Jen Slocum

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-3
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Carlisle, Pa.
High School:
Carlisle

Majoring in exercise and sport science ... Participates in the Carolina Leadership Academy's Veteran Leaders program ... Named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll

2009: As a junior, came off the bench to play in all 22 games ... Finished the year with one goal and two assists ... Her goal was UNC's only score in the sole regular-season defeat, a 4-1 loss to Maryland

2008: Played in all 20 games, starting one ... Scored three goals and added an assist for seven points on the season ... Goals came against Radford, Wake Forest (10/4) and Davidson ... Also had an assist in the game against Davidson

2007: Played in 17 games, including the NCAA title game against Penn State ... Scored her first career goal in the game against Villanova at the Vonnie Gros Classic on Sept. 8 ... Added an assist in the next game, a win at West Chester

2006: Did not see action and will count the year as a redshirt season

At Carlisle (Pa.) High School: Mid-Penn All-Star first team as a junior and senior and second team as a sophomore ... Sentinel All-Star first team as a senior and second team as a sophomore and junior ... Team captain and MVP as a senior ... Also played four years of soccer ... Part of the ODP regional team in 2002

National/International: Played for the South Region team at the USFHA National Championships in the summers of 2007-10 ... Played in the National Hockey Festival in 2004 and '05 and the National Indoor Tournament in 2006 ... Futures participant 2004-06 and National Futures Tournament in 2006

Personal: Born Jennifer Ashley Slocum on July 21, 1987, at Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri ... Daughter of Kurt and Trudy Slocum ... Has two older siblings, Katie (28) and Jonathan (26) and two nephews, Theo and Levi ... Her father played soccer at Longwood and her sister played field hockey at Virginia

More on Slocum: Favorite pastime is fishing with her dad ... Favorite pregame meal is macaroni and cheese ... Favorite book is "Pretty Little Dirty" ... Dream vacation is to travel to Zimbabwe and volunteer on Samantha Travers' Safari Ranch (which is her plan following graduation) ... Dream job is training animals at a zoo .... Favorite sport to play besides field hockey is soccer