RS Jill Messersmith
RS - Jill Messersmith
Height: 5-4
Year: Soph
High School: Newport Harbor
Position: Midfielder
Major: Cinematography

Cerritos College Women’s Soccer (2015): Will spend the season as a red-shirt…..

Cerritos College Women’s Soccer (2014): Played in 24 games and posted 12 starts… Recorded three goals and was fourth on the team with 12 assists and was sixth on the team with 18 points… Scored the team’s first goal in a 2-1 playoff win over Cypress College… Had a goal and two assists against College of Lake County (IL) and recorded a pair of assists in both games against ECC Compton Center…..


Boise State University Women’s Soccer (2013): Spent the season as a red-shirt…..

Newport Harbor HS: Played for the SoCal Blues, who won the Region IV championship, California State Cup Championship and Players Showcase Championship in 2012… Also played for Anaheim Soccer Club and Breakaway club teams… Was a four-year Scholar-Athlete… Named 1st Team All-Sunset League as a senior and voted her team’s Offensive Player of the Year as a senior and junior… Earned 2nd Team all-league honors as a junior… Was a Scholar-Athlete three years in a row… While on the field hockey team, she was named all-league twice and named the Most Valuable Player of a tournament twice… Also a Scholar-Athlete for three seasons…..

Personal: Most memorable moment was when she scored the game-winning goal against Edison High in a league game… Would like to transfer to any Division II or Division II school… Aspires to be a film editor… Her sister Jane (25) played softball at Bucknell University… Is fluent in Spanish… Hobbies include hanging out with teammate Mariah Navarrette… Nicknamed “J-Money”… Is the daughter of Mark and Irma Messersmith… Born in Newport Beach, CA on January 17, 1995…..

Favorite Athlete:  Derrick Rose                      Favorite Movie:  “Stomp the Yard”
Favorite Food:  Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles    Favorite TV Show: “Orange is the New Black”
Favorite Book: “Goosebumps”