Jessica Cherness

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Torrance, CA
High School:
Santa Monica

2014: Appeared in 27 games, making the start in 15 in the pitchers circle … Led the team with seven complete games and 103.0 innings pitched … Led the team with 71 strikeouts, tied for seventh in the Ivy League … Earned one win and averaged 4.83 K’s per game ... Picked up the win in 1.2 innings of no-hit, shutout relief against Bucknell (March 1) ... struck out a season-high eight batters twice (March 15 vs. St. Francis, March 28 vs. Columbia).

2013: Served as one of the Bears’ starting pitchers, making 21 appearances and 18 starts…Compiled a 5.72 ERA, the second best on the team, and a 5-13 record over the course of the season…Pitched 96.2 innings, allowing 85 runs and 120 hits…Struck out 41 batters…Recorded one hit in 13 at-bats.

2012: Appeared in 23 games and made 18 pitching starts during her rookie season…Led the team with seven wins and a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.6…Struck out 68 batters in 115.1 innings pitched…Held lefties to a .289 batting average and achieved a 3.62 ERA in conference games.

Before Brown: An honor roll student for all four years at South High School…Received the President's Award for Educational Excellence and was a California Scholarship Foundation member…A three-year letter winner as a pitcher for South High School…Served as team captain during her senior year…Was a two-time Most Valuable Player and was named Female Athlete of the Season in 2010…Selected to the Pioneer League first team and the All-South Bay second team, and was also an All-CIF honoree…Three-time Spartan Laurel Award winner…Also a member of the South Bay All-Star Classic Softball team.

Personal: Jessica Cherness is the daughter of Jeff and April Cherness of Torrance, California…She has three sisters, Melissa, who graduated from Cal State Long Beach, Michelle, who graduated from UC Santa Cruz, and Cindy…Her cousin Cristina plays basketball at Long Beach City College and her cousin Steven plays baseball at Cal State Los Angeles…Enjoys playing piano and volunteering…Concentrating in Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations (BEO).