Jess Jecko

During her senior year, she started all 22 games, achieving an impressive .955 win percentage and leading the ACC in goals against average (GAA) with 1.00. Jecko established herself as a starter in 2013, playing all 20 games and securing 16 wins, a 1.66 GAA, and four shutouts, earning a Longstreth/NFHCA All-Mideast Region Second Team selection. Earlier in her career, Jecko was named All-CNY by the Post-Standard and won the Section III Sportsmanship Award in 2011, going on to lead her team to the Pool J title at the USA Field Hockey Under-19 National Tournament in 2012. Following her graduation in 2016, Jecko was selected to the U.S.

Women’s National Team, reinforcing her standing at the highest level of the sport. In May 2022, she returned to Duke University, joining their coaching staff as an assistant coach. In this role, she leverages her extensive playing and coaching background to work closely with the goalkeeping squad, developing elite talent within the ACC.