2017 Women's Water Polo Roster

Jessica Gaudreault
- Year:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Position:
- GK
- Height:
- 5-10
2018 (Senior)
ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention … CWPA All-Conference First Team … currently ranked second in program history on the career saves leaderboard (995), and second in shots faced (2182) … started all 34 games this season … totaled 298 saves (6th – IU history) on 508 shot attempts and only allowed 210 goals over 1028:51 minutes in the cage … recorded a .587 save percentage with a 6.53 goals against average … recorded double-digit saves in 14 games this season … began the season stopping 9 shots and recording two steals in a win over Fresno State (1/20) … recorded 13 saves and three steals in a win over UC San Diego (1/20) … made 10 saves each in wins against UC Santa Barbara (1/27) and Iona (1/28), with an additional three steals … swatted 13 saves, only allowing 4 goals against in a win against Pomona-Pitzer (3/10) … recorded 13 saves each in back-to-back wins over No. 22 Harvard (3/24) and Bucknell (3/24) … made 12 saves on 21 shot attempts against No. 9 Michigan (3/31) … notched 12 saves each in games against No. 25 Bucknell (4/8) (4/27), added in two steals in her final win of her college career … recorded 9 saves and two steals in final game of her career against Hartwick (4/29).
Summer 2017 (Canadian National Team)
Made the team sheet alongside IU alum Shae Fournier (2011-14) for the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary (7/12) … named the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament at the FINA World League Super Final (6/12) … also named to the media’s All-Star team … guided Canada from the cage to a silver medal finish, their highest position at the Super League Final since 2009 … stopped Hungary in penalty shootouts for a 11-10 win in the opening group stage game (6/6), eventually sweeping the group … shutout Japan in the second half of the FINA World League quarterfinals… stopped a five-meter penalty to seal the comeback win over Russia in the semifinals (6/11).
2017 (Junior)
Indiana Team Captain ... Academic All-Big Ten … Indiana’s Hoosier Award winner … currently fourth in program history on the career saves leaderboard (697), and third in shots faced (1,679) … made 26 starts and 27 appearances in her return season … totaled 253 saves (8th – IU history) and allowed 168 goals over 801:00 in the cage … recorded a .601 save percentage with a 6.71 goals against average … stopped 10 shots in the season-opening win over CSU Bakersfield (1/20) … matched a career high with 15 saves, allowing just four goals, against CSU Northridge (1/21) … swatted 11 saves and shutout the fourth quarter for an upset win over No. 6 Hawaii (1/22) … in the first clash with Wagner (2/4), made 13 saves with two steals and refused to concede a goal for the first 29 minutes … delivered two assists alongside 9 steals against Cal Baptist (2/25), her first home game in two years … tied a single-game career best with three assists against Siena (3/4), combining with Davis Simmons for IU’s fewest goals allowed this season … tied her career and season high with 15 stops against No. 12 San Jose State (3/11), allowing a full-game season low of 4 goals … made 13 saves and blocked a five-meter penalty shot at No. 7 Michigan (3/25) … held Brown (4/14) scoreless in the first half and made 8 saves overall … notched a double-digit save tally for the 12th time this season against No. 20 Harvard (4/15), stopping 10 shots.
2014 (Sophomore)
CWPA All-Conference First Team ... set a new career-high with 16 saves against Michigan (3/29) ... finished the season with 246 saves (9th - IU history) ... earned back-to-back Defensive Player of the Week honors to start the season ... earned four weekly honors from the CWPA during the 2014 season ... started all 29 matches she played in ... added 32 steals and 13 assists during 849 minutes played ... reached double-digits with 11 saves in Indiana's first competition against Michigan (1/18) ... named Defensive Player of the Week from the CWPA for the second straight week after posting 38 saves, two assists, and six steals in four matches during the Brown Invitational (2/1 - 2/2) ... tallied 11 saves and two steals against No. 13 Cal State Northridge (2/8) ... set a new career high with three assists against Sonoma State, while adding nine saves and a steal (2/8) ... blocked seven shots in Indiana's statement win against No. 8 San Diego State (2/9) ... matched a career-high with 13 saves when the Hoosiers played Michigan at home (2/22) ... stopped 11 shots against No. 10 San Jose State in the Spartan's home pool (3/18) ... picked up three steals and seven saves against Hawaii (3/22) ... set a new career-high with 16 saves (7th - IU single game history) against Michigan (3/29) ... paced the team with 27 saves, three assists, and two steals in the Western Division Round Robin No. 1 in Oneonta, NY (4/5 - 4/6)... stopped eight shots in the CWPA Western Division Round Robin No. 2 to clinch Indiana's second straight Western Division Championship (4/12 - 4/13) ... rejected seven saves against reigning conference champions, Princeton, to help win the CWPA Championship for Indiana and send the Hoosiers to the NCAA Tournament for just the third time in school history (4/27) ... saved nine balls against Wagner in the NCAA play-in game to clinch an appearance on the final weekend (5/3) ... recorded 21 saves and two steals in her first ever NCAA Tournament Appearance, finishing the year ranked No. 7 in the nation (5/11).
2013 (Freshman)
CWPA All-Conference First Team ... CWPA Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 18) ... started in all 27 matches played ... had 199 saves on 602 shot attempts ... only allowed 195 goals against the entire season ... had seven assists and 15 steals in 805:00 minutes played ... was named the starter in goal for the Hoosiers their opening match against San Jose State, netting 7 saves in her debut (1/19) ... made eight saves against Colorado State in 24 minutes (1/19) ... recorded eight saves against UCLA (1/20) ... pulled out two huge saves with 22 seconds left in the match to give the Hoosiers their first win over a ranked team that season against No. 12 UC Davis, Gaudreault had nine saves overall that match (2/2) ... had eight saves in the Hoosiers loss to Hawaii (2/3) ... tallied seven saves on 22 shot attempts in Indiana's win against Hartwick (2/4) ... registered seven saves, two assists, and four steals in the Hoosiers' rematch defeat to Hartwick (2/16) ... set a new career high with 12 saves and only allowed 2 goals in her best showing of the season, a statement win against No. 10 Princeton (2/17) ... set her season/career high with 13 saves in the Hoosier's home loss to Long Beach State (2/23 ... racked up 10 saves and only allowed six goals when Indiana faced Wagner (3/15) ... was key in the Hoosiers 8-6 victory over No. 8 Hawaii (3/16), holding off a comeback with 11 saves against a season-high 34 shots ... collected eight saves against San Diego State (3/16) ... netted eight saves against UCSD (3/17) ... had 11 saves in the Hoosiers win over rival Michigan (4/13) ... had five saves and three steals against Hartiwck to help earn Indiana it's first ever CWPA Western Championship (4/14) ... had eight saves and only two goals go against in 24 minutes played against Bucknell (4/26) ... logged nine saves against Michigan (4/27) ... tallied 11 saves, one assist, and two steals in the season finale against Hartwick, earning third place in the CWPA Eastern Championships (4/28)
Prep/Personal
Played for Team Canada at the 2012 FINA World Youth Women's Water Polo Championships in Perth, Australia, where Canada finished fifth ... also played with Canada in the Olympic Hopes tournament in the summer of 2012 ... competed on the Canadian Junior National Team in 2011 where they finished ninth at the FINA World Championships ... also helped lead her team to a third place finish at Under-22 Nationals and a second place showing at Under-18 Nationals while serving as the team's co-captain ... was named Most Valuable Goalie in Ontario and Most Valuable Goalie for the Ottawa Titans Club in 2011 ... garnered Most Valuable Goalie honors at the 2011 Canadian Select League ... lettered in volleyball, badminton, and basketball in high school ... majoring in Human Biology ... born July 18, 1994 ... has one brother, Ryan ... daughter of Eric Gaudreault and AJ Tiwana.
Year | GP | GS | Minutes | GA | Opp. Shots | Saves | Steals | Assists |
2013 | 27 | 27 | 805:00 | 195 | 602 | 199 | 15 | 6 |
2014 | 29 | 29 | 849:30 | 204 | 657 | 245 | 32 | 13 |
2017 | 27 | 26 | 801:00 | 168 | 421 | 253 | 19 | 14 |
2018 | 34 | 34 | 1028:51 | 210 | 508 | 298 | 31 | 2 |
Total | 117 | 116 | 3484:21 | 777 | 2188 | 995 | 97 | 35 |