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Jersey Number 4
Esmeralda Figueroa
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Laurel, Miss.
- High School:
- Northeast Jones HS
- Prev School:
- Jones College / Mississippi State
2022 (Graduate): Appeared in 16 games, starting in 14 for the Golden Eagles...Attained 1117 minutes of play...Posted 0.786 shots on goal percentage...Made two goals on 14 shots...Scored eight points and had four assists.
2021 (Mississippi State, Senior): Did not see any action.
2020 (Mississippi State, Junior): Saw action in five total games with 50 minutes of playing time and one shot which was on goal ... Saw her debut in the Maroon and White at the SEC Tournament where she faced eventual champion Vanderbilt for 12 minutes off the bench (11/15) ... Came off the bench against Louisiana (2/28) ... Came off the bench against Arkansas State (3/13) ... Recorded one shot on goal against Troy (3/20) ... Saw the pitch for 18 minutes against Columbus State (4/1).
2019 (Jones College, Sophomore): Named all-conference and all-region … earned NJCAA First Team All-Academic honors started 16 matches, scoring 17 goals and adding five assists … led Jones in goals, points and shots … served as a team captain … scored twice in the season-opening shutout win at Hinds CC (8/22) … scored in four straight games beginning at Holmes CC (8/27) and concluding with a hat trick against Meridian CC (9/6) … scored twice at Spartanburg CC (9/20) … netted the game-winner at Northwest Mississippi CC (9/24) … recorded consecutive multi-goal games with two goals at Mississippi Gulf Coast CC (10/1) and a hat trick at Meridian CC (10/8) … also had an assist at Meridian to match her career-high with seven points.
2018 (Jones College, Freshman): Named all-conference … team won the Region XXIII Championship … appeared in 17 matches, making 15 starts … scored 16 goals with eight assists for a 40-point season … served as a team captain … made her collegiate debut against East Central CC (8/24) … scored first collegiate goal at Northwest Mississippi CC (8/27) and picked up her first career assist in the next game against Mississippi Gulf Coast (9/7) … scored at Meridian CC (9/14) … picked up a hat trick with an assist for a career-high seven points at Southwest Mississippi CC (9/25) … scored twice at Pearl River CC (10/12) … scored all three goals in the game against Meridian CC (10/15) … recorded a hat trick against LSU-Eunice (10/27) in the Region XXIII Championship match.
High School/Club: Played at Northeast Jones High School where she scored 155 goals in her high school career with 24 hat tricks … added 51 assists over a five-year career … was a Mississippi Wendy’s High School Heisman Finalist and served as a team captain as a senior … named to the Best of MSPreps First Team and was Sports 601’s Jones County Soccer Player of the Year … won the golden boot with a school-record 53 goals in her final campaign, which ranked 13th nationally and led the state … named first team all-state, all-region and was the Region 4 MVP … played in the MHSAA All-Star Game for the North State team … won offensive MVP honors as a junior and sophomore and was the Female Athlete of the Year at the 7v7 Soccer State Games … team won district championships as a freshman and sophomore … scored game-winning goal in the South State Championship as a freshman … reached the state championship game as a freshman and scored the tying goal to send the game into double-overtime and penalty kicks … also played on the state championship team as an eighth grader … as a junior, team won the State Games … also played tennis and softball, ran track and was on the cheer squad … qualified for the state meet in the 1200m as a freshman and sophomore and won a doubles district championship in tennis … played club soccer for Mississippi RUSH Premier … scored the golden goal to win the 2019 state championship in the MSA Premier Cup … team also won the MSA State Cup in 2017 … played in the 2016 Disney Showcase Championship … member of the RUSH Select Program Player Pool for national and international play as one of 900 players out of 35,000 nominees … five-year member of the Region III Olympic Development Program … ODP team won the Champions of Orange Classic International Tournament in 2016.
Personal: Born Esmeralda Denise Figueroa on Aug. 4, 2000 … daughter of Pedro and Mary Figueroa … has a twin sister, Araceli … majored in chemistry … a certified high school soccer referee...Working towards a Masters in Public Health.
2021 (Mississippi State, Senior): Did not see any action.
2020 (Mississippi State, Junior): Saw action in five total games with 50 minutes of playing time and one shot which was on goal ... Saw her debut in the Maroon and White at the SEC Tournament where she faced eventual champion Vanderbilt for 12 minutes off the bench (11/15) ... Came off the bench against Louisiana (2/28) ... Came off the bench against Arkansas State (3/13) ... Recorded one shot on goal against Troy (3/20) ... Saw the pitch for 18 minutes against Columbus State (4/1).
2019 (Jones College, Sophomore): Named all-conference and all-region … earned NJCAA First Team All-Academic honors started 16 matches, scoring 17 goals and adding five assists … led Jones in goals, points and shots … served as a team captain … scored twice in the season-opening shutout win at Hinds CC (8/22) … scored in four straight games beginning at Holmes CC (8/27) and concluding with a hat trick against Meridian CC (9/6) … scored twice at Spartanburg CC (9/20) … netted the game-winner at Northwest Mississippi CC (9/24) … recorded consecutive multi-goal games with two goals at Mississippi Gulf Coast CC (10/1) and a hat trick at Meridian CC (10/8) … also had an assist at Meridian to match her career-high with seven points.
2018 (Jones College, Freshman): Named all-conference … team won the Region XXIII Championship … appeared in 17 matches, making 15 starts … scored 16 goals with eight assists for a 40-point season … served as a team captain … made her collegiate debut against East Central CC (8/24) … scored first collegiate goal at Northwest Mississippi CC (8/27) and picked up her first career assist in the next game against Mississippi Gulf Coast (9/7) … scored at Meridian CC (9/14) … picked up a hat trick with an assist for a career-high seven points at Southwest Mississippi CC (9/25) … scored twice at Pearl River CC (10/12) … scored all three goals in the game against Meridian CC (10/15) … recorded a hat trick against LSU-Eunice (10/27) in the Region XXIII Championship match.
High School/Club: Played at Northeast Jones High School where she scored 155 goals in her high school career with 24 hat tricks … added 51 assists over a five-year career … was a Mississippi Wendy’s High School Heisman Finalist and served as a team captain as a senior … named to the Best of MSPreps First Team and was Sports 601’s Jones County Soccer Player of the Year … won the golden boot with a school-record 53 goals in her final campaign, which ranked 13th nationally and led the state … named first team all-state, all-region and was the Region 4 MVP … played in the MHSAA All-Star Game for the North State team … won offensive MVP honors as a junior and sophomore and was the Female Athlete of the Year at the 7v7 Soccer State Games … team won district championships as a freshman and sophomore … scored game-winning goal in the South State Championship as a freshman … reached the state championship game as a freshman and scored the tying goal to send the game into double-overtime and penalty kicks … also played on the state championship team as an eighth grader … as a junior, team won the State Games … also played tennis and softball, ran track and was on the cheer squad … qualified for the state meet in the 1200m as a freshman and sophomore and won a doubles district championship in tennis … played club soccer for Mississippi RUSH Premier … scored the golden goal to win the 2019 state championship in the MSA Premier Cup … team also won the MSA State Cup in 2017 … played in the 2016 Disney Showcase Championship … member of the RUSH Select Program Player Pool for national and international play as one of 900 players out of 35,000 nominees … five-year member of the Region III Olympic Development Program … ODP team won the Champions of Orange Classic International Tournament in 2016.
Personal: Born Esmeralda Denise Figueroa on Aug. 4, 2000 … daughter of Pedro and Mary Figueroa … has a twin sister, Araceli … majored in chemistry … a certified high school soccer referee...Working towards a Masters in Public Health.
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