Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Jessica Palm is in her final season with the Lady Jacket softball team.....one of five players to start all 54 games last spring - all at the shortstop position.....batted .283 with six doubles, one triple and three home runs.....ranked fourth with 26 runs batted in.....posted a sixth-best 45 base hits and 62 total bases......produced a fourth-highest 10-game hitting streak during the 2014 season.....drove home a season-high four runs in a 13-1 non-conference victory against visiting West Liberty.....went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBI’s in an 8-6 victory over Davis & Elkins in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) tournament.....ranks third all-time with 251 assists.....tied for fourth all-time at CU with five home runs.....tenth all-time in career doubles (23) and extra base hits (34).....NCCAA Midwest Region All-Tournament Team.

2013 - Started all 43 games she appeared in at the shortstop position.....batted .254 (33-for-133).....produced second-best nine doubles.....tied for second with two home runs.....ranked third on the squad with 30 runs scored.....ranked sixth with 50 total bases and seventh with a .385 on base percentage..... registered nine multi-hit games and six multiple-RBI contests.....stole five bases in five attempts.....went 3-for-3 with two runs, two RBI’s and two doubles in an 18-1 pounding of Minnesota-Crookston in the home opener.....member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Team.

2012 - Appeared in all 58 games.....made 57 starts with 54 at shortstop and three behind the plate.....batted .283 with 41 hits in 145 at bats.....added eight doubles, four triples and 18 runs batted in.....recorded a fourth-best .393 slugging percentage.....led squad with 18 base on balls.....went 3-for-3 at the plate with a double, a run scored and an RBI in a 10-2 five-inning win at Salem International.....registered a 2-for-4 effort with three RBI’s and a run scored in an 11-3 six-inning decision over visiting Salem.....produced a streak of reaching base in 12 straight games at one point during the 2012 campaign......tied for fourth on the team with a .571 batting average with a runner on third and less than two outs.....registered a season-high six assists in a game at Findlay.

High School - Produced a successful softball prep career at Crown Point High School.....four-year letter winner.....four-year starter for the Division 4A Bulldogs.....led team to sectional championship as a senior......Duneland Athletic All-Conference performer in 2011.....named team’s Defensive Player of the Year.....member of sectional runner-up squad as a junior as team finished 27-2.....all-conference honorable mention......earned Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman.....played basketball during freshman year at Crown Point.

Personal - Sport management major at Cedarville University.....born 1/27/93 in Homewood, IL.....daughter of William and Pamela Palm.....has an older sister and a younger brother.