Jenni Stapleton

Class:
Senior
Position:
M
Hometown:
New Albany, Ohio
Prev School:
New Albany
High School:
New Albany

Getting to Know Jenni

Best part about Kent State soccer is:
My teammates

Best part of the 2011 Women's World Cup:
Abby Wambach's goal and watching the games withfriends

Person I admire the most:
My nephew inspires me everyday because of his battleagainst CF

One place I have always wanted to visit is:
Italy

Favorite sport other than soccer:
Basketball

When I was 3 years old, I started playing soccerbecause:
My sisters played and my dad always had us practicing inthe back yard

I wear my jersey number because:
It's one of my favorite numbers

Hobbies and outside interests:
Basketball, running, playing with my nephews

THIS OR THAT?
House orApartment
Singing or Dancing
Salt or Pepper
Offense or Defense
Mild or Spicy
Blue or Gold
Mountains or Ocean
Dog or Cat
Day or Night
Television or Internet
Country or City
Vanilla or Chocolate

2010 – Junior notes
• Started 12 of 17 games for Kent State in the midfield
• Had two shots on the season, including two shots at BowlingGreen (Sept. 26)
• In final six games of the season, missed just nine minutesof game action
• Also tallied shots against Ball State (Oct. 17) andseason opener vs. Illinois State (Aug. 22)

2009 – Sophomore notes
• Played all 19 games, making seven starts including the lastfour games of the season
• Had six shots on the ear, including a season-high two shotsat Youngstown State (Sept. 6) and vs. Western Michigan (Oct.11)
• Both shots in win at Youngstown State Sept. 6 wereshots on goal

2008 – Freshman notes
• Played in 13 games, making two starts
• Scored one goal and had one assist for three total pointsto lead the Kent State freshmen in 2008
• Notched her first collegiate point in just her third gamewith an assist in a 2-1 win over SIU-Edwardsville (Aug. 31)
• Produced the game-winning goal in the 43rd minute in theseason final 2-1 win over Buffalo (Oct. 30)

Prior to Kent State
• Team captain and MVP as a senior at New Albany High Schoolunder Coach Anthony Macerollo
• Named First Team All-Ohio Capital Conference in 2007
• Earned Second Team All-Central District honors whilescoring 10 goals and adding four assists
• First Team All-OCC and All-Central District selection as ajunior
• Club team Ohio Premier captured the 2001 and 2003 State CupChampionship as well as the 2005 U.S. Club Ohio State Clubtitle
• Three-year letter winner in basketball, was named FirstTeam All-OCC as a junior
• State qualifier in cross country as a freshman

Personal
• Daughter of Vicki and Charles Stapleton; her father,Charles, played basketball and baseball at Bluffton
• Her oldest sister Alissa played basketball at Capital andAshland, while her older sister Deana played basketball atOU-Lancaster
• Currently enrolled in the pre-business program