Jessacca Gironda

Class:
Senior
Position:
F/M
Hometown:
Akron, Ohio
Prev School:
Archbishop Hoban
High School:
Archbishop Hoban

CAREER
• Entering the 2013 season, ranks sixth in Kent State history in career points (45) and T-5th in career goals (17)

2013 - SENIOR SEASON
• Played all 20 games for the Golden Flashes
• Scored 32 points with 14 goals and four assists
• Put 14 of 33 shots on goal for a .458 shots-on-goal percentage
• Named to the Academic All-MAC team
• MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week
• First team OSCA All-Academic Team
• MAC Offensive Player of the Week
• Division One OSCA All-Ohio Team
• Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American
• All-MAC
• College Soccer Madness All-Conference Team
• MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Capital One/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District

2012 - JUNIOR SEASON
• Played all 20 games for the Golden Flashes

• Fourth-leading scorer on team with 10 points on three goals and four assists

• Put 12 of 34 shots on goal for a .353 shots-on-goal percentage

• Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Academic All-Ohio selection

• National Soccer Coaches Association of America honorable mention Scholar All-Region choice

• Academic All-MAC

2011 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
• 2011 Capital One Academic All-District V Second Team (CoSIDA)

• 2011 Academic All-MAC

• Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Second-Team Academic All-Ohio
• Kent State Student-Athlete of the Week Aug. 29

• Ranked third on the team in scoring with five goals and five assists for 15 points

• Had three game-winning goals as a sophomore, including two in the first three games of the season

• Went 2-for-2 from the penalty spot on the season, with both spot kicks coming in win over Cleveland State Aug. 19

• Had goal and two assists against Youngstown State Sept. 9

• Assisted on two game-winners (Youngstown State, Sept. 9; Akron, Oct. 21)

• Started 11 of 16 games

2010 - FRESHMAN SEASON
• Garnered Mid-American Conference all-newcomer team accolades
• Led Kent State with 20 points on nine goals and two assists
• Ended the season with a streak of one goal in four consecutive games
• Team was 4-3-2 when Gironda scored a goal
• Scored game-tying goal in the 89^th minute to force overtime against Pittsburgh (Sept. 12)
• Had a goal and an assist in road draw at Cleveland State (Aug. 29)
• Scored Kent State’s first goal of the game on six occasions
• Started 17 of the team’s 18 contests
• Fired a season-high four shots at IUPUI (Sept. 19)

PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• First team all-district
• First team All-North Coast League selection at Archbishop Hoban
• Voted team’s offensive player of the year as a senior
• Played for Ohio Premier and CASA
• Club team took third place at regional tournament in 2010
• Also lettered in basketball and softball; was a two-time OHSAA Division II honorable mention all-state softball player

PERSONAL
• Parents are Frank and Pam Gironda
• Siblings are Francesca and Joey
• Sister Francesca plays softball at Ashland University
• Business management major