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Jessica Smith

Class: Senior Hometown: Wichita, Kan. High School: Wichita Southeast

Height: 5-6 Position: Forward

2005 (Senior): Assisted on Kimberly Karfonta's game-winner against Colorado College on Oct. 21 ... Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (10/11) ... Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week (10/11) ... Added a goal against #21 Oklahoma, her fourth goal of the weekend ... Tallied a hat-trick against Oklahoma State, the sixth in KU soccer history and her first three goals of the season ... Co-captain has started 13 of KU's 14 matches ... Attempted four shots against Baylor.

2004 (Junior): Scored her first goal of the season in a 2-0 season opening victory over UNLV ... Assisted on Nicole Cauzillo's game-winning goal on Sept. 3 vs. UW-Milwaukee ... Tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win over Furman on Sept. 9 ... Collected an assist on Rachel Gilfillan's second half goal in a 3-1 win over No. 7 Clemson on Sept. 11 ...Tallied her third assist of the season in a 5-0 win over Texas Tech on Oct. 1 ... Broke an 11-game goal-scoring drought by tallying her second goal of the season in a 3-0 win over Oklahoma on Oct. 17 ... Tallied her third goal of the season in a 3-1 victory over Creighton the NCAA Tournament First Round ... Scored the lone Jayhawk goal in a 2-1 double overtime loss to Nebraska in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2003 (Sophomore): Scored her only goal of the season during the 75th minute off the bench in a season-opening win over Northwestern ... Tallied two shots in her first start of the season at Milwuakee-Wisconsin ... Finished the season with three assists, two of the three were game-winning goals ... Assisted on Caroline Smith's goal against Florida State on Sept. 12 ... Tallied the assist on Monica Brothers' game-winning header-goal at San Diego ... Had the assist on Maggie Mason's game-winning goal against Loyola Marymount in Los Angles, Calif. ... Played in 24 of KU's 25 matches, starting four times ... Her .727 shots on goal percentage was second best on the team.

2002 (Freshman): Teamed with fellow freshman Caroline Smith to put up 17 goals and seven assists ... Scored her seven goals in a six match stretch ... Appeared in all 20 matches and started eight ... Started six of KU's six regular season Big 12 matches ... Scored five of her seven goals in conference action ... ... Ranked second on the team with seven goals scored, putting her fourth all-time for goals by a freshman and sixth among career leaders at KU ... Her 15 points also rank fourth for a KU freshman and sixth all-time in a season ... Scored her first goal in the 12th game of the season against Texas Tech on Oct. 6 which was the game-winner on a header at the 89:36 mark for a 2-1 Jayhawk win ... Scored two goals and had an assist in KU's 6-0 victory over Oklahoma State on Oct. 11 ... Scored two goals in KU's 5-0 win over Central Missouri State on Oct. 18 ... Attempted seven shots against Central Missouri State ... Scored game-winning goal in 2-1 victory against Iowa State on a header on Oct. 20 ... Was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 22.

Wichita Southeast HS: Named Miss Soccer for the state of Kansas in 2002 ... As a junior (2001) at Wichita Southeast, set Kansas state records with 39 goals and 84 points ... Became the all-time leading goal scorer in the state of Kansas with 128 ... Was the 2002 Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year and a High School All-American ... Led Wichita Southeast to regional championships in 1999 and 2002 ... Earned first team all-midwest honors in 2001 ... Was an all-state, all-region, and all-city selection in 1998-2001 ... Was a finalist for the Lynette Woodard Female Athlete of the Year Award.

Club: Played for the Botafogo Futbol Club that won the state title in 1998 and was coached by Hani Rabi.

ODP: Was a member of the Kansas ODP team from 1995 to 2000 ... Was a 1998 Region II Pool team member.

Personal: Born Jessica Piper Smith, on Jan. 24, 1984, in Wichita Kan. ... Her parents are Richard and Bambi Smith ... Chose KU over Tulsa, Nebraska and MIssouri ... Majoring in sports and fitness management.

Career Stats
Year	GP/GS	SH	G	A	PTS	GWG
2002 	20/8	35	7	1	15	2
2003	24/4	11	1	3	5	0
2004	19/8	16	4	3	11	1
2005	20/19	48	4	3	11	1
Totals	83/39	110	16	10	42	4