Jessica Berry

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Pulaski Academy
Hometown:
Little Rock, Ark.

At Princeton
2008-09
Played in 28 games and made 27 starts ... averaged 5.0 points, 2.9 assists and 1.9 rebounds per game ... led the team in assists 13 times, with a season-best eight versus Columbia on March 6 ... finished second on the team in scoring against Rutgers on Nov. 18 with six points ... led the team in scoring at Lehigh on Nov. 30 with 12 points ... matched her season-high 12 points at Harvard on Feb. 20, scoring 4-of-9 three-pointers, a career-best percentage ... led the team in assists, with 80 ... finished her career with 351 assists, the third most in program history.

2007-08
Returned to the team in Dec. 2007 after fall semester abroad ... played in team's final 16 games and started every Ivy League contest ... had seven double-digit scoring games with a high of 14 against Cornell Feb. 8 while playing all 40 minutes ... had 41 assists with a high of six helpers at Brown Feb. 16 ... had six steals against Yale Mar. 1.

2006-07
Played in all 28 games ... started the first five and a later stretch of 11 straight ... hit double-digit points in six games, scoring a season-high 15 at Cornell Feb. 16, 14 versus NJIT Dec. 6 and versus Yale Feb. 2, 13 at Rutgers Dec. 9 and at Harvard Feb. 9 and 12 at Penn Jan. 6 ... matched her career high with eight assists at Lafayette Jan. 3 ... added seven two games later against Columbia Jan. 12 ... positive assist:turnover ratio with 83 helpers to 69 giveaways.

2005-06
Ivy League All-Rookie Team ... started all 27 games in which she played ... Princeton’s only freshman starter, averaging a team second-highest 30.9 minutes per game ... scored double-digits in four of her first five games ... came within one point of the school record for points in a game by a freshman, leading a feverish near-comeback at St. Mary’s with 30 points on Nov. 25 ... earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors for that performance ... 5.4 assists per game ranked 23rd nationally and second in the Ivy League ... average was second-most in the country among freshmen ... 147 assists on the season was second in the league and came within two of tying the single-season Princeton record ... recorded those assists while Katy O’Brien had 110 helpers as well to make Berry and O’Brien the first duo in Princeton history with 100 assists in the same year ... had eight assists in each of three straight games Jan. 7 through Jan. 14 to start Ivy play ... had only five turnovers during that stretch to go with the 24 assists ... also had eight helpers Nov. 26 against Central Florida (no turnovers) and again versus Harvard Feb. 10 ... season-high seven boards in her first game at St. Joseph’s Nov. 18 ... had an assist in every game played and had at least three assists in her final 26 games ... third in the Ivy League in assist-to-turnover ratio ... had more assists than turnovers in 19 games.

At Pulaski Academy
All-time leader in points and assists ... three-time all-state honoree ... also was all-conference in volleyball as a middle blocker/hitter ... three-year basketball captain and three-time participant in state basketball final four ... McDonald’s All-America nominee ... scored 24 points in state all-star game ... Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Female Academic Athlete of the Year as a senior ... National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society, National Beta Club.

Personal
Full name is Jessica Faith Berry ... born Nov. 7, 1986 ... parents are Ken and Joanna Berry ... sister is Kensey Berry ... English major.