Cornell University Athletics

Coach Graap on Wiegand
"Jessica is one of the most humble talents I’ve had the pleasure of coaching. In her final season, she will provide much-needed leadership to a young team. She has a great opportunity to make her senior season a memorable one."

As a junior
Wiegand saw action in six contests with four starts before suffering a season-ending injury. During her time on the field, she continued to be one of the team’s top threats, registering five goals and an assist and chipping in with six ground balls won, three caused turnovers and a pair of draw controls. She opened the season with two goals and two ground balls in a victory at Colgate and had a goal and an assist against New Hampshire.

As a sophomore
Wiegand notched a career-high 14 goals and 16 points in her first season as a starter. The sophomore added 12 ground balls, eight caused turnovers and four draw controls while playing all 15 contests, including 10 starts. Wiegand had a pair of hat tricks with three goals vs. Hofstra and three goals and an assist against Denver, and also had a three-point effort against Yale (two goals, one assist). She had one of her best all-around contests against the Pioneers, posting two ground balls, two caused turnovers and a draw control to go along with her four points.

As a freshman
Wiegand played a key role as a freshman, scoring nine goals and registering three assists in 12 contests. She added six ground balls, five draw controls and two caused turnovers, while scoring on four of her five free-position attempts. Wiegand recorded three goals in the Big Red’s Ivy title-clinching win over Harvard, while posting multi-point efforts against Columbia (two goals) and Brown (goal, assist). She earned her first career start in the Big Red’s win at Rutgers, scoring once and winning a draw.

At Bay Shore
A five-year varsity player at Bay Shore HS, Wiegand was an all-county selection as a junior and an All-America pick as a senior. She also earned Scholastic All-America honors in 2005. A two-time member of the New York state national team, Wiegand competed in the 2004 Empire State Games. She was part of the 2001 team that advanced to the state semifinals, while her last three seasons all ended in the county semifinals after winning league titles. Wiegand was selected as a 2004 U.S. Lacrosse Women’s Division High School Scholastic All-American. Wiegand also played varsity soccer for six years, earning all-league and all-conference honors, and was named all-state and All-America in track as part of the school’s distance medley relay squad, while finishing third in the state in the 4x800 relay. Her track teams captured league and county titles as a senior. 

Personal
Jessica Wiegand is the daughter of Bert and Fran Wiegand and has two younger brothers and two younger sisters. Wiegand is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.