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Jersey Number 3
Noelle Bessette
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Chatham HS
- Hometown:
- Chatham, N.J.
Two-time Academic All- Big Ten (2019-20 and 2020-21)
2022 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2020-21 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma
2021 (Fall): Saw game action in six contests
2021 (Spring): Did not see game action
2019: Saw game action in win over Ball State (August 31)
2018: Appeared in eight games with one goal ... made career debut in 3-0 win over Richmond (August 26) ... scored first career goal in victory over Hofstra (Aug. 31)
Prior to Rutgers: Scored 24 goals with 14 assists … named team captain as a senior … three-year varsity starter … selected for Senior All-Star Game … three-time First Team all-conference selection … two-time First Team all-county selection … Second Team all-Group 3 as a junior … Second Team all-county as a sophomore … selected for National Futures Championship in 2016 and 2017 and selected for AAU Junior Olympics as an alternate in 2016 … also participated in track, where she was the team MVP as a senior … member of the National Chinese Honor Society member … secretary for the Chatham High School chapter of the National Honor Society
Personal: Parents are Michael and Cynthia … has two younger sisters, Olivia and Julia
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Goals: 1 vs. Hofstra, Aug. 31, 2018
Know Your Knights
2022 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2020-21 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma
2021 (Fall): Saw game action in six contests
2021 (Spring): Did not see game action
2019: Saw game action in win over Ball State (August 31)
2018: Appeared in eight games with one goal ... made career debut in 3-0 win over Richmond (August 26) ... scored first career goal in victory over Hofstra (Aug. 31)
Prior to Rutgers: Scored 24 goals with 14 assists … named team captain as a senior … three-year varsity starter … selected for Senior All-Star Game … three-time First Team all-conference selection … two-time First Team all-county selection … Second Team all-Group 3 as a junior … Second Team all-county as a sophomore … selected for National Futures Championship in 2016 and 2017 and selected for AAU Junior Olympics as an alternate in 2016 … also participated in track, where she was the team MVP as a senior … member of the National Chinese Honor Society member … secretary for the Chatham High School chapter of the National Honor Society
Personal: Parents are Michael and Cynthia … has two younger sisters, Olivia and Julia
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Goals: 1 vs. Hofstra, Aug. 31, 2018
Know Your Knights
| One word to describe your Coach: | Caring |
| Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: | Olivia Drea |
| Best player ever competed against: | Clayre Margaret Smith |
| Major: | Cell Biology & Neuroscience |
| I chose my major because: | I want to eventually pursue a career in the medical field, so I chose a major within that path that would challenge me. |
| Favorite place to hang out on campus: | College Ave Sauna |
| The person I most admire is and why: | My dad because he is one of the most selfless people i know. |
| Favorite professional athlete: | Aaron Judge |
| Favorite professional sports team: | San Diego Chargers |
| Few people know that I: | Did musical theater until high school |
| Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: | My dad |
| I started playing my sport because…: | My dad played when he was younger, so he got me started really young and it became a bonding experience. |
| I chose Rutgers because…: | Walking around campus it just felt like home, everything clicked. |
| Favorite cereal: | Lucky Charms |
| The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: | The Princess Bride |
| Favorite musician/group: | Big Sean |
| The first song I knew all the words to is: | Hot n Cold by Katy Perry |
| If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: | Being able to fall asleep literally anywhere |
| Famous people I have met include: | Glozell |
| Pets I had growing up were: | 3 dogs and 3 fish |
| My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: | Dora |
| The place in the world I would most like to visit is: | Australia |
| The website I visit most often is: | Youtube |
| The quote that most resonates with me is: | “YARK” -Olivia Drea |
| If my life was a book, the title would be: | An Organized Mess |
| If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: | Light Blue |
| My spirit animal is: | Clayre Margaret Smith |
| One thing on my bucket list is: | Go on a cruise around the world |
| Phone app you cannot live without: | Snapchat |
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