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2025 Field Hockey Roster

16 Jess Smithson

  • Position D
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Beckenham, England
  • High School Langley Park School for Girls

Biography

2025: Started in all 19 games in her senior season … Was second in points with 12 on five goals and two assists … Collected a career-best 11 defensive saves … LEC Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending October 26 after putting up a goal and an assist in back-to-back wins over Plymouth State (2-1) and UMass Dartmouth (4-0) … Claimed her second-consecutive LEC Defensive Player of the Year and LEC First Team All-Conference honors … Selected to the NFHCA Collegiate Senior Team … NCFHCA All-Region honoree … Was named to the NFHCA DIII Watchlist … LEC All-Academic Team … Named Team MVP.

2024: Appeared in 20 games for the Spartans, starting in all 20...Registered a career-high 29 points with 11 goals and seven assists...Made three defensive saves on the season with two against Eastern Connecticut (10/18)...3x LEC Defensive Player of the Week...Was named LEC Defensive Player of the Year and earned First Team All-LEC honors following the completion of her junior season

2023: Appeared in 19 contests, starting 17 ... Registered career high 14 points with three goals and eight assists ... Scored first career goal against Union (9/1) ... 1x LEC Defensive Player of the Week ... All-LEC First Team selection.

2022: Appeared in 21 games, starting 19 ... Collected six assists ... Logged first career point in two-assist effort against UMass Dartmouth (9/17) ... Tabbed with a helper in LEC quarterfinal matchup win over Fitchburg State (11/1).

Personal: Daughter of Lynda and Simon Smithson ... Birthday is December 24th ... Majoring in Exercise Science.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2022First Year

    D
    5'8"
    16
  • 16

    2023Sophomore

    D
    5'8"
    16
  • 16

    2024Junior

    D
    5'9"
    16
  • 16

    2025Senior

    D
    5'9"
    16