Jessica Adell

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Ballard
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
Prev School:
Tennessee

At Louisville- As a Sophomore (2016): Played in 33 games with two starts
• Scored the game-winning run in the 1-0 victory over Syracuse in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship (5/12)
• Scored 13 runs
• Recorded her first stolen base in the 7-0 win over Sam Houston State (2/12)
• Scored her first run in the 8-1 win over Texas A&M Corpus Christi (2/13)

Transferred to Louisville from Tennessee

At Tennessee (2015): Appeared in 10 games as a freshman…scored four runs and drove in a run…scored her first run of her career against Kennesaw State…recorded first RBI of her career against Fordham...recorded a stolen base against St. John’s.

High School/Travel: As a senior, she was named 2014 NFCA First Team All-American… 2014 Student Sports High School First Team All-American…2014 MaxPreps Second Team All-American… 2014 Miss Softball by Kentucky Softball Coaches Association…Two-time KHSAA Seventh Region Player of the Year…selected first-team Class 3-A All State…2012-13 Gatorade Kentucky Player of the Year…Led Ballard to two district titles, one regional title, and a state appearance…Three-time KHSAA all-state and all-region selection (2012, 2013, 2014)…Three-time all-district selection…Her Tennessee Fury ’96 club team finished third at the ASA 16-U Nationals in 2013.

Personal: Full name is Jessica Aneta Adell…Nickname is Jess…Daughter of Nicole and Scott Adell…Birthdate is September 23, 1996…Major is communications…Has a brother, Jordon (16)…Post college ambition is grad school…Chose UofL because it is close to home and she loves the atmosphere…Greatest accomplishment is her accolades from high school…Greatest challenge to overcome is figuring out that Tennessee wasn’t the school for her…Best moment in her softball career was hitting a walk-off at the ASA 16-U Nationals…Inspiration is her brother…Most people don’t know that she has been to nine different schools growing up…Favorite pregame meal is pasta…In her free time she likes to watch Netflix and clean.