This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
Debuted each year at the OSCARS - the year-end highlight video provides a look back at all 26 varsity sports competed at the University of Notre Dame and is created in cooperation with the Student Welfare and Development Office and LeSea Broadcasting.
Freshman scores in the 63rd minute to give Irish 1-0 win over Stanford.
Three-year monogram winner ... in her third season as team captain, the first player in the 24-year history of Notre Dame women's soccer to be a three-year captain (as voted by her teammates) ... unquestionably one of nation's top (and still perhaps most underrated) center backs, who has been a rock on the Notre Dame backline the past three seasons ... has started all 78 matches in her Fighting Irish career ... great athleticism to match her tenaciousness around the ball ... excellent understanding of tactics, strategy and defensive positioning ... brings vocal leadership and toughness to the Notre Dame defense with a willingness to do whatever is necessary to keep the opposition off the board ... also possesses great attacking instincts and has proven to be a clutch scorer, with all four of her career goals being match-winners (two coming in the postseason) ... gives the Irish an added dimension on set pieces due to her ability to win balls in the air.
AS A JUNIOR: Team tri-captain ... NCAA College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player ... NSCAA second team all-region and second team all-BIG EAST choice ... backbone of defensive unit on Notre Dame's third national championship team ... started all 25 matches and led team with 2,245 minutes played ... went the distance in 20 matches, including the first eight of the season, and all six in the NCAA Championship ... leader of Irish backline that helped register 15 shutouts and a 0.51 goals-against average (GAA), including a microscopic 0.17 GAA in the NCAA tournament (five shutouts) ... also tallied one goal (a match-winner) and career-high three assists ... fired 20 shots, including six on goal ... helped Irish open season with four consecutive shutouts, just the third time in school history that's happened, but the second in her career (also 1995 and 2008) ... gathered her points in bunches, delivering assists in three consecutive matches midway through the regular season ... picked up first assist of the campaign in win over Cincinnati (4-0), rifling a shot off the crossbar that caromed to teammate Julie Scheidler for the goal in the 62nd minute ... notched her second point in as many matches with primary assist on Taylor Knaack's 10th-minute goal at #24 Louisville (5-0) ... once again helped Irish open their account, this time in win over Syracuse (3-0) by setting up Elizabeth Tucker's goal in the 27th minute ... scored the second postseason match-winning goal of her career (first in the NCAA Championship) with her tally in third-round win at #3 North Carolina (4-1), poking home loose ball of Rose Augustin's corner kick in the 33rd minute ... was critical defensive factor in NCAA College Cup final against #1 Stanford (1-0), helping to hold the Cardinal's high-scoring forward, Christen Press without a shot for more than 60 minutes during the key middle stages of the match.
AS A SOPHOMORE:Team tri-captain... NSCAA second team all-region and first team all-BIG EAST selection ... named Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the BIG EAST Championship ... started all 26 games, ranking second on the team in minutes played (2,192) ... posted career highs with two goals (both gamewinners), two assists, six points and 18 shots (12 on goal) ... chalked up assist on first of Rose Augustin's two goals in BIG EAST opener against DePaul (4-0) ... scored on a rebound of Augustin's long-range blast with 8:08 left at Cincinnati to give Irish a 2-1 win ... set up Melissa Henderson's first-half goal at Seton Hall (2-0) ... scored one of more dramatic goals of season for Notre Dame, heading in Augustin's corner kick at 98:42 of BIG EAST semifinal against St. John's (2-1, ot) to send Irish back to the BIG EAST title game (which they won for the second consecutive year and 11th time overall) ... anchored Notre Dame defense that posted 16 shutouts, including 13 clean sheets during a 19-game unbeaten streak covering the final two months of the season.
AS A FRESHMAN: Started all 27 games for the Irish (one of only 25 players in school history to start every game of their freshman season, including just five since 1999) ... registered a goal and an assist for three points ... played 2,127 minutes over the course of the season, the second-highest total on the team (excluding goalies) ... had her first collegiate point with an assist in season-opening 7-0 win versus Michigan ... netted her first career goal in Notre Dame's 2-0 win over #6 Florida State in the NCAA Championship quarterfinals ... her goal, which proved to be the gamewinner, came when she rose above the crowd to head home a Kerri Hanks corner kick in the 19th minute ... became the record-setting 19th player to score for the Irish in 2008 ... started all nine postseason games, including playing every minute of final five NCAA Championship contests ... helped Notre Dame to an impressive 18 shutouts on the year and a 0.44 goals-against average (GAA) for the season, the fourth-lowest GAA in school history ... the Irish defense also limited its opponents to 74 shots on goal all season (an average of 2.74 per match) and kept Notre Dame either in front or tied for all but four minutes during the entire 2008 campaign.
NATIONAL TEAM HIGHLIGHTS: Selected for United States U-23 squad that competed in the Four Nations Tournament in England (July 2010); was joined on the team by ND teammates Lauren Fowlkes and Melissa Henderson ... appeared in two of three games at the Four Nations tourney ... made international debut as a reserve in tournament's second game against Norway (1-2) ... started and played all 90 minutes in final game against Sweden (1-0) that clinched tournament title for the U.S. ... among a group of 24 players invited to U-23 Training Camp in June 2009 in suburban Cleveland.
ODP/CLUB HIGHLIGHTS: Traveled to Germany, Italy and Austria with the ODP Region III team ... five-year member of the ODP North Texas state team ... competed at 2007 ODP nationals ... seven-year team captain of the elite Dallas Texans/Sting Dallas (Texans '02-'07; Sting '08), playing alongside fellow ND classmates Melissa Henderson and Courtney Barg ... helped Sting Dallas '90 squad to 2008 Region III and state cup titles, and ended as USYS national runner-up (at North Little Rock, Ark.) ... team also won 2007 Premier League and LHGCL titles ... helped Texans finish as national runner-up at the 2007 USYS tournament (in Frisco, Texas) ... won two Region III titles with the Texans ('05 and '07) ... competed with the Texans at the '05 USYS Nationals (in Orlando) ... member of two Texans teams that won the Disney Showcase.
PREP & PERSONAL: Three-year team captain at Plano West High School, where she played alongside Barg (both players bypassed their final prep season to concentrate on club-team commitments) ... helped lead Plano West to 2007 Class 5A state title ... 2006 NSCAA all-region selection ... earned all-district honors in each of her three seasons at PWHS (also district MVP and an all-area selection) ... member of the National Honor Society (3.85 GPA) ... born Dec. 28, 1989, in Dallas, Texas ... daughter of Scott and Kari Schuveiller ... full name is Jessica Lynn Schuveiller ... has two sisters, Katie and Nicole ... currently enrolled in Mendoza College of Business where she is a marketing major ... earned spot on 2009-10 BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
