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2023 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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12 Jada Preston

12 Jada Preston

  • Position:
    A
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • High School:
    St. Thomas Aquinas HS
  • Hometown:
    Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Summary

Biography

2023 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 16 games and started in 15 of them ... Finishes her career as the school's all-time leader in assists (104) and points (254) and second in goals (150) ... Reached 200 career points at Clemson (2/22) ... Collected her 150th career goal and 250th career point in her final career game at High Point as part of a four-goal, five-point outing (4/29) ... Notched her 100th assist at Furman with three on the day (4/22) ... With 254 points, she is 6th in league history and 7th to eclipse 250 for a career ... At 150 career goals, ranks 9th in conference history and is the 9th to reach that mark ... With 104 career assists, Preston is 4th in Big South history and the 6th to get to 100 ... Led the team in assists with 27 on the year, tying her total from 2022, second in goals at 28 and second in points with 55 ... Scored the game-winning goals in both home games with them coming against Radford (4/5) and Winthrop (4/26) ... Notched at least three points in the final seven games of the year ... Had back-to-back seven point outings with seven assists at Akron (3/12), most assists by a GWU player since herself in 2019, and four goals and three assists at Youngstown State (3/14) ... Ranked 6th in the league and 53rd in the NCAA in assists per game at 1.62 and 7th in the league in points per game at 3.38. 

2022 at Gardner-Webb: 
Selected First-Team All-Conference after ranking in the Top-10 in the Big South in all major offensive categories … Finished 3rd in the conference and 41st  in the country in points per game (4.32) … Was 5th in the Big South in goals per game (2.89) … Set new single season goals (55) and points (82) records for Gardner-Webb, each the top marks on the team this year … Became the record holder in the points category against Longwood on Senior Day (4/23) … Surpassed the goals record on April 27 in the final regular season game of the year, netting four scores … Had a 48.7% shot percentage … Scored the game-winning goal against #4 Campbell in the First Round of the Big South Tournament on April 30 with twenty seconds left for the team’s first win in a postseason event … Netted the game-winning goal against Winthrop on March 30 for the GWU’s first-ever triumph over the Eagles … Had 18 groundballs, 6 caused turnovers, and three draw controls ... Earned a spot on the Big South All-Tournament Team after collecting 13 points between the team's two games.  

2021 at Gardner-Webb: Started in 13 of the 14 games of the season ... Finished third on the team with 19 goals scored during the season ... Opened the year with a new career high in single game goals with five scored versus Wofford (2/22) ... Led GWU with 18 assists on the year ... Her 37 points was the second most on the team ... Caused three turnovers ... Had 10 ground balls ... Scored three free-position goals ... Finished eighth in the Big South in assists per game (1.29), this was also top 100 in the NCAA.

2020 at Gardner-Webb: Played in all nine games ... Started in eight ... Scored the second-most goals on the team with 20 ... Finished second on the team with nine assists ... Finished the season with 29 points for second-most on the team ... Responsible for two game-winning goals ... Had five ground balls ... Caused two turnovers ... Finished in the top ten in all major offensive statistical categories in the Big South ... Scored 2.22 Goals Per Game for ninth in the conference ... Had 1.00 Assists Per Game for sixth-best in the Big South ... Ranked fifth in the Big South in Points Per Game (3.22) ... Shot an average of 5.00 Shots Per Game, the fifth most in the conference ... Had seven points (four goals, three assists) at Wofford (2/29). 

2019 at Gardner-Webb: Started in all 16 games ... Finished third on the team with 28 goals ... Led the team with 23 assists ... Had 51 points on the season for second-most on the team Put 79.4% of 68 shots on goal ... Netted three game-winning goals ... Had 11 ground balls ... Won one draw control ... Caused three turnovers ... With 1.44 Assists Per Game Finished fourth in the Big South in the category ... Ranked eighth in the Big South in Point Per Game (3.19) ... Finished with 10 points vs. Delaware State including eight assists in the game (3/6) ... Scored four goals at Radford (3/30) and vs. Presbyterian (4/17). 

High School: One of the top scorers for St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) High … First-team All-Broward County selection following junior season … Finished 2017 by scoring a team-high 71 goals and dished out 13 assists … Scored game-winner in overtime to send Raiders to the state semifinals leading to a state runner-up finish.
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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

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    5'6"
    12
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    2020Sophomore

    A
    5'6"
    12
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    2021Junior

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    5'6"
    12
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    2022Senior

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    5'6"
    12
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    2023Graduate Student

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    12