Jessica George

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Class:
Freshman
Height:
5-10
High School:
North Point HS
Hometown:
Waldorf, Md.

Career Honors:

Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week (12/31/18)

2018-19 – Senior: Co-captained the team alongside Hailey Leidel ... Started in all 32 games for the Minutewomen in her senior season, averaging 32.4 minutes with 8.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists ... Recorded double-figure scoring in 14 contests on the season ... Contributed a career-high seven assists in the season-opening win over Sacred Heart (11/6), adding nine points, six rebounds and two steals ... Shot 5-of-11 and was 4-of-6 at the free throw line vs. Central Connecticut (11/17), plus two rebounds, an assist and a steal ... Had a 12-point, six-rebound outing with three dimes at Brown (11/24) ... Shot 6-of-12 and 3-of-5 from three-point land at Northeastern (12/2), tallying 15 points along with four rebounds and a steal ... Notched a career-high 22 points including a 6-of-8 clip from downtown in an absolute thriller of a ballgame at Marist (12/29), playing 38 minutes and recording no turnovers ... Also had three boards, one assist and a steal in that game ... In the conference opener vs. Saint Louis (1/6), put down 18 points and had five dimes as the Minutewomen knocked off SLU for the first time since 2011 ... Collected 15 points vs. Richmond (2/27) along with three steals.

2017-18 – Junior: Played in all 30 games, making 14 starts ... Posted 3.9 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, averaging nearly 19 minutes ... Made the starting five in nine of UMass’ first 10 conference games ... Logged three steals five different times, including in a win over Rhode Island (2/24) in the regular season finale ... In the league opener at Duquesne (12/31), scored seven points on 3-of-9 shooting and grabbed six rebounds ... Also had a trio of assists over her 31 minutes played ... Turned in 13-point efforts against Marist (12/21) and Fisher (12/7), setting a new career-high ... Made her first start of the season against Northeastern (11/24) in the UMass Thanksgiving Classic ... Dished out five assists in her season debut against Maine-Fort Kent (11/10).

2016-17 - Sophomore (Game-by-Game Statistics): Appeared in all 30 games on the season, starting for 15 of them … Averaged 2.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game, a personal high for each … Saw 652 minutes of action on the season, good for 21.7 per game … Played a personal best 39 minutes twice, against Buffalo (11/11) and Hartford (11/30) … Notched a double-double with 10 points and rebounds a piece against Merrimack (11/27), the first time either number had personally been accomplished … Followed the Merrimack performance with a 13 rebound effort at Hartford (11/30) … Put in eight points with five rebounds and two steals in a close loss to FIU (12/27).

2015-16 - Freshman (Game-by-Game Statistics): Appeared in 13 games for the Minutewomen ... Played an average of 3.3 minutes per game ... Averaged 0.3 points per game ... Recorded 0.5 rebounds and 0.1 assists per game ... Shot 1-for-9 (11.1 percent) on field goals ... Shot 2-for-2 (100 percent) from the free throw line.

Before UMass: Lettered three times at North Point High School and served as the team captain ... Three-star recruit by ESPN with a grade of 88 ... Helped North Point to a 20-6 record and appearance in the Class 4A East Region finale during her senior season ... Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC) First Team and Washington Post All-Met Honorable Mention as a senior ... Ranked fourth in the SMAC for three-pointers made in 2014-15, when she was also a SMAC All-Star ... Earned the SMAC County Championship, was a 695 Hoops All-Star and her team's 2014-15 season MVP as a senior ... Won a state championship with North Point when the squad went 27-0 during her sophomore year ... Led the team back to the state championship game as a junior when North Point recorded a 24-3 record ... Maryland Scholar Athlete Award recipient from 2011-14 ... Charles County Maryland Varsity 4A regional champion at North Point from 2011-14 ... Received the Maryland Athlete Award in 2012 ... Also a Southern Maryland Athletic Conference Champion (2012-14) and state champion (2013) ... Mildred Haney Murry Sportsmanship Award in 2013 ... Recorded 15 points representing her state in the 2015 holding of the Pennsylvania-Maryland All-Star Game.

Personal: Daughter of Tanya and Huedell George, Jr. ... Has six siblings, Tianna, Nicole, N'Dea, Nyah, Huedell III and Justin.