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2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Royson, Jenna
Jersey Number 25
Jenna Royson
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Toms River, N.J.
Bio
Career: Saw action in 101 matches, while making 86 starts over five years with Duke and Georgetown … logged 7,744 minutes … helped both schools to a total of 55 shutouts on the defensive end.
Career at Georgetown: Saw action in 59 matches, while making 45 starts over the last four seasons with Georgetown … helped lead the Hoyas to 44 shutouts.
Honors/Awards: 2022 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2019 and 2020 All-Big East Second Team selection … All-East Region honoree in 2020.
2022 – Graduate Student at Duke: Started all 23 matches on the defensive end … saw action in 1,834 minutes and helped the Blue Devils collect 11 shutouts … collected an assist on the road at Notre Dame (10/27) … played the entire match in 14 of the 23 contests ... an All-ACC Academic Team selection.
2021 – Senior at Georgetown: Started 18-of-19 matches on the defensive end and helped lead the Hoyas to 10 shutouts as a junior … guided Georgetown to a 14-2-6 overall record, helped the team win its fifth Big East Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament second round … tallied a goal against DePaul to help the Hoyas to a 2-0 victory … notched assists against William & Mary, Providence and Central Conn. St.
2020: -- Junior at Georgetown: All-Big East Second Team honoree … earned All-East Region accolades … started 13-of-14 matches she played in … helped the squad collect 10 shutouts on the defensive end.
2019 -- Sophomore at Georgetown: All-Big East Second Team selection … started all 21 matches … tied for third on the team with four goals, including two game-winners … finished the season with nine points from four goals and an assist … recognized by the Big East two weeks in a row (Honor Roll on Sept. 16; Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 23) … helped the defense notch 10 shutouts.
2018 -- Freshman at Georgetown: Played in 24 contests as a rookie with 11 starts to her name … had her first career assist against Xavier in the Big East semifinals … anchored a defense that allowed just 10 goals on the season … helped Georgetown to 14 shutouts on the year.
Prior to Duke: Started all four years and served as captain during junior and senior seasons at Toms River North … named 2017 all-conference, all-county and all-state and also made the All-America team … earned 2017 team MVP … helped lead team to become the A-South Conference Champions in 2014, 2016 and 2017 and the South Jersey Group 4 State Champions in 2016 … played for PDA from 2016-18 … led PDA to the 2016 and 2017 ECNL Northeast Conference Championships and helped win the 2016 ECNL National Championship.
Personal: Full name is Jenna Nicole Royson … born March 11, 2000 in Brick, N.J. … daughter of Scott and Malena Royson … has one sister, Emily … her sister, Emily, is a junior on the Blue Devil women’s soccer team … played PDA Club soccer with Duke graduate student Mackenzie Pluck … member of the National Honor Society and SADD in high school … earned her degree in Economics along with a minor in Art and Business Administration at Georgetown with a May 2022 graduation … was enrolled in the Master of Management Studies (MMS) program at Duke's Fuqua School of Business.
Last Updated 2/3/2023
Career at Georgetown: Saw action in 59 matches, while making 45 starts over the last four seasons with Georgetown … helped lead the Hoyas to 44 shutouts.
Honors/Awards: 2022 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2019 and 2020 All-Big East Second Team selection … All-East Region honoree in 2020.
2022 – Graduate Student at Duke: Started all 23 matches on the defensive end … saw action in 1,834 minutes and helped the Blue Devils collect 11 shutouts … collected an assist on the road at Notre Dame (10/27) … played the entire match in 14 of the 23 contests ... an All-ACC Academic Team selection.
2021 – Senior at Georgetown: Started 18-of-19 matches on the defensive end and helped lead the Hoyas to 10 shutouts as a junior … guided Georgetown to a 14-2-6 overall record, helped the team win its fifth Big East Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament second round … tallied a goal against DePaul to help the Hoyas to a 2-0 victory … notched assists against William & Mary, Providence and Central Conn. St.
2020: -- Junior at Georgetown: All-Big East Second Team honoree … earned All-East Region accolades … started 13-of-14 matches she played in … helped the squad collect 10 shutouts on the defensive end.
2019 -- Sophomore at Georgetown: All-Big East Second Team selection … started all 21 matches … tied for third on the team with four goals, including two game-winners … finished the season with nine points from four goals and an assist … recognized by the Big East two weeks in a row (Honor Roll on Sept. 16; Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 23) … helped the defense notch 10 shutouts.
2018 -- Freshman at Georgetown: Played in 24 contests as a rookie with 11 starts to her name … had her first career assist against Xavier in the Big East semifinals … anchored a defense that allowed just 10 goals on the season … helped Georgetown to 14 shutouts on the year.
Prior to Duke: Started all four years and served as captain during junior and senior seasons at Toms River North … named 2017 all-conference, all-county and all-state and also made the All-America team … earned 2017 team MVP … helped lead team to become the A-South Conference Champions in 2014, 2016 and 2017 and the South Jersey Group 4 State Champions in 2016 … played for PDA from 2016-18 … led PDA to the 2016 and 2017 ECNL Northeast Conference Championships and helped win the 2016 ECNL National Championship.
Personal: Full name is Jenna Nicole Royson … born March 11, 2000 in Brick, N.J. … daughter of Scott and Malena Royson … has one sister, Emily … her sister, Emily, is a junior on the Blue Devil women’s soccer team … played PDA Club soccer with Duke graduate student Mackenzie Pluck … member of the National Honor Society and SADD in high school … earned her degree in Economics along with a minor in Art and Business Administration at Georgetown with a May 2022 graduation … was enrolled in the Master of Management Studies (MMS) program at Duke's Fuqua School of Business.
Last Updated 2/3/2023
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