Player Bio: Jess Zutz

  Jess Zutz
Jess Zutz
Player Profile
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wilmington, DE
High School:
Archmere Academy
Height:
5-4
Position:
M/F
Major:
Communication

2006: First Team All-NorPac ... All-NorPac Tournament team pick ... NFHCA All-Academic selection ... started all 19 contests ... led team in goals (19), assists (8), points (34), shots (57) and game-winning goals (3) ... scored a season-best three goals in a win over Appalachian State on Oct. 12, totaling six points and four shots ... found the net twice in a game on two different occasions (Sept. 17 vs. Yale, Nov. 3 vs. Appalchian State) ... fired off a season-best 11 shots against Davidson on Oct. 7 ... scored the game-winning goal in Stanford's final two wins of the year ... tallied at least four shots in a game seven times.

2005: Second Team All-NorPac selection ... played in 21 games, starting 19 ... ranked second on the team with 17 points and eight goals, including one game-winner ... also contributed one assist ... ranked first on the squad with 49 shot attempts ... recorded her second two-goal game of the NorPac Tournament against Appalachian State on Nov. 3, scoring in the 10th and 63rd minutes of a 5-1 win ... collected her first two-goal game of the season against Pacific on Oct. 10.

2004: NorPac West Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-NorPac honoree ... NorPac West's Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week on Oct. 12, as well as its Rookie of the Week for Sept. 7 ... started all 20 contests, scoring a goal in three of her first four career games ... finished the season tied for the team lead in both points (14) and goals (6), while adding a pair of assists ... led the squad with 42 shot attempts ... exploded for five points with the first two-goal game of her career and an assist against Saint Louis on Oct. 4 ... scored a goal in her first career start and collegiate debut versus Hofstra on Aug. 28.

High School: A 2004 graduate of Archmere Academy ... finished three prep seasons with 110 career points (40 goals, 30 assists) ... First Team All-American and Academic All-American as a senior in 2003 when she scored 52 points on 17 goals and 18 assists ... earned All-State and All-Catholic Conference honors in both her junior (38 points: 16 goals, 6 assists) and senior seasons ... added 20 points (7 goals, 6 assists) as a sophomore in 2001 ... led her field hockey team to the state semifinals as a junior in 2002, as well as the state quarterfinals as a senior in 2003 when her squad also won the Catholic Conference title ... played four seasons of prep soccer and added ice hockey in her senior year ... earned two Third Team All-State selections in her sophomore and junior years in soccer, as well as a First Team All-Catholic League honor as a sophomore and a pair of Second Team picks in her junior and senior campaigns.

Amateur Field Hockey: Played at the 2004 National Indoor Tournament with East Coast Field Hockey, as well as the National Hockey Festival in 2002 and 2003 with Delaware Shore ... a two-year participant at the National Futures Tournament.

Personal: Parents are Larry and Joyce Zutz ... major is Communication.

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My most prized possession is: My dog, Magellan

My favorite place I have visited is: Rome. So much history, plus I learned you can never have too much gelato

The biggest thrill in my life to date is: Singing on stage in front of 25,000 people at a Britney Spears concert

Best book I have ever read: The Great Gatsby (I'm also not ashamed to admit I'm a huge Harry Potter fan!)

Favorite Food: Ice cream

Least Favorite Food: Parmesan, Asiago or Romano cheese

My favorite movie: watching anything with Will Ferrell is always a team favorite

My favorite TV show: The Next Food Network Star

If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: Peanut butter and jelly has worked pretty well for 22 years...

Favorite vacation spot: Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania- where my family owns a house