2012 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Jami Finnell
- Position:
- GK
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lincoln Southwest HS
- Hometown:
- Lincoln, Neb.
2012 -- Appeared and started in three games before suffering a knee injury... Went 1-2 with a shutout… Allowed four goals for a 1.33 goals-against average… Recorded 28 saves for a .875 save percentage… Recorded back-to-back Summit League Defensive Player of the Week honors (8/20, 8/27)… Tied her own team single-match record for most saves (16) in Kansas City’s 1-0 loss to No. 5 Oklahoma State (8/17)… Picked up her lone win of the season in Kansas City’s 1-0 victory over Southeast Missouri (8/24), while tallying eight saves… Allowed three goals and recorded four saves in Kansas City’s 3-0 loss to Tulsa (9/9)… On UMKC’s all-time list, sits fourth in matches played (60), first in minutes played (5558), first in saves (440), third in goals-against average (2.03) and first in wins (11).
2011 -- Started in all 20 games... earned her second career Summit League Defensive Player of the Week after collecting five saves in a 2-1 win over IPFW (Oct. 10) and recording four saves in a 2-0 win over Oakland (Oct. 9)... logged over 1,800 minutes in the back of the net... led the league in saves (128) and saves per-game (6.40) for the third straight season... recorded three shutouts along with a .810 save percentage... currently program's all-time leader in saves (412), save percentage (.773), wins (10), shutouts (7), and minutes played (5288).
2010 -- Started in all 18 games at the goalkeeper position... logged in over 1,600 minutes in the back of the net... led The Summit League for the second straight season in saves (125) and saves-per-game (6.94)... recorded a season-high 11 saves at Cleveland State (Sept. 3), at Drake (Sept. 17), at Creighton (Sept. 22) and at Southern Utah (Oct. 9)... finished the season with a 1.98 goals-against-average mark... recorded three shutouts during the season in the 1-0 win at Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12) and with a pair of ties against North Dakota State (Oct. 14) and IPFW (Oct. 28)... recorded the program's first win in school history against the Panthers on Sept. 12... faced over 150 shots.
2009 -- Started all 19 games at the goalkeeper position as a freshman... recorded the program's first save in the first game in school history against Rockhurst (Aug. 22)... went on to lead The Summit League with 159 saves... also led the league in saves-per-game with 8.37... finished with a career-high 16 saves at North Dakota State (Oct. 25)... ranked 13th in the NCAA for saves in a single game... helped record the first program win and shutout against Southern Utah on Oct. 16 (finished with 11 saves)... logged over 1,700 minutes in the back of the net... was named The Summit League's Co-Defensive Player of the Week after recording 24 saves against South Dakota and Missouri State... named to The Summit League Fall Academic all-League team.
High School -- A four-year letterwinner at Lincoln Southwest High School... earned all-city goalkeeper, all-Heartland Conference goalkeeper, all-state honorable mention honors and served as a captain as a sophomore and junior... team was the city champions, Heartland Conference champions and district champions her junior and senior year... earned all-state goalkeeper honors as a senior... recorded 10 shutouts and a .50 goals against average... holds school record for most career shutouts (33), lowest goals-against-average on the season (.47) and career (.65), and fewest goals allowed in one season (6)... played high school soccer for head coach Alyssa Watson... a member of the honor roll from 2006-09 and academic all-conference in 2006-09... also served as the yearbook editor, a member of the American Heart Association and American Red Cross, and a youth soccer coach.
Personal -- Born on May 17, 1991... daughter of Mary Finnell and John Coutts... has one older brother, John... a member of the ODP team for six years and a five-time Nebraska State champion... majoring in psychology.
