Jess Beech

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

2023 (Graduate Student):

2022 (Senior):

NFHCA Scholars of Distinction
NFHCA National Academic Squad
NFHCA Third Team All American
NFHCA Northeast Region First Team
Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team
Started 19 of her 20 appearances for the Minutewomen and scored 8 goals with 3 assists for 19 points on the season
Ranked 8th in the Atlantic 10 with 8 goals, 11th in points with 19
Scored a goal in each of the first two games of the season against Maine and NU (8/27, 8/29)
Scored a season-high 2 goals on 3 shots against SLU (9/16)
Recorded a goal and an assist at La Salle (9/30).

2021 (Junior):

NFHCA Scholars of Distinction
NFHCA National Academic Squad
NFHCA Northeast All-Region First Team
Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team
Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week (10/4)
Played in 17 games this season, getting the start in 14
Had four goals and two assists for 10 points
Registered an assist in the season opening win versus Northeastern (8/27)
Tallied a goal in three consecutive games – vs. La Salle (10/22) at UConn (10/24) and at Lock Haven (10/30)
Notched the game winning goal on the road against UConn (10/24)
Recorded a goal on a penalty stroke in a 3-0 win against Lock Haven (10/30).

2020-21 (Sophomore):

NFHCA National Academic Squad
NFHCA Northeast All-region Second Team
Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
Atlantic 10 Conference Offensive Player of the Week (3/16)
Elected to the team's four-woman leadership committee that also includes team captains Sophie Johnson and Georgie McTear, as well as Emilie Keij
Entered the starting lineup in all 11 games during the season
Started in the season-opening game at New Hampshire and had one assist on a penalty corner insert
Scored on a penalty stroke in the 2-1 win over Maine (3/12)
Scored the eventual game-winning goal during a penalty corner play in the 2-1 victory over UMass Lowell (3/14)
Notched a goal on a penalty stroke at both Lock Haven (4/3) and Saint Joseph’s (4/17)
Had an assist at Lock Haven (4/3)
Tallied a season high two goals in the final contest of the season at Saint Joseph’s (4/17).

2019 (Freshman):

Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team
NFHCA National Academic Squad
Appeared in all 20 games on the season and made 18 starts
Had 14 total points on the season, which included a team-best six goals along with two assists
Scored her first two collegiate goals at Yale (9/6)
Assisted on the game-winning tally in overtime at Dartmouth (9/8)
Added game-winners vs. No. 25 Northeastern (10/4) and at Lock Haven (10/18)
Notched her final tally of the season at Richmond (11/8) in the Atlantic 10 Semifinals
Part of a squad that won its final five A-10 conference games to earn the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.

Before UMass:

Played for head coach Nathan Monk at Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School
Also was a member of the Reading Hockey Club 1st Team in the National Conference League, which Beech coached and captained in 2018-19
Nominee for 2018-19 Ladies Performance Player of the Year and won 2017-18 Young Performance Player of the Year
Vice captain on the 2017-18 Reading U18 side that won a National Cup
Reading also was national runner-up in 2016-17.

Personal: