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2024 Field Hockey Roster

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23 Kelli Jacobson

23 Kelli Jacobson

  • Position:
    Defense
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    North Branford, Conn.
  • High School:
    North Branford
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice - Investigative Services

Summary

Biography

2024: Jacobson made an appearance in all 19 games, earning a start in each during her senior season and serving as a consistent leader on the field … Tallied two goals and three assists, finishing the year with seven total points… ranking among the top five point scorers on the team … Her three assists tied for third-most on the roster.

2023: Named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference Third Team and All-Academic Team … Named a National Field Hockey Coaches Association Scholar of Distinction for the second straight year and to the Academic Squad for the third straight year … Earned Academic Excellence accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following the Fall 2023 semester … Started all 18 games on the season … Closed out the year with two goals and two assists … Both of her goals came on penalty stroke opportunities as she finished a perfect 2-for-2 in strokes, with both of those coming as part of a 4-2 win over Saint Thomas Aquinas (Sep. 20) with one of those being the game-winner … Split her two assists across a pair of NE10 games, versus Molloy (Sep. 5) and against Saint Michael’s (Oct. 21) … Finished the season with 33 total shots, 13 of which were marked on goal.

2022: One of five Chargers named a NFHCA Scholar of Distinction for registering a cumulative grade point average of 3.9 or higher … Named to the NFHCA Academic Squad for the second time in as many years … Earned Academic Excellence (Fall 2022) and Academic Distinction (Spring 2023) accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both the fall and spring semesters … Started all 20 games on the season … Finished with nine points on four goals and an assist … Picked up her lone assist just two games into the season against Adelphi (Sep. 5) … Three of her four goals came in NE10 play, with the lone non-conference goal coming against East Stroudsburg (Oct. 3) … Added her three NE10 goals against Pace (Sep. 27), American International (Oct. 5) and Southern New Hampshire (Oct. 22) … Finished the season tied for second on the team with 32 total shots, 20 of which were marked on goal.

2021: Played in 19 of the 20 total games as a rookie, starting in 18 of those games … Finished her rookie campaign with one goal, scoring her first collegiate tally on the road at Franklin Pierce (Sep. 19), with that score going in as the game-winning goal … Registered a total of 12 shots, seven of which were marked on goal … Named to the NFHCA Academic Squad … Earned Academic Excellence (Fall 2021) and Academic Distinction (Spring 2022) accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both semesters.

High School: Played four years of field hockey, including serving as a team captain for two seasons, for the Thunderbirds of North Branford High School … Also played one year of softball … Helped lead the team to the 2017 Class S State Championship and a Shoreline Conference Championship all four seasons in high school … Her 2017 team finished the year with an unbeaten 17-0-1 overall record … Named to the Second Team All-Shoreline Conference in 2018 and 2019 and earned First Team honors in 2020 … Received All-Area honors by the New Haven Register following the 2019 and 2020 seasons … Named a National Field Hockey Coaches Association Impact Player in 2020 and received NFHCA Academic Squad honors that same season.

Personal: Daughter of Dawn and Karl Jacobson … Has one older brother, Carl … Cousin Richard played baseball at Tampa … Majoring in criminal justice with a concentration in investigative services.

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2021Freshman

    Defense
    5'4"
    23
  • 23

    2022Sophomore

    Defense
    5'4"
    23
  • 23

    2023Junior

    Defense
    5'4"
    23
  • 23

    2024Senior

    Defense
    5'4"
    23