Outlook -- Jessica has sold technical skills and a good defending background ... she has a good knowledge of defensive shape ... she has a great attitude, work rate and the ability to push herself.

High School/Club -- A 2007 graduate of Monroe-Woodbury High School in Central Valley, N.Y. ... earned four letters in soccer as a prep, while also lettering four times in track & field who competed in the pentathlon ... led the soccer team to the 2005 division title ... named team MVP and served as captain of the soccer team during her senior campaign ... the Times Herald Record named her a Second-Team All-Star in 2006 ... named the Monroe-Woodbury Outstanding Female Athlete in 2007 ... led the track & field team to the Section 9 Championship, as well as the OCIAA title in 2004-05 ... named the outdoor track team MVP in 2007 ... member of the National Honor Society.

Personal -- Full name is Jessica Mary Grupp ... daughter of Lt. Col. James (ret.) and Kathryn Grupp ... sister, Elizabeth, was a four-year soccer standout at the Coast Guard Academy where she graduated from in 2007 ... brother, Jason, is a junior at Norwich University where he plays defense for the soccer team ... father served 12 years as an active duty Air Force pilot ... spent the next 16 years as a reserve pilot in the Air National Guard, retiring in 2006 ... taught aviation at Army and also coached the marathon team ... born May 16, 1989, in West Point, N.Y.