Jess Fijolek

Catcher-Third Base
Sophomore
Wheaton, Ill. (Glen Ellyn-Glenbard South), 5-3, Bats Both, Throws Right

2009:  Starting catcher in all 37 games…batted .269 with five doubles.

High School:  Named Chicago Tribune honorable mention all-state, All-Western Prairie Conference and Daily Herald all-area her senior year on a team that finished third in the Illinois High School Association Class 3A state championship…all-conference and Daily Herald honorable mention all-area her junior year on a sectional-championship team…her sophomore-year team won a regional title…all three of her teams won conference championships…coached by Julie Fonda…member of the basketball team her freshman and sophomore years…winner of a National Science Merit Award, Western Prairie Conference all-academic and four-year honor student.

Personal:  Athletic training major…named to the spring 2009 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 27, 1990.