Lakeland University Athletics

2017: Played in 21 games, starting 20 while being sidelined part of the year due to injury… Hit .275 with 14 hits in 51 at bats, driving in eight runs, scoring six times and also stealing two bases… Recipient of Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Scholar-Athlete Award.

2016: Played in 34 games, starting all 34, and batted .298 with 28 hits in 94 at bats… Finished with six doubles, one triple, 14 runs batted in, 17 runs scored and two stolen bases… Finished second on team in doubles and tied for fifth in hits… NACC Scholar-Athlete Award winner.

2015: Played in 36 games as a freshman, starting 33, and batted .365 with 35 hits in 96 at bats… Finished with eight doubles, one triple, one home run, 17 runs batted in, 16 runs scored and one stolen base… Tied for third on team in doubles… Named to the All-NACC Second Team as a second baseman and also was named to the NACC All-Freshman Team… NACC Scholar-Athlete Award winner.

High School: Three-year letter winner on softball team… Twice named honorable mention all-Southern Lakes Conference as a second baseman… Member of Wisconsin Division I state championship team as a junior and state runner-up team as a senior… Academic all-state honoree and member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Born May 4, 1996… Daughter of Brandon & Christina Jester and has one brother (A.J.) and two sisters (Jenna and Julia)… Majoring in psychology.


Career ambition/goal: Provide psychological therapy to veterans and service members; eventually start my own practice
Favorite song: “Dirt” by Florida-Georgia Line
Greatest sports accomplishment: Winning state title my junior year of high school
Why did you choose Lakeland? The professors, staff and team care about you and make you feel like you’re part of a family away from home.