Jessie

I miss Jessie.

Jessie was quite a character on bus rides.  She would drive people crazy by singing and sometimes dancing.  I remember Nela joking with her that she didn't know if she would be able to take it for a whole season of bus rides.

One of my biggest memories when it comes to Jessie is how she forgot everything on her first road trip, which also happened to be my first road trip. 

After every trip I would go up and down the aisles of the bus and look in bins to make sure that no one had forgotten everything.  I figured that I would find something every once in awhile, but it turns out I hit the jackpot on our way back from our first trip.  I looked into a bin and found her #26 jersey.  I wasn't surprised she forgot something, but I was surprised it was her jersey.

After we got back I heard from a couple of players that Jessie had forgot something and I let them know that I had indeed found her jersey.

The jersey wasn't really the important part.

The ID and I believe wallet she left was more important to her.  I called the hotel that night and they were able to find it and mailed it back to her.

Speaking of that PSU trip in 2010, our team left our team goals at Penn State's field.  But we beat them anyway a week later.

Jessie was always thrilled to get back from trips.  She loved knowing that we were almost home so whenever she wondered how far we were I lied and added an hour to see how she would react. 

Jessie's goals was one of my favorite goals that I have ever seen simply because her reaction to it was priceless.  Scoring your first career Division I goal should be a special moment.  As a freshman she was able to score and she was so excited.  She jumped up and down forever.  I was so happy for her.  She's a great person and she deserved to score.

Jessie is smart.  Really smart, and I witnessed that first hand when I went to study hall my first semester of grad school. 

I also see her as someone who is really well rounded, and also helpful and reliable. 

Jessie was also famous for her awkward dance.  Not sure what it was called by the team, but she displayed it well during the talent show.  She also did a great job whipping her hair back and forth. 

One other memory worth noting was a question she asked about fields at Penn State.  It was one of those dumb questions and dumb answers that was given to her by our assistant coach at the time.  I think she asked about whether the fields in the parking lot at Penn State were field turf or real grass.  She believed our coach when she said, field turf. 

Lastly, Jessie is a huge hockey fan, and I always remembered that about her because I don't know of many hockey fans.  She is a big Caps fan.  As a sports management major you have to be able to remember things like that.  Never know when I might need the opinion of a hockey fan.