Jessie James Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Site

Jessie James Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Site

10/26/2012

Freshman Q&A With Jessie James

CalBears.com Gets to Know the Freshmen

High School:
• Concluded her senior year of ball as the varsity captain with a distinguished list of awards - the Buhach Colony Women's Sportsmanship Award, the Buhach Colony Most Athletic Female, the Booster's Athletic and Academic Award, the Varsity Softball Most Inspirational Player
• As a junior in 2011 after taking her team to the section playoffs and finishing as the Central California Conference League runner-up, was named the Central California Conference Softball Offensive Player of the Year, Buhach Colony Most Assists Shortstop, Buhach Colony Most Valuable Player Shortstop and earned the Good Year Tire Award at the Section playoffs
• Started on the varsity squad as a freshman, leading the team to CIF-SJS DI Section playoffs and the conference championship
• Also played varsity golf in 2011 - as the No. 3 golfer - along with varsity basketball and cross country in 2010
• Ran varsity cross country as a freshman in 2008, finishing first in league
• As part of the top nine percent of her graduating class, she received a multitude of academic laudations her senior year - the California State Senate Scholastic Achievement Award, the Congressional Special Recognition Award, CSF Life Membership, the Team Academic Excellence Award
• In 2011, her GPA was in the top 15 percent of all California high school seniors and she earned the Central California Conference Team Academic Excellence Award
• In both 2010 and 2009, she received the CCC Team Academic Excellence Award
• Also participated in Key Club, Acme Club, was a speaker for AVID at a local junior high, volunteered a local elementary school

Club Ball:
• Placed 12th at the 2012 Premier Girls Fastpitch Championship
• Played for the Lady Magic 18 Gold in 2011 and 2012
• Played for the California Grapettes 18 Gold from 2009-11
• Took part in Boulder Colorado Independence Day tournament from 2010-12
• Participated in the 2011 Sun Classic in Florida
• Took 16th with her team at the 2010 ESPN Premier Girls Fastpitch Championship / Placed 16th
• In 2010, she played in the Defense Award Elite Softball Camp at Oregon, the OnDeck National Elite Futures Softball Camp Invitational and On Deck Softball Zoom into June Invitational
• Participated in the 2009 On Deck NorCal Elite Futures Camp and took first at the ASA Jo Fast Pitch in Incline Village

Personal:
• Was raised by my grandparents Mitch and Lucille Mildram, who she notes as her personal heroes
• Attending Cal was first suggested to her when she was eight, when her grandfather commented on one of her school pictures in which she was hugging a tree
• Plans on majoring in biology Cal en route to becoming a physician's assistant
• Has an aunt and two cousins who graduated from Cal and a great uncle who attended during the 60s protests
• First visited Cal at age 12 with her AVID class and fell in love with the campus
• Played 14U travel ball for Steve Drewrey, whose daughter Marissa was a four-year letterwinner at Cal
• Relative Martin Martin played semi-professional baseball in Oklahoma during the 1930s

  Jessie James
Jessie James
Player Profile
Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Winton, CA

High School:
Buhach Colony HS

Height:
5-7

Position:
IF/UT

Experience:
HS

B/T:
R/R