Jessica Javelet (born June 25, 1985) is an American

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. She attended the University of Louisville from 2003 to 2007, where she played field hockey. She led the nation in scoring her junior season (2005), and she finished her career as a three-time All-American and the school record-holder for both points and goals. She was also a three-time academic All-American, a finalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award, and the valedictorian of her 2007 class, having graduated with a 4.0 GPA in marketing. She is a former

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player and played for the United States women's team from 2006 to 2009. She made her debut for the sevens team at the

2014 USA Women's Sevens The 2014 USA Sevens was the second tournament within the 2013-14 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 15–16 February 2014 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia. Format The teams were drawn into ...

. Javelet was selected for the sevens team for the

Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

. She and her team won their first Olympic match in Rio against

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by 48 points to 0 points.

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Jessica Javelet
at USA Rugby * {{DEFAULTSORT:Javelet, Jessica 1985 births Living people United States international rugby sevens players American female rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for the United States Louisville Cardinals field hockey players American female field hockey players United States women's international rugby union players American female rugby union players Place of birth missing (living people)