2022 SENIOR - Ended her career as an NCCAA First Team All-American … was also honorable mention for NAIA All-American … named to the NCCAA All-Tournament Team and the NCCAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player … named the Crossroads League Offensive Player of the Year for the second time in her career … named First Team All-League … helped Grace to four straight NAIA tournament appearances, the first senior class to accomplish that feat … was second on the team with 11 goals and led the squad with 13 assists … had a goal and two assists in the NCCAA championship match against Oakland City … assisted two goals against Science and Arts in Grace’s NAIA First Round win.
2021 JUNIOR - Named NCCAA Tournament Most Oustanding Player … contributed a goal or an assist in all 4 NCCAA tournament matches … added 8 goals and 4 assists for the Lancers … provided two goals in her first game back from injury in a 6-0 victory over Huntington … recorded two goals in a 5-0 victory over Mt. Vernon … supplied 51 shots on the year with 25 of those on target.
2020-21 SOPHOMORE - Repeated as 1st Team All-Crossroads League and 1st Team NCCAA All-American … appeared in 14 matches, with 12 starts … tied for team lead with eight goals … added five assists, which was third on the team … recorded multi-goal games against Point Park and St. Francis … scored a goal and added 3 assists in the NCCAA National Tournament … led the team with 45 shot attempts … put together a streak of six straight matches with points (5 goals, 4 assists) …named NCCAA Offensive Player of the Week after the national tournament.
2019 FRESHMAN - Burst onto the scene with an explosive first season … started all 23 games … led the team in goals with 17 … broke the team record for assists in a single season with 18 … led the conference and ranked sixth in the NAIA for assists … ranked 12th in the NAIA for game winning goals (6) … led the conference with 118 shots … scored or assisted in 16 games … five games with two or more goals … back-to-back hat tricks against Indiana Tech and Cleary … five games with multiple assists … had four assists against Bethel … went on a seven-game goal streak … had three goals during the NAIA tournament … two times named Crossroads Player of the Week … two times named NCCAA Player of the Week … named Crossroads League Newcomer of the Year … named Crossroads League Offensive Player of the Year … named to the Crossroads All-League Team … named NCCAA All-American … NAIA honorable mention for All-American … second player in team history to be named NCCAA Player of the Year.
PREP - An All-State player from Wheaton Warrenville South (Ill.) … racked up 15 goals and 14 assists as a senior … the conference Player of the Year in her final season … helped the Tigers to second consecutive regional championship … posted a record of 14-5-2 as a senior … sisters with Grace soccer players Liz and Kim.
GET TO KNOW JJ
Major - Sports Management and sports ministry
Dream job - Pro soccer player
Favorite movie - My All-American
Favorite band or musical artist - Hill Song
Something interesting about me - I’ve been homeschooled my whole life.
Favorite TV show - Psych
Life verse - Colossians 3:17
Best thing about Grace soccer - The team loves Jesus and pushes each other to grow spiritually.
If I didn’t play my sport I’d play… Softball
Why I chose Grace - To grow in my faith while also growing in my soccer abilities
My hidden talent - I can touch my tongue to my nose.
