Jessica Easdale

Jessica Easdale in action in Sept of 2010

2011-12 BGSU tennis - photo by Michael Nemeth for BGSU M&C

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Dublin Jerome
Hometown:
Dublin, Ohio

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EASDALE AND THE FALCONS
Finished with 67 career wins, despite missing nearly all of her first season due to injury ... stepped into the lineup as a sophomore in 2009-10 ... had an overall career record of 67-53 ... that includes a 45-42 singles mark and a doubles ledger of 22-11 ... is tied for 28th in BGSU history in career singles wins ... was named an ITA Scholar Athlete in each of her four seasons at BGSU.

2011-12
A team co-captain for the second consecutive season ... earned honorable mention on the Academic All-MAC Team ... also was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for the fourth-straight year ... had an overall record of 17-14 on the year ... went 13-13 in singles play, and captured four of her five doubles matches on the season ... had a three-game winning streak in singles play in September, winning all three matches in straight sets ... did not lose a game in her sixth-flight sweep of Valparaiso's Brittany O'Reilly in early April ... competed with Emily Reuland (3-0), Mary Hill (1-0) and Katie Grubb (0-1) in doubles action ... finished the fall with an overall record of 9-4 ... had a 5-4 singles mark, and a perfect 4-0 doubles ledger ... teamed with Reuland for three of those doubles wins, as that duo won a flight championship at the season-opening BGSU Invitational ... went 2-1 in singles play at both the BGSU Invite and the Rocket Invitational ... missed the Falcons' last two fall tournaments due to injury.

2010-11
A co-captain of the 2010-11 Falcons ... was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for the third consecutive year ... had an overall record of 21-18 ... went 15-15 in singles and 6-3 in doubles ... played at the sixth singles flight down the stretch ... won two of her last three regular-season matches, including a victory in the Falcons' 4-3 win over Eastern Michigan ... in the MAC Championships, both of her matches were abandoned ... was only two games away from victory in the semifinal round vs. Miami, with a 4-1 lead in the third set when that match was halted ... had an overall mark of 10-8 in the fall, going 5-6 in singles and 5-2 in doubles ... teamed up with freshman Emily Reuland for a doubles title at the BGSU Invitational ... in singles, had a 3-1 mark at the Rocket Invitational ... in doubles, was paired with Reuland for three matches (all at the BGSU Invite) during the fall, and with Katie Grubb for one.

2009-10
Had an overall record of 29-17 in her first year in the lineup ... went 17-10 in singles and 12-7 in doubles play ... was named an ITA Scholar Athlete for the second time in as many years ... played at the fourth through sixth flights in dual-match play ... went 6-3 at the fifth flight and 2-0 at the sixth ... played at the fourth singles flight for six of the eight MAC regular-season matches along with BGSU's conference tournament contest ... in doubles, was 3-1 in MAC matches, teaming with Grubb ... moved into the doubles lineup for the last half of the MAC schedule and the league tournament ... had an overall record of 13-6 in the fall ... had a 7-2 singles mark, tying for the team lead in both singles victories and singles winning percentage ... went 6-4 in doubles in the fall, including a 3-2 mark with Mary-Catherine Beck ... was 2-0 in singles play at the Belmont Invitational ... went 5-0 overall in Nashville that weekend, pairing with Jade Johnson for two doubles wins and with Beck for another ... had a 3-1 singles record at the Queen City Invitational, advancing to the championship match of her flight ... went 2-1 and advanced to singles flight title match at the BGSU Invitational.

2008-09
Was named an ITA Scholar Athlete ... missed nearly all of the season due to injury ... saw action in only four matches, playing exhibition singles matches that did not count in the final match scoring ... played exhibitions in four of the last five regular-season matches ... after having surgery in September, did not see action until the April 3 match at Northern Illinois ... also played in ‘seventh-flight’ singles matches vs. Akron (April 10), Buffalo (April 11) and Miami (April 18).

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters at Dublin Jerome, under coaches Amy Heil and Anthony Susi ... was a First-Team All-Ohio selection in doubles as both a junior and a senior ... won a state doubles championship, helping the Celtics to a team runner-up finish, in 2007 ... posted a third-place doubles finish as a junior ... a two-year captain ... helped the team to a four-year record of 69-4 ... individual four-year mark (singles and doubles) was 97-15 ... National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Bill and Dori Easdale ... Full name Jessica Lee Easdale ... born on May 26, 1990, in Dublin, Ohio ... a neuroscience major at BGSU ... graduated with a cumulative GPA of 3.69 ... the oldest of three children ... has two sisters ... both parents attended Miami Univ., where her father played hockey and her mother played tennis ... father had 123 career points for the then-Redskins to rank among the school’s top-20 scorers ... mother (maiden name Dori Voelker) helped the MU tennis team to four MAC titles, winning individual doubles crowns three times and individual MAC singles titles twice ... teamed with her mother to win the doubles title at the 2009 USTA National Mother-Daughter Hard Court Championships in Texas.