| Jessica Yates |
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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Lake Forest, Ill.
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 | High School: Lake Forest
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 | Height: 5-8
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 | Position: GK
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General: Member of the U.S. National Under-23 Team.
1999: Started 15 games, earning second-team All-Big Ten and second-team Regional All-America honors … Missed three games due to injury … Recorded 148 saves, the fourth-best total in NU history for saves in a season … Lone shutout came against Temple … With 382 career saves, she is fourth on the all-time list … On eight occasions, she had 10 or more saves in a single game.
1998: Second-team all-region honoree … Played 1,100 of NU’s 1,467 minutes in goal (75 percent) … Tallied lone shutout of the season versus Dartmouth on Sept. 14 … Stopped a season-high 16 shots at Penn State on Sept. 27 … Also stopped 15 shots at Michigan on Oct. 30 … Had 10-or-more saves six times during the season.
1997: Tallied 133 saves for a .787 save percentage … Recorded a 1.81 goals against average in 1,395 minutes of play … Posted three shutouts … In Big Ten action, garnered 92 saves for a .793 save percentage and recorded a 2.3 goals against average … Started in 19 of 20 contests.
1996: Did not see any game action.
High School: 1995 Illinois Player of the Year ... Earned first-team all-state, all-area and all-sectional honors as a senior ... Among the state's "players to watch" ... Nominated for All-America accolades during her senior season ... Participated in Junior Nationals in 1994 ... Led Lake Forest to the state finals that same year ... Two-time all-academic honoree and member of the honor roll.
Personal: Born Jessica Beth Yates on 12/20/77 … Daughter of Richard and Linda Hegg and Albert and Molly Yates … An international studies major.