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2021 Field Hockey

1 Jackie Lerro

  • Height 5-0
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Royersford, Pa.
  • High School Pope John Paul II
  • Position Forward
  • Major Marketing

Biography

2022 CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-America
2021 NFHCA Second-Team All-America
2021 NFHCA Division III Senior Team
2021 First-Team All-Region VI
2021 First-Team All-State
2021 First-Team All-ODAC
2021 ODAC All-Tournament Team
2020-21 CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-America
2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2020-21 First-Team All-State
2020-21 First-Team All-ODAC
2019 NFHCA Second-Team All-America
2019 NFHCA First-Team All-South Region
2019 All-State Player of the Year
2019 First-Team All-State
2019 ODAC Offensive Player of the Year
2019 First-Team All-ODAC
2019 ODAC All-Tournament Team
2018 NFHCA First-Team All-South Region
2018 First-Team All-State
2018 First-Team All-ODAC
2018 ODAC All-Tournament Team
2017 NFHCA Second-Team All-South Region
2017 All-State Rookie of the Year
2017 First-Team All-State
2017 ODAC Rookie of the Year
2017 First-Team All-ODAC

Graduate Student (2021): Cemented herself as one of the greatest to ever wear a Lynchburg uniform, leading the team with 20 goals and 17 assists and helping the Hornets to a fourth-straight NCAA tournament appearance ... Earned ODAC player of the week and NFHCA offensive player of the week honors in mid-September ... Scored multiple goals in seven games, including hat tricks Oct. 6 and Nov. 2 vs. Bridgewater and Oct. 20 vs. Ferrum ... Scored the game-winner in overtime of a Sept. 17 upset of No. 13 Ursinus ... Also had the game-winner Oct. 2 at Denison, Oct. 24 vs. Wooster, Oct. 27 vs. Va. Wesleyan, and Nov. 2 vs. Bridgewater ... Finished her career with 249 points, 99 goals, and 51 assists, reaching the top three in the program's history in all three categories.

Senior (2020-21): Started nine games in her senior campaign to help Lynchburg repeat as ODAC champs ... Led the team with 11 goals and also added six assists ... Named ODAC player of the week and NFHCA Division III offensive player of the week once ... Enjoyed four multi-goal games ... Had a hat trick and an assist in a March 19 win at Randolph-Macon ... Scored the game-winner in overtime of the ODAC semifinals to lift Lynchburg past Shenandoah.

Junior (2019): Started all 24 games for the Hornets, leading the team in goals with 21 and assists with 13...Led the conference in goals, points, shots taken and was second in assists...Scored four goals and had one assist in the Hornets' 6-1 win over Stevenson on Sept. 24...Turned in a hat trick in a 4-3 victory over No. 2-ranked Rowan on Sept. 29...Scored goals in both the ODAC championship game win over Shenandoah and in the NCAA tournament first round win over No.12-ranked Centre College...Named ODAC player of the week and Division III national player of the week for the week ending Sept. 30 after scoring seven goals

Sophomore (2018): Started all 22 games, ranking second on the team with 19 goals and 12 assists ... Ranked second in the conference in goals and points ... Finished top 50 in Division III in goals, assists, and points ... Scored in seven-straight games midway through the season, a streak kicked off by her hat trick Oct. 6 at Randolph-Macon ... Scored twice in the ODAC championship victory over Shenandoah Nov. 7 ... ODAC player of the week and NFHCA national offensive player of the week for the week ending Oct. 14.

Freshman (2017): The speedy forward enjoyed one of the finest freshman campaigns in program history, starting all 20 games ... Led the team and conference with 28 goals, which was also tops among first-years nationwide ... Accrued the second-highest goal total for a freshman in program history ... Helped Lynchburg rank second in the nation with a scoring average of 4.5 ... Ranked sixth in Division III with 1.40 goals per game ... Finished eighth in the country in points per game (2.95) ... Twice was named the ODAC's Player of the Week, Sept. 11 and Oct. 16 ... Scored four goals in a game Sept. 10 vs. Albright ... Also had hat tricks Oct. 13 vs. Virginia Wesleyan, Oct. 19 at Ferrum, and Oct. 25 at Roanoke ... Scored Lynchburg's lone goal in the ODAC championship game at Washington and Lee.

Before Lynchburg: Team MVP represented the Panthers in the Philadelphia Senior All-Star Game ... Named Tri-County Player of the Year by the Reading Eagle to go with first-team all-conference accolades ... Scored 57 goals in three varsity seasons, including 29 in her senior campaign ... All-Academic team member ... Also competes in track & field at Lynchburg.


Personal

Parents: Christopher and LisaMarie

Brother: Anthony

Dream Vacation: Maldives

Favorite Book: The Art of Racing in the Rain

Favorite TV Show: Say Yes to the Dress

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

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    2018Sophomore

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    2019Junior

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    2020Senior

    Forward
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    2021Graduate Student

    Forward
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