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#0 Jackie Kerestine
Position: Goalkeeper
Height: 6'1"
Year: Junior
City/State: Euless, TX
High School: Colleyville Heritage
Experience: 2 Letters
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Jackie Kerestine
Courtesy: University of North Texas
Release: 05/25/2011
Year Games GAA Save Pct
2011 21 0.71 .837
2012 23 0.92 .815
Totals 44 0.82 .825

Career
Finished 2012 (sophomore campaign) as the NT career leader in goals against average (0.82) and save percentage (.825) … Ranks 18th among all goalkeepers nationwide over the last two seasons (min. 1000 minutes per season) with a combined goals against average of 0.82 ... Still has never allowed a single goal in conference tournament action (5 career games) ... Tied with Adria Costanza (1998-99) for 6th in NT history with 160 career saves ... 30 career wins ties with Briana Buchanan (2002-05) for 3rd in school history ... Career 3,740 minutes ranks fourth by an NT keeper ... Owns 16 career shutouts, which ties Buchanan for 2nd in school history.

2012
2012 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Most Oustanding Player ... Broke the school record for wins by a goal-keeper with 16 on the year ... 0.92 goals against average in 2012 ranks fifth in school history, third in the Sun Belt and 68th in the NCAA ... 88 saves ranked 6th in NT history and ranked 88th nationally ... Preseason All-Sun Belt team ... Earned the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 27 ... Save percentage of .815 is the 7th best in NT history ... Played the third-most minutes ever by a North Texas keeper (1,955:03), which ranked 24th in the country ... Once again, posted a shutout in all three games of the Sun Belt Tournament ... Thanks to Kerestine, NT won 10 one-goal games in 2012 ... As a defensive unit, NT ranked 63rd in the NCAA with 0.92 goals against.   

2011
Set a North Texas single-season record with a goals against average of 0.71 … Ranked second on North Texas single-season list with 9 shutouts … Ranked fourth on North Texas' single-season save percentage list (.837) … Posted seven shutouts in the last 10 games of the year, and did not allow two goals in a single game after Sept. 18 … Led the Sun Belt Conference in goals against average, shutouts and save percentage in league games … Ranked 27th nationally in goals against average … Named to the All-Sun Belt Tournament team, after not conceding a goal in the tournament … Tied for second in a single season with 14 wins on the year … Named SoccerSavings.com/Dallas Soccer News Player of the Week on Oct. 3 for making six saves and posting two consecutive shutouts at ULM (Sept. 30) and at Louisiana-Lafayette (Oct. 2) … Named the 13th-best player in the Sun Belt Conference by Top Drawer Soccer … Saved a penalty kick against Middle Tennessee (Sept. 25) … Posted a scoreless streak of 378:59 from Sept. 23 to Oct. 7 … Finished the season with a scoreless streak of 314:18 spanning from Oct. 23 to the end of the season … Saved 10 shots at Arkansas State (Oct. 23) and vs. Western Kentucky (Nov. 3), both of which tie for seventh-most in a single game at North Texas … Picked up her first career shutout by making seven saves in a 1-0 victory at Houston (Sept. 2)

High School
Named Fort Worth Star-Telegram Player of the Year in 2011 ... Allowed only four goals in 26 games for a 0.15 GAA her senior season ... Did not allow a goal from Jan. 25 until overtime of the state title game on Apr. 16, a span of 19 straight shutouts ... Shut out the oponnent in all 22 of Hertiage's wins in 2011 ... Named to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Super Team in 2010 and 2011 ... Named District Goalkeeper of the Year in 2010 and 2011 ... Led Colleyville Heritage to the 5A State Title game in 2011, before falling in overtime ... Helped Colleyville Heritage win the District 5-5A championship in 2009 and the Bi-District championship in 2010 ... Holds the Colleyville Heritage school record and qualified for regionals in the shot put ... Played club for Sting West '93.

Personal
Born July 2, 1993 in Irving, Texas ... Father, Paul, lettered for the Mean Green football team in 1978 and 1979 ... Mother, Diane, is a teacher ... Has one brother, Phillip, and one sister, Kerilyn.

HONORS AND AWARDS
2012
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week (8/27/12)
2011
All-Sun Belt Tournament Team
SoccerSavings.com/Dallas Soccer News Player of the Week (Oct. 3)
No. 13 Player Sun Belt (Top Drawer Soccer)

 

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