Freshman (2006)
Played in 40 games, while getting the start in 29 ... All starts came as the DP ... When she was in the starting lineup the team went 24-5 ... Tallied 18 hits, scored 11 runs and knocked in 12 runs ... Tied for sixth with eight walks on the year ... Batted .333 against lefties and hit .400 (2-for-5) with the bases loaded ... Almost 72 percent of time she drove in runners on third base with less than two outs ... Percent was second highest on team of players who played in at least half of season games ... Posted three multi-RBI games ...Tied fellow classmate Britta Giddens for the new freshman record in hit by pitch (5) ... Named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star (3.0 GPA or better) ... 2/10/06 vs. Jacksonville - Made her first collegiate appearance as a pinch runner ... 2/18/06 vs. Temple - Tallied her first-career hit and scored her first run as a Bull ... 3/9/06 vs. Boston University - Posted her first-career extra base hit, hitting a double ... 3/14/06 vs. Buffalo - Hit her first-collegiate home run, a solo shot, and tallied her first-career RBI ... 3/15/06 vs. Fordham - Tallied a hit to extend her hit streak to three games (3/9-3/15) 3/17/06 vs. George Mason - Went 1-for-2 in the game, drove in a run and scored a run ... 3/18/06 vs. Ohio - Registered her first multi-RBI game of her career, knocking in a run off a single and a groundout ... 3/22/06 vs. Towson (Game One) - Extended her hit streak to three games (3/21-3/22) ... 3/25/06 vs. Troy - Saw action out of the bullpen, coming in the game in the seventh inning ... Recorded her first collegiate strikeout and didn’t allow a hit while in the circle ... 3/26/06 vs. Siena - Came in the game in the fourth inning to play third base ... 4/5/06 vs. Stetson (Game One) - Hit her second homer of the year, blasting a three-run shot over the left-field fence ... 4/5/06 vs. Stetson (Game Two) - Was perfect at the plate, going 2-for-2 ... Drove in two runs off of two singles and tallied her third RBI of the game with a bases-loaded walk ... 4/30/06 vs. DePaul (Game One) - Went 1-for-3 and scored a run as the designated player ... 5/19/06 vs. North Carolina (NCAA Regional) - Got hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and tallied an RBI ... Drew two walks ... 5/27/06 vs. UCLA (NCAA Super Regional) - Tallied a single and got hit by a pitch ... 5/28/06 vs. UCLA (NCAA Super Regional) - Extended her hit streak to three games, doubling to left field.
High School
Lettered six years in softball (7th through 12th grade) on the varsity team at Florida Christian ... Hit a career-high .580 her senior year ... Ended up with a career batting average of .489 ... Registered 165 career RBI ... Pitched a record 18 innings in the state championship in 2002 - the game was the longest in Dade history ... Improved from an ERA of 1.12 her sophomore year to an ERA of 0.33 her senior year ... Tallied 288 career strikeouts ... Was a 2005 Miami Herald All-Dade Top Five Finalist for Female Athlete of the Year ... Nominee for Miami Herald Silver Knight Award and for FHSAA Academic Athlete of the Year Award ... Was a Miami Herald Player of the Week on 20 different occasions from 2001-05 ... Featured in Miami Herald's "Five Aces" as one of the top five pitchers in Dade County in 2004 ... Earned Cardinal Gibbons All-Tournament Honors in 2003 for hitting .727 ... Honored as the Miami Herald All-Dade Hitter of the Year in 2003 and the Pitcher of the Year in 2005 ... Named First Team All-Dade 2001, 2003-05 ... Helped lead her team to five district titles and two regional titles ... Received first team all-state honors in 2005 and second team all-state honors 2003-04 ... Team's MVP 2001 and 2003-05 and team captain 2004-05 ... Also lettered three years in basketball ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Awarded President's Academic Achievement Award ... Earned Principal's Honor Roll ninth through 12th grade ... Graduated top 10 in her class.
Personal
Full name is Jessica Nicole Landau ... Born Aug. 15, 1987, in Miami, Fla. ... Daughter of Robert and Clare Landau ... Has a younger brother, Matthew, who is 17 ... Majoring in nursing.
