Jarena Harmon

Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
High School:
St. Andrews Episcopal
Hometown:
Washington, D.C.

QUOTING MILLER: “Jarena is a tremendous athlete whose game has really taken off in the last year. She has the speed to get in behind defenses and a real ability to score goals. The combination of her work and skill will bolster our frontline.”

2015: Recorded one shot against No. 1 Virginia (Oct. 31)...Notched a shot against No. 22 Duke (Oct 22)...Banged in her team-leading seventh goal of the season against Boston College (Oct. 8)...Collected a goal in back-to-back conference games against Wake Forest (Sept. 24) and NC State (Sept. 20)...Scored a goal against Villanova, plus an assist (Sept. 4)...Netted the ninth hat trick in program history against Robert Morris (Aug. 23).

HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2015 graduate of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Md. where she played four years of varsity soccer for coach Glenn Whitman…Three-time Washington Post All-MET selection, three-time ISL All-League honoree, three-time Potomac Gazette All-Area Team member…Ranked among the Washington Post’s top-10 area scoring leaders and led the ISL A League in scoring during each of her three seasons at St. Andrew’s…Scored 98 goals and finished with 10 assists over her varsity career…Scored 33 goals with seven assists as a senior…Finished junior year with 34 goals and was honored by the Potomac Gazette for averaging nearly three goals per game…Scored 31 goals as a freshman…Three-time Francisco Hope all-tournament team member and MVP as a sophomore…Three-time team scoring leader and team Most Valuable Player award winner…Competed in club soccer for coach Nadir Moumen and for teams that captured the 2014 Virginia Youth Soccer Association State Cup championship, the McLean Premier Soccer Tournament finalist finish in 2012 and the 2012 Jersey Area Girls Soccer title in 2012…Ranked among the top-20 scorers in the ECNL Under-17 age group during the 2013-14 regular season…Named to the all-tournament team at the Bethesda Tournament in 2012…Also played three years of varsity basketball (freshman to junior years)…Named to the ISL All-League team and led the area in scoring as a junior in 2013…Also competed in track and field and was named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 2014.

PERSONAL: Born Jarena Ade Harmon on January 17, 1997…Daughter of John and Keeva Harmon…Has an older brother Joshua and younger brother Justin…Father played football and basketball in college…Hobbies and interests include music, skateboarding and longboarding and writing poetry…Plans to major in civil engineering…Undeclared major and enrolled in the Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences.

CAREER HIGHS:
Minutes: 96, vs. Syracuse, 10/11/15.
Goals: 3, vs. Robert Morris, 8/23/15.
Assists: 1, vs. Villanova, 9/4/15.
Points: 6, vs. Robert Morris, 8/23/15.
Shots: 8, vs. Robert Morris, 8/23/15.