Jessica Mandarich

Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Trabuco Hills HS
Hometown:
Foothill Ranch, Calif.

Awards
2012 Wake Forest Invitational All-Tournament Team 2014 (Senior):
Suffered a torn ACL in the third game of the season ... Played in each of the first three games on the back line before the injury. 2013 (Junior):
Played in 17 games for the Deacons including starting the final eight games of the season ... Started nine games in total ... Appeared mainly as a left back, but also saw some time in the midfield ... Played the full 90 minutes in games against Clemson, Pitt, North Carolina, NC State, Morehead State and Virginia ... Part of the Wake Forest defense that kept a 0.87 goals against average. 2012 (Sophomore):
Battled through an ankle injury at the start of the year before going on to appear in 14 games, making four starts ... Totaled a career-high three assists, all coming from her service on corner kicks ... Named to the Wake Forest Invitational All-Tournament Team after assisting on Ally Berry[apos]s game-winning goals against UMAss and Illinois ... Recorded third assist of the season in a 4-0 win over Clemson ... Started and played the full 91 minutes at left back - a career-high- in Wake Forest[apos]s 1-0 overtime win over Duke in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship ... Also started in the semifinals of the ACC Championship against Maryland and made starts during the regular season against Boston College and Maryland ... Took the first four shots of her career, including a career-high two against Kansas 2011 (Freshman):
Played in 19 games for the Demon Deacons during the season, starting six of them ... Logged 51 minutes off the bench for the Deacs in the ACC Tournament finals against Florida State ... Played 87 minutes as a starter in the Deacs[apos] double-overtime match against North Carolina ... Made first-career start in Wake Forest[apos]s 3-0 victory over Campbell ... Made Wake Forest debut in the Deacons[apos] 4-1 win over Auburn ... Earned first career point with an assist against UNC Greensboro, sending a cross into the box that Kelsey Zalimeni headed into the goal. Background
Four-time letterwinner for coach Sarah Trost at Trubuco Hills High School ... Played her club soccer for SoCal Blues under coach Randy Dodge ... Helped her club team win the 2010 USYSA National Championship ... SoCal Blues were also national finalists in 2008 and national semifinalists in 2009 ... Won numerous other championships in her club career, including three times winning the Blues Cup, twice winning the National League ... twice winning the Surf Cup and twice winning the Far West Regional League fall season ... Helped Trabuco Hills High School to the 2010 Sea View League Championship ... Received First-team All-League and Best Defensive Player honors in 2010 Personal
Named to the Second-team All-League team in 2009 ... Full name is Jessica Lynn Mandarich ... Born Jan. 30, 1993 ... Daughter of Bret and Denise Mandarich.