Jessica Hnatiuk
Freshman
Defender, Midfielder
Dundalk, Md. / John Carroll High School
Before St. John’s: Played for the Baltimore
Bays at the club level, helping that squad to capture the 2004
Maryland State Championship and netting a goal in the championship
game … team was also Maryland State Cup Finalists in 2001, 2003 and
2006, Super Y League Co-Champions in 2005 and U.S. Club Soccer
Regional Finalists in 2004 and 2005 … in 2006, earned second team
all-state honors as well as a place on the Baltimore Sun’s
All-Metro first team and the Baltimore Examiner’s All-Metro first
team for John Carroll High School … a 2006 I.A.A.M. all-conference
team selection and a national nominee for the Wendy’s High School
Heisman Award … other postseason honors included 2006
M.A.C.S./W.C.A.C. All-Star and 2006 I.A.A.M. “A” Conference
All-Star, 2005 Baltimore Sun All-Hartford County first team and
2004 Baltimore Sun All-Hartford County second team member … John
Carroll was ranked as high as No. 18 nationally by the National
Soccer Coaches Assocation of American (NSCAA) during her career …
also lettered in track and field for John Carroll … a member of the
National Spanish Honor Society and National Art Honor Society.
Stone On Hnatiuk: “Jessica is comfortable on
the ball. She strikes well with both feet and is an outstanding
all-around athlete. She has excellent endurance and possesses great
distance on her throw-in. Her attitude towards improvement should
allow her to prosper in the St. John’s women’s soccer program.”