots on goal, game-winning goals and games started ... Scored the game-winner on an unassisted goal in the first half of game against Cal Poly (Aug. 29) for the Aztecs[apos] first win of the season ... Tallied an assist at Villanova (Sept. 5) ... Selected to the Villanova Classic all-tournament team after scoring a pair of goals in the double overtime tie against Loyola (Md.) on Sept. 7... The four points in the game was a career best ... Tallied three points (one goal, one assist) against Air Force (Oct. 17) ... Got off a season-high five shots, with three on goal, against TCU on Oct. 31 ... Also tallied a game-winning goal at home against Wyoming on Oct. 19 ... Started all seven MWC contests, registering five points on two goals and an assist.

2007 Season: Sidelined for all but the final five games of the season after suffering a groin injury in training camp ... Made her first appearance in a reserve role against Wyoming (Oct. 21) ... Started the Aztecs[apos] 2-0 season-ending loss to Brigham Young in the MWC tournament, playing a season-high 81 minutes (Nov. 8) ... Attempted two shots on the year vs. New Mexico (Oct. 25) and TCU (Nov. 2).

2006 Season: Saw action in 19 games with five starts ... Had two goals and two assists for six points ... Scored her first goal in the Aztecs[apos] 3-1 at UC Irvine (9/8) ... Logged her second score in the team[apos]s season-finale versus New Mexico ... Tallied an assist in the contests against UNLV and Wyoming ... Attempted a season-high five shots at TCU (10/28) ... Named to the MWC all-tournament team.

High School: Earned four letters for the Crusaders of Village Christian High School ... Named a top 75 recruit by Soccer Buzz ... Honored as a NSCAA first-team All-American ... Was selected first-team all-Alpha League for three consecutive seasons ... A two-time all-CIF team member ... Village Christian[apos]s team MVP her final three years ... Helped the Crusaders to back-to-back league titles in 2003 and 2004 ... Also competed in cheerleading and track and field ... Was the senior class president.

Club: Earned the 'Golden Boot' award, given to the tournament[apos]s top player at the USYS Nationals ... Helped the Slammers to the 2003 and 2005 national titles ... Slammers also won several state championships ... Member of the Cal South ODP state team ... Was once in the Region 4 ODP team pool.

Personal Information: Jessica Gordon was born Sept. 1, 1988, in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. ... Daughter of Tina and Ken Gordon ... Intended major is kinesiology ... Favorite athletes are Landon Donovan and Mia Hamm ... Decided on San Diego State over Georgetown, George Mason, UC Santa Barbara, Harvard, Texas, Arizona and Northwestern.