2020 Field Hockey Roster
Sierra Jefferson
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Bethlehem, Penn.
- High School:
- Freedom
- Major:
- Accounting
2020 (Redshirt Senior): Named to the 2020 Zag/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I National Academic Squad … was tabbed to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference team … saw action in 15 games for the Cardinals last season … dished out two assists at Miami (3/2/21) and versus Bellarmine (4/3/21) ... helped the Cardinals post victories against Appalachian State (3/12/21), Ohio (3/19/21), Longwood University (3/27/21), Bellarmine (4/2/21 & 4/3/21) and Central Michigan (4/18/21) … finished the year with three shot attempts and two points.
2019 (Redshirt Junior): Named Second Team All-Mid-American Conference … tabbed MAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/29/19) … garnered Academic All-MAC honors for the third-straight season …. tabbed to the 2019 Zag/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I National Academic squad … started all 18 games …. scored her first goal of the season in a shutout win over Davidson (9/1/19) …. found the back of the net two more times – versus UC Davis (9/5/19) and Saint Louis (9/6/19) … finished third on the team in shots (15) and shots on goal (12).
2018 (Sophomore): Earned Academic All-Mid-American Conference honors for the second-straight season … saw action in all 18 games with 17 starts … scored first goals of the season at Big Ten foe Iowa (9/2/18) … registered goals against University of California Davis (9/24/18) and in a double overtime win in league action versus Ohio (10/5/18) … third on the team in points with seven.2017 (Freshman): Competed in all 17 games for the Cardinals, earning 15 starts… Academic All-MAC… tallied three goals on the season, one of which was a game winner (Ohio)… totaled seven points with one assist and five shots…earned a .600 shot on goal percentage.
High School: Earned three letters at Freedom High School under Coach Charis Innarella… named Honorable Mention of the East Penn Conference as a senior… totaled 10 goals and 10 assists as captain in her senior season… also earned four letters in track and field as a sprinter… named Freshman of the Year… district qualifier all four years.
Personal: Daughter of Sean and Michelle Jefferson… two sisters, Kyra and Kayla… two year member of National Honor Society… finished high school with a 4.2 grade-point-average… majoring in exercise science… born on December 2, 1997, in Livingston, New Jersey… full name is Sierra Shanel Jefferson.
Major: Accounting
