“Jessa is a threat on the mound and at the plate. You have to try to beat her on both sides of the ball, which is an extremely hard task. The type of season that they are having doesn’t happen unless you have competitors like Jessa in the lineup.”

Sydney Dwyer

Head Coach - head coach of Eastview High

Athletic Excellence

At the time of her selection, the 5-foot-10 senior right-handed pitcher had led the Irish to a 23-0 record and a berth in the Class AAAA state tournament quarterfinals. Snippes compiled a 18-0 mark in the circle with a 1.27 ERA, striking out 185 batters in 115.2 innings through 23 games. At the plate, she’d batted .627 with 11 doubles, 41 RBI and a .970 slugging percentage entering the postseason round of eight.

Academic Achievement

Snippes has maintained a 3.92 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at the University of Minnesota this fall.

Exemplary Character

Also captain of the Rosemount High girls ice hockey team, Snippes has volunteered locally with Feed My Starving Children and Hockey Fights Cancer. She has also donated her time as a youth softball coach and as an elementary school book fair volunteer.