2020 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 1
Jessica Linquist
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- West Deptford
- Hometown:
- West Deptford, NJ
- Major:
- Rehabilitation Counseling
Bio
2021: NFCA All Mid-Atlantic Region First Team…A-10 All-Conference First Team…A-10 All-Academic Team…Started every game behind the plate and hit .358 with a team-best .529 on-base percentage at the top of GW's lineup, helping Buff and Blue go 23-1 in A-10 play, win first conference regular season title and advance to the NCAA Tournament...Veteran catcher directed a pitching staff with a 1.97 ERA and threw out 12 of 33 runners who attempted to steal...Led conference with 53 runs scored in 48 games...Among national leaders with 40 walks...Had 22 extra-base hits (16 doubles/six homers)...Reached base in 24 straight games from March 11-May 1...Struck out just six times during the regular season...Had 14 multi-hit games and scored multiple runs 14 times…Reached base four times with a hit and three walks in win over Villanova (3/11)...Had a hit and three walks at UMBC (3/13)...Scored four runs three times during season (3/20 at George Mason, 4/17 at Saint Joseph’s, 5/1 at St. Bonaventure)…Had first multi-homer game and drove in five RBIs in win at Saint Joe’s on April 17...Had three multi-hit games in final series of regular season at St. Bonaventure (5/8-9)...Reached base three times with two walks and an HBP in A-10 elimination game win over Dayton before recording an RBI single in winner-take-all conference final victory later in the day (5/15)...Posted a hit in GW's NCAA debut vs. Louisiana (5/21).
2020: CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team...Started all 24 games, leading the Colonials in runs (16), doubles (6) and steals (6) out of the leadoff spot...Slugged a home run vs. Hampton (2/14)...Had a pair of doubles and two runs scored at East Carolina (2/15)...Went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs (2/22)...Finished 3-for-4 with a single, double and triple vs. Towson (2/28)...Notched three hits and scored twice in win over Princeton (3/1)...Reached base three times with two hits and a walk and stole two bases vs. Winthrop (3/6)...Posted two walks and two runs scored in win over Monmouth (3/7)...Provided a double vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech (3/10)...Recognized on the Fall 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List...Named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll...Named GW Athletics Outstanding Women's Senior Scholar Athlete...Graduated in May 2020 with a Psychology degree.
2019: A-10 All-Conference Second Team...NFCA All Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team...Leadoff hitter produced breakout campaign helping GW hit .341 and average 6.02 runs per game as a team...Set career highs in every offensive category, highlighted by a .373/.488/.622 slash line...Posted 28-game hitting streak, which was longest in nation since 2014, and a program-record 38-game on-base streak...Reached in 54 of 62 games on the season, compiling a .488 on-base percentage...Set program record and tied A-10 mark for runs scored with 65 during regular season...Worked A-10 high 41 walks, including four three-walk games...Also ranked among top 10 in A-10 in BA, 2B, 3B, HR & RBIs...Had 19 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI efforts...Named A-10 Player of the Week (Feb. 11)...Hit first career home run in win over Furman (2/9)...Smacked a triple and a home run and drove in five runs in win over Georgetown (2/10)...Went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs in a win over Lafayette (2/24)...Went 1-for-2 with two walks in upset win at North Carolina (2/28)...Reached base four times with two doubles and two walks in extra-inning win over UNC Greensboro (3/3)...Scored three runs in win over Oakland (3/15)...Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored, including walk-off double in the eighth inning of win over Delaware State (4/3)...Went 3-for-3 with three runs and two RBIs in win at St. Bonaventure (4/18)...Posted three extra-base hits (two doubles and a triple) and scored three times in win over Dayton (4/27)...Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in A-10 Championship win over Saint Louis (5/8)...Reached base three times and scored twice in win over Saint Joseph's at A-10 Championship (5/10)...Recognized on the Spring 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List.
2018: Started 29 games at catcher, first base and outfield before season was cut short due to injury...Recorded .992 fielding percentage, which ranks eighth on the program's single-season list...Hit .256 in 78 at-bats, plus 13 walks for a .366 on-base percentage...Tallied a double and a triple and also 12 runs and seven RBIs...Also stole three bases...Tied career high with three hits in win over Montana on Feb. 24...Knocked in two runs apiece in wins over Princeton and Fairleigh Dickinson on March 9.
2017: Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team...Ranked fifth on the team with a .313 average as a freshman...Appeared in 49 games making 46 starts as an outfielder...Earned 15 walks to rank fourth among all freshmen in GW history...Posted an on-base percentage of .387 to rank fifth on GW's freshman list all-time...Posted a pair of three-hit games, against Penn State (March 19) and Buffalo (March 21)...Totaled eight multi-hit games...Scored a career-high four runs against La Salle (April 8)...Tallied a career-best 10-game reached base streak to tie for third-longest on the team...Batted .328 against conference foes, starting all 23 A-10 games...Posted a .400 on-base percentage against A-10 opponents, ranking second on the squad.
High School: Posted stellar career at West Deptford High School...Named South Jersey Player of the Year by the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Courier Post in 2016...Second Team All-State in 2016...First Team All-South Jersey in 2016...4x Colonial Conference First Team All-Conference member...Posted a .514 batting average as a senior with 37 hits, 34 RBIs, 33 runs and seven home runs...2015 Colonial Conference Player of the Year...2015 South Jersey Times All-Area First Team member...2015 Courier Post All-South Jersey First Team...2015 NJ.com First Team All-Group 2 member...Received Class of 2016 Top Ten Percent Award...Scholastic Achievement Award recipient...Outstanding Academic Excellence Award honoree...National Honor Society member...World Language Honor Society member...Played for South Jersey Team Mystics club team.
2020: CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team...Started all 24 games, leading the Colonials in runs (16), doubles (6) and steals (6) out of the leadoff spot...Slugged a home run vs. Hampton (2/14)...Had a pair of doubles and two runs scored at East Carolina (2/15)...Went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs (2/22)...Finished 3-for-4 with a single, double and triple vs. Towson (2/28)...Notched three hits and scored twice in win over Princeton (3/1)...Reached base three times with two hits and a walk and stole two bases vs. Winthrop (3/6)...Posted two walks and two runs scored in win over Monmouth (3/7)...Provided a double vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech (3/10)...Recognized on the Fall 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List...Named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll...Named GW Athletics Outstanding Women's Senior Scholar Athlete...Graduated in May 2020 with a Psychology degree.
2019: A-10 All-Conference Second Team...NFCA All Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team...Leadoff hitter produced breakout campaign helping GW hit .341 and average 6.02 runs per game as a team...Set career highs in every offensive category, highlighted by a .373/.488/.622 slash line...Posted 28-game hitting streak, which was longest in nation since 2014, and a program-record 38-game on-base streak...Reached in 54 of 62 games on the season, compiling a .488 on-base percentage...Set program record and tied A-10 mark for runs scored with 65 during regular season...Worked A-10 high 41 walks, including four three-walk games...Also ranked among top 10 in A-10 in BA, 2B, 3B, HR & RBIs...Had 19 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI efforts...Named A-10 Player of the Week (Feb. 11)...Hit first career home run in win over Furman (2/9)...Smacked a triple and a home run and drove in five runs in win over Georgetown (2/10)...Went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs in a win over Lafayette (2/24)...Went 1-for-2 with two walks in upset win at North Carolina (2/28)...Reached base four times with two doubles and two walks in extra-inning win over UNC Greensboro (3/3)...Scored three runs in win over Oakland (3/15)...Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored, including walk-off double in the eighth inning of win over Delaware State (4/3)...Went 3-for-3 with three runs and two RBIs in win at St. Bonaventure (4/18)...Posted three extra-base hits (two doubles and a triple) and scored three times in win over Dayton (4/27)...Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in A-10 Championship win over Saint Louis (5/8)...Reached base three times and scored twice in win over Saint Joseph's at A-10 Championship (5/10)...Recognized on the Spring 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List.
2018: Started 29 games at catcher, first base and outfield before season was cut short due to injury...Recorded .992 fielding percentage, which ranks eighth on the program's single-season list...Hit .256 in 78 at-bats, plus 13 walks for a .366 on-base percentage...Tallied a double and a triple and also 12 runs and seven RBIs...Also stole three bases...Tied career high with three hits in win over Montana on Feb. 24...Knocked in two runs apiece in wins over Princeton and Fairleigh Dickinson on March 9.
2017: Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team...Ranked fifth on the team with a .313 average as a freshman...Appeared in 49 games making 46 starts as an outfielder...Earned 15 walks to rank fourth among all freshmen in GW history...Posted an on-base percentage of .387 to rank fifth on GW's freshman list all-time...Posted a pair of three-hit games, against Penn State (March 19) and Buffalo (March 21)...Totaled eight multi-hit games...Scored a career-high four runs against La Salle (April 8)...Tallied a career-best 10-game reached base streak to tie for third-longest on the team...Batted .328 against conference foes, starting all 23 A-10 games...Posted a .400 on-base percentage against A-10 opponents, ranking second on the squad.
High School: Posted stellar career at West Deptford High School...Named South Jersey Player of the Year by the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Courier Post in 2016...Second Team All-State in 2016...First Team All-South Jersey in 2016...4x Colonial Conference First Team All-Conference member...Posted a .514 batting average as a senior with 37 hits, 34 RBIs, 33 runs and seven home runs...2015 Colonial Conference Player of the Year...2015 South Jersey Times All-Area First Team member...2015 Courier Post All-South Jersey First Team...2015 NJ.com First Team All-Group 2 member...Received Class of 2016 Top Ten Percent Award...Scholastic Achievement Award recipient...Outstanding Academic Excellence Award honoree...National Honor Society member...World Language Honor Society member...Played for South Jersey Team Mystics club team.
| CAREER HIGHS | ||
| At-Bats | 5 | 5x, Last at St. Bonaventure (5/9/21) |
| Runs | 4 | 4x, Last at St. Bonaventure (5/8/21) |
| Hits | 4 | at UNCW (2/22/20) |
| RBIs | 5 | 2x, Last at Saint Joseph's (4/17/21) |
| Doubles | 2 | 3x, Last at East Carolina (2/15/20) |
| Triples | 1 | 6x, Last vs. Towson (2/28/20) |
| Home Runs | 2 | at Saint Joseph's (4/17/21) |
| Walks | 3 | 7x, Last at George Mason (3/21/21) |
| Total Bases | 9 | at Saint Joseph's (4/17/21) |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 2x, Last vs. Winthrop (3/6/20) |
| Putouts | 14 | 2x, Last vs. George Mason (5/2/21) |
| Assists | 3 | 4x, Last at UMBC (3/14/21) |
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