Jessica Goerger

Photo by: Ryan Evans

Photo by: Bella Rose Photography

Photo by: Tom Nelson

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Position:
First Base
Height:
6-0
Class:
Junior
Shoots/Catches:
R/R
Hometown:
Mankato, Minn.

2017: Named one of the 2017 team captains...a Second Team All-NSIC selection...named to the NSIC’s Spring All-Academic Team...one of six players to play and start all 55 games...led the team and ranked seventh in the NSIC in RBIs...hit .353 with 20 runs, 59 hits, nine doubles, five home runs, 85 total bases and 14 walks...led the team with 16 multi-RBI games and tied for the team lead with 18 multi-hit games...fielded at a .985 clip and had 391 putouts....drove in five runs against Nebraska-Kearney (2/10)...had three hits against Minnesota Duluth (3/28)...had four hits and seven RBIs in the doubleheader against Southwest Minnesota State (4/23)...school’s all-time leader in hit by pitches (29), third in slugging percentage (.557), fifth in home runs (25), sixth in on-base percentage (.419) and runs batted in (129), eighth in total bases (303)

2016: Played in 53 games with 53 starts…Hit .324 with 22 runs, 45 hits, six doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, 38 RBIs, 88 total bases, .633 slugging percentage, 20 walks, 12 hit by pitches and .445 slugging percentage…placed eighth in the NSIC in both slugging percentage and home runs… named to the 2016 NSIC Spring All-Academic Team…named to the 2016 NSIC Gold Glove Team…led the team with 12 multi-RBIs games…had 10 multi-hit games…earned the team award the Super Slugger Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season.

2015: Played in and started 55 games…led the team in batting average (.384), runs (25), hits (66), doubles (12), triples (4), home runs (8), and RBIs (37)…Led the team with 19 multi-hit games and tied for the team lead with eight multi-RBI games…had five three-hit games on the season – Fort Hays (2/21/15), Grand Valley State (3/6/15), Jamestown (3/19/15), Concordia-St. Paul (3/28/15), MSU Moorhead (4/22/15) and Minot State (4.25 15)…recorded a pair of doubles against Concordia-St. Paul…had five RBIs and seven total bases against Jamestown…walked twice against West Liberty (3/7/15)…tallied 14 putouts against Jamestown….had a streak of reaching base safely in 14 straight games…named to the 2015 NSIC Spring All-Academic Team…took home the team’s Super Slugger Offensive Player of the Year Award

2014: Appeared in 30 games and started in 23 in the 2014 season…recorded 66 at bats and two runs…finished with 92 putouts and one assist…had a .271 on base percentage and a .303 slugging percentage…finished the season with a .227 batting average…recorded a season-high four at bats twice during the season…had a season-high 12 putouts against Missouri Southern (3/27)…recorded five total bases against Minot State (4/19).

Prior to SCSU: 2013 graduate of Mankato (Minn.) West High School…was named the Team MVP the last two seasons….earned All-Conference, All-Section, All-State Second Team, Pioneer Press Reserve Team and KEYC Prep Athlete of the Week honors…during her junior campaign she hit .577 with 26 runs batted in. …played summer ball for the Mankato Peppers and fall ball with the Artic Blast….also played volleyball and basketball at Mankato West….was is a three-time Spotlight on Scholarship award winner.

Personal: Daughter of Rich and Kim Goerger…majoring in nursing