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2023 Women's Soccer Roster

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27 Abby Jacobs

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Gulf Breeze High School
  • Hometown Pensacola, Fla.

Biography

2023: Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year ... Named First-Team All-Sun Belt Selection ... United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Regin ... United Soccer Coaches Second Team Scholar All-American ... Made 16 starts in 17 appearances in her final season ... Totaled two goals and four assists as a defender ... Scored her first goal of the season in a 2-1 win over Georgia Southern, with her goal being the game-winner... Also, hit a game-winning goal over Louisiana ... Took 17 total shots, with seven on frame ... Played 90 minutes in 11 matches ... Was on the back-line for eight of the 11 shutouts. 

2022: Named First-Team All-Sun Belt Selection ... Started all 20 matches in the 2022 season ... Scored her lone goal of the year against the 3-0 win against Texas State, a game-winner... Recorded three assists ... played all 90 minutes in 13 matches and clocked 110 in the quarterfinals loss to Old Dominion. 

2021: Started 14 matches in 15 appearances ... Appeared in seven of the nine Jaguar shutout victories, including two during the Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... Scored a trio of goals during the season while clocking 1,078 minutes. 

Prior to South Alabama: Lettered three years at Auburn, earning SEC academic honor roll for three years straight as well as the Athletic director’s honor roll. Made 17 appearances.

High School: Lettered three years in soccer at Gulf Breeze High School, in addition to one letter of Lacrosse and two years of track.
 
Club: Played at Birmingham USA (2015-17) and Gulf Coast Texans (2011-18) as a defender and winger. In 2016, finished ranked third in assists for ECNL.
 
Personal: Full name is Abigail Kathryn Jacobs … Born Jan. 26, 2000 in Pensacola, Fla. … daughter of Rick and Kim Jacobs … First born of three – has two younger sisters … Favorites – movie: Jurassic Park franchise, book: anything written by John Grisham or James Rollins, sports team: Chicago Cubs, athlete: Serena Williams, music artist: Motley Crue, food: dark-chocolate covered almonds, class: anything –ology (immunology, microbiology) … Likes being active, outside, learning/trying new things … Thinks the best part of playing sports was the impact on her and her development as a human … Would like to meet Tommy Lee, Alana Blanchard and Julie Ertz … Thankful for the various opportunities in her life thanks to her parents pushing and supporting her … Wants to work in orthopedic surgery to help athletes after graduating medical school.
 
Major: Biomedical Sciences, Public Administration

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    2022Graduate Student

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