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2015 Women's Soccer Roster

Erik Schelkun

14 Jessica Widmann

  • Position Midfielder/Defender
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown East Meadow, N.Y.
  • Highschool East Meadow

Biography

Jessica Widmann2015: Team tri-captain...Third Team CoSIDA Academic All-American®... First Team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region and First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection... First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District... Second Team ECAC All-Star.. Co-Recipient of 2015-16 Claire & Jack Hobbs Memorial Award (Fordham Female Student-Athlete of the Year)... Team Most Valuable Offensive Player... Started all 22 games... Led Fordham in goals (12), assists (5), and points (29), while tying for the team-lead in game-winning goals with five... The 12 goals and 29 points tied for the third-most by a Ram in a single season... Earned Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week honors once... Opened the season with the game-winning goal versus Wagner (8/21)... Had two goals and an assist in a win over The Citadel (9/4)... Had a string of seven games with at least a point, and scored a goal in six of those seven games... Netted the game-winning goal in that stretch against Columbia (9/18), Rhode Island (10/1), and St. Bonaventure (10/11)... Came up clutch in the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinal against George Mason, netting the game-tying goal in regulation, and then scoring the game-deciding penalty kick in the shootout... Was selected to the 2015 Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll... Finished in the top six all-time at Fordham in career goals (6th – 19), assists (T2nd – 14), points (6th – 52), and games started (T1st – 75).

2014: Served as one of the team captains... Started all 18 games... Was the team's leading scorer with four goals and four assists for 12 points... Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in the Rams' win over Manhattan (8/24)... Also had the game-winning goal and an assist at LIU-Brooklyn (9/5)... Had a goal and an assist at Stony Brook (9/21)... Notched her final goal against The Citadel (9/14), while having an assist versus Columbia (9/28)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

WidmannBlockF2013: Started all 17 games... Was second on the Rams in scoring with three goals and three assists for nine points... Tied for the team-lead in assists... Registered 18 shots on goal... Scored the game-winning goal against Iona (9/8)... Had a goal and two assists versus Massachusetts (10/20)... Also scored a goal against Vermont (9/15)... Had an assist versus Rhode Island (9/29)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2012: Missed the entire season with an injury.

2011: Played in all 19 games as a freshman, starting 18... Fit right into the Rams' defensive scheme, helping the squad post six shutouts on the year... Added some offense as well, recording two assists and eight shots... Had a season-high four shots at Manhattan (9/9)... Had an assist in games against Delaware St. (9/4) and Temple (10/2).

Before Fordham: Four-year member of the varsity women's soccer team at East Meadow High School... Served as team captain in each of her final two seasons... Two-time First Team All-New York State selection (2009-10)... Three-time All-County pick (2008-10)... 2010 Conference Player of the Year... Played club soccer for the Syosset Sting, helping the team win the U17 New York State Championship and the US Youth Soccer Region 1 Championship... Joined fellow teammate Maria Lorena Canicatti on Syosset to make the finals in the 2010 US Youth Soccer U-17 National Championships... Member of the National Honor Society and Italian Honor Society... Also played lacrosse, basketball, and ran track in high school.

Major: Communications & Media Studies... Enrolled in the Gabelli Graduate School of Business, studying Marketing Intelligence.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2011Freshman

    Midfielder/Defender
    5'3"
    14
  • 14

    2012Sophomore

    Midfielder/Defender
    5'3"
    14
  • 14

    2013Junior

    Midfielder/Defender
    5'3"
    14
  • 14

    2014Senior

    Midfielder/Defender
    5'3"
    14
  • 14

    2015Graduate Student

    Midfielder/Defender
    5'3"
    14