UCLA team captain and international star Jessie Fleming has been selected as one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award for women's soccer. The award honors student-athletes who excel both on and off the field.
Fleming, a midfielder from London, Ontario, Canada, is one of the standout players in the world and a true star in the NCAA. The two-time World Cup player and Olympic bronze medalist has already amassed 69 caps for the Canadian Women's National Team. As a sophomore at UCLA in 2017, she was a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy and earned first-team All-America honors. During her freshman year in 2016, she led UCLA in scoring with 11 goals and 27 points. In 2018, she missed half the season while on Canadian National Team duty yet still recorded five goals and five assists in just 11 games. Fleming is a three-time first-team All-Pac-12 honoree and was Top Drawer Soccer's Freshman of the Year in 2016. She was also just the fourth UCLA freshman ever to earn NSCAA All-America honors. Top Drawer Soccer currently rates her No. 1 in the Top 100 Player rankings.
The Bruins' team captain the last three seasons, Fleming is also a leader in the classroom, earning honor roll distinction four times and honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic distinction twice in one of the most challenging majors on campus – materials engineering. Additionally, she is volunteering with a company that collects and redistributes extra produce from farmer's markets.
The Senor CLASS Award candidates will be narrowed down to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans. The winner will be announced during the College Cup in December.
To be eligible for the Senior CLASS Award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
For more information on all the candidates, visit www.seniorCLASSaward.com.
2019 Senior CLASS Award Candidates
Kristen Amarikwa, San Jose State
Abby Carchio, Brown
Katie Cousins, Tennessee
Kaylee Dao, Oklahoma
Kaylee Davis, Texas State
Kate Del Fava, Illinois State
Samantha Dewey, Xavier
Serena Dolan, Memphis
Taylor Dorado, Siena
Jessie Fleming, UCLA
Sydney Fortson, Navy
Paula Germino-Watnick, Georgetown
Andrea Hauksdottir, South Florida
Kelcie Hedge, Santa Clara
Noelle Higginson, Yale
Cyera Hintzen, Texas
Grace Jackson, Vanderbilt
Taryn Jakubowski, Creighton
Jess Johnson, Monmouth
Aleah Kelley, UC Irvine
Maureen Kennedy, Bowling Green
Alli Klug, Saint Louis
Heather Martin, Texas State
Mandy McGlynn, Virginia Tech
Sinclaire Miramontez, Nebraska
Meaghan Nally, Georgetown
Sarah Segan, William & Mary
Abby Small, UMKC
Evelyne Viens, South Florida
Ally Watt, Texas A&M