UCLA team captain and international star Jessie Fleming has been chosen as a finalist 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, and she has totaled two goals and four assists in 10 games played this season.
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. This past summer, she recorded a 4.0 GPA in her summer courses. Additionally, Fleming is volunteering with a company that collects and redistributes extra produce from farmer's markets.
The Senor CLASS Award finalists were chosen by a selection committee from the list of 30 candidates announced in September. Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to help select the winner, and fans are encouraged to vote on the Senior CLASS Award website through November 18, 2019. Fan votes will be combined with media and Division I head coaches' votes to determine the winner. The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2019 NCAA Men's and Women's College Cup® championships later this fall.
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 finalists, visit www.seniorCLASSaward.com.
Women's Soccer Finalists
Kaylee Dao, Oklahoma
Kate Del Fava, Illinois State
Samantha Dewey, Xavier
Jessie Fleming, UCLA
Sydney Fortson, Navy
Maureen Kennedy, Bowling Green
Alli Klug, Saint Louis
Meaghan Nally, Georgetown
Evelyne Viens, South Florida
Ally Watt, Texas A&M