Jessica Ventoza Class: Junior Hometown: Seattle, Wash. High School: Seattle Christian Last College: Western Nebraska CC Height: 5-6 Position: IF Experience: TR B/T: S/R

At Western Nebraska Community College
Played one season at Western Nebraska Community College, earning first team All-Region IX honors and Region IX Tournament MVP honors ... was an academic All-Region selection ... set the school record for stolen bases with 34 ... helped WNCC to a runner-up finish at the Region IX Tournament after batting .652 with three home runs and 11 runs scored in six games ... helped the Cougars to a school record 36 wins ... led WNCC with 70 runs scored and finished second on the team with a .464 batting average ... had a hitting streak of 19 games ... went 4-for-4 on four different occasions ... went 3-for-5 with two doubles against Lamar Community College.

At Highline Community College
Played one season at Highline Community College ... named the team's MVP and Offensive Player of the Year ... was a first team NWAACC Western Region pick ... finished the season with a .475 batting average, 13 doubles, five triples, nine home runs, 45 runs scored, 50 RBI and 25 stolen bases ... scored four runs and had seven RBI vs. Green River ... had a two home run game vs. Big Bend ... went 5-for-5 on three different occasions.

At Seattle Christian High School
Lettered all four years at Seattle Christian High School ... named the team MVP and was a first-team all-league pick in each of her last three seasons ... was a second-team all-league honoree as a freshman ... named league MVP as a junior ... named a first-team all-state pick as a junior and senior ... helped SCHS to a fourth-place finish in state as senior ... ... also lettered four years in soccer and two years in basketball ... named the SCHS Female Athlete of the Year after her junior and senior seasons ... named first-team all-state in both soccer and basketball as a senior ... played summer ball in 2006 for the Kent Rebel's under head coaches Larry Murphy and Jon Peninger ... her father, Matt, was her coach from grade school through high school.

Personal
Daughter of Tammie and Matt Ventoza ... has a twin sister, Jennifer (20) and a brother, Matthew (15) ... majoring in sociology with a minor in spanish ... Jessica Ventoza was born in Seattle, Wash.