2024 Soccer Roster
Jenna Little
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Portage, Mich.
- High School:
- Portage Central
2024: Played all 18 matches, made 13 starts … scored lone goal of the season in 6-1 rout at Purdue Fort Wayne (Sept. 11) … season-high 75 minutes in 2-0 victory at Northern Illinois (Sept. 26) … assisted Caitlin Gill’s opening goal of 2-1 victory against Cincinnati (Aug. 25) … Academic All-MAC
2023: Played in all of the first 10 games with nine starts before being sidelined due to injury … scored both of CMU’s game winning goals against Purdue Fort Wayne (Sept. 10) and at Miami (OH) (Sept. 24) … led the Chippewas with 10 points (five goals) despite missing final six games … scored both goals in 2-1 win over Miami (OH) … scored goal that led to 1-1 draw at Cincinnati (Aug. 31) … averaged nearly 70 minutes per appearance through the first eight matches
2022 at Eastern Illinois: Transferred to Central Michigan from Eastern Illinois University of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) … appeared in 14 of 16 games, starting 12 ... scored four goals ... led team in scoring with nine points ... finished season with 36 shots, 17 on goal for .772 on goal percentage ... totaled 867 minutes … named second team All-OVC ... ranked second in OVC in shots per match and fifth in goals with four ... scored a career-high two goals over Purdue University Fort Wayne (Aug. 21)
2021 at EIU: Appeared in 11 matches, made three starts ... scored one goal, career-high five shots against Morehead State (Sept. 26) ... made ten shots, five on goal ... logged 362 minutes of playing time
Spring 2021 at EIU: Played all ten matches, made two starts ... recorded five shots ... made a season-high three shots at Belmont (March 19) ... logged 458 minutes of playing time … earned OVC Academic Medal of Honor
Club: Spent three years at United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) with Midwest United ... selected for Olympic Development Program (ODP) and state and regional teams … helped team to Super Y League National Championship and USSDA National Championship ... played club for Kingdom Soccer Club 01
High School: Graduated from Portage High School in 2020 … led the Mustangs in scoring freshman year before moving on to developmental competition … four-year Honor Student
Personal: Daughter of Brian and Angela Little … has an older brother, Jon, and a younger sister, Janelle … father, Brian, played football at NCAA III Millikin University (IL) (1989-93) … superstitious: “I won’t wash my game socks if the team is on a winning streak” … writes her favorite Bible verses, Phillipians 4:13 and 4:20, on her shin guards before every game
Why CMU?: “Having already gone to a different university, I was a bit more aware of what I liked about college and what I didn’t like. CMU checked all my boxes of what a college should provide for the best possible experience for its students. I ultimately came for the soccer team and CMU offered the best possibilities for student-athletes. I love the environment here from the students to the staff. The campus is not too big and not too small, and it offers a great sense of community.”
