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Jersey Number 4
Tai Jankowski
- Year:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Bridgewater, N.J.
- High School:
- Bridgewater Raritan
- Major:
- Biology
Bio
2023 as a Senior:
- IWLCA Third Team All-American
- IWLCA First Team All-South Region
- Tewaaraton Award Watch List
- American Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference
- VaSID Second Team All-State
- 3x American Athletic Conference Attack Player of the Week (March 6, March 27, April 24)
- Scored a career-high 53 goals
- Had 10 of her 13 career hat tricks in 2023
- Ranked fifth in The American with 2.41 goals per game
- Set a career high with five goals at Rutgers (Apr. 23)
- Added 23 assists for 76 points
- Dished out four assists against Johns Hopkins (Mar. 11)
- Had a career-high seven points twice, last against Johns Hopkins
- Shot 45.7% overall and 72.4% in shots on goal
- Went 20-of-26 from the free position
- Ranked 8th in the country in free position goals
- Second in the nation with a .769 free-position percentage
- Totaled nine ground balls
- Had a pair of ground balls against Old Dominion (Apr. 1)
- Two caused turnovers
- Totaled two draw controls
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2021)
- Played in all 19 games and made 17 starts
- Scored 27 goals, finding the back of the net in 15 games
- Went 8-for-18 (.444) from the free-position
- First career hat trick against High Point (Feb. 26)
- 13 assists, with career-high of two assists twice
- Took 69 shots, with five shots in eight different games
- .725 shots on goal percentage
- Picked up 13 ground balls
- Collected career-high four ground balls at William & Mary (Apr. 16)
- Played in 10 games, making seven starts at attack
- Scored eight goals with seven assists for 15 points
- Tallied one free-position goal
- Had two caused turnovers and two ground balls
- Career-high two goals and two assists in season opener vs. High Point (Feb. 26)
- Also scored two goals with an assist against George Mason (Mar. 3)
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2020)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2020)
- Played in two games
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2020)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2020)
- First Team All-American as a junior
- NJ.com First Team All-State as a junior and Second Team as a senior
- Academic All-American as a senior
- First Team All-Group as a junior and senior and Third Team as a freshman and sophomore
- Skyland Conference Player of the Year in 2019
- First Team All-Skyland Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior and Second Team as a freshman
- All-County selection as a freshman and sophomore
- Part of Bridgewater Raritan’s North 2 Group 4 Sectional championship in 2019
- Also won SCIAA Somerset County and Skyland Conference titles all four years of high school
- Team captain as a junior and senior
- Played club lacrosse for T3 Elite
- US Lacrosse Women’s Developmental National Team – North Jersey School Girls selection as a sophomore and junior
- Under Armour All-American Tournament as a freshman and sophomore
- NJ Tournament of Champions as a sophomore
- Maximum Exposure Lacrosse Camp All-Star Team as a freshman
- Dual-sport athlete who also was a co-captain for the field hockey team
- Two-time All-Group and All-Conference selection, who helped the team to three sectional championships and two conference and county titles
- Earned high school’s Highest Honor Rising Star Award
- Honor roll student, finishing high school with a 3.99 GPA
- Spanish Honors Society
- Full name is Taiana Jankowski
- Daughter of George and Letty Jankowski
- Has a brother, Joshua
- Majoring in biology
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