| Leigh Jakes |
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2007: Missed entire season due to injury.
2006: Made an immediate impact on the defensive front in her first season ... Big Ten All-Freshman team selection ... Started all 14 games in which she played ... Defensive specialist.
High School: One of the top U18 soccer players in the nation ... A 2005 NSCAA/Adidas All-America selection and two-time Conference Player of the Year ... Noted as "a shutdown defender and a dangerous forward with unbelievable speed and very dominant in the air" ... Named to the Atlanta Journal Constitution All-Star and All-Region teams for the past three years ... Earned Region and County Girls Soccer Player of the Year twice ... Scored over 20 goals the past three seasons in helping her high school Lady Eagles soccer program to a 37-13-4 record over the past three years and a top 10 ranking in the state ... During that time, the team was region champions twice and once runner-up ... Team MVP and Henry County Player of the Year ... Three-time participant in the Henry County All-Star game ... Team captain ... Member of the Peachtree City Lazers 88 Elite and helped her team become one of the top 20 in the nation in 2005 ... Helped the 88 Cobb Lady Chiefs earn the 2004 State Cup Championship and was selected to the Super Y League South Atlantic ODP Regional pool team (Atlanta Silverback Jr's) ... Selected to the 2004 and 2005 state ODP pool teams (88's), ODP Region team and ODP Super Y league Region I and III National pool team. ... Also a standout basketball player, named defensive MVP ... National Honor Student with a 4.0 GPA ... Chaplain of the Y-Club, ROTC for 3 years and a member of the ROTC Academic Team ... Voted Student of the Year 2003-2004 ... Also considered West Virginia, Tennessee and Auburn.
Personal: Born Leigh Ashley Jakes on March 24, 1988 ... Daughter of Van and Rhonda Jakes ... Father Van was a defensive back NFL from 1983-1991, playing for Kansas City, New Orleans and Green Bay ... Plans to major in sociology.
Jakes' Stats:
| Year | GP/S | Shots | G | A | Pts | GWG |
| 2006 | 14/14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
