7 - Jenn Partenheimer
Jenn Partenheimer
Height: 5-6
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Apex, N.C.
High School: Apex
Position: M

2010 team captain

2009: Earned a spot on the All-Southern Conference First Team and was named to the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association All-State Team … was one of just three UNCG players to start all 20 matches … was a team captain … was fourth on the team in scoring with nine points on three goals and three assists … scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over College of Charleston on Oct. 23 … also scored UNCG’s only goals in a 2-1 loss to Wake Forest to open the season (8/23) and a 2-1 loss at Davidson on Oct. 2 that snapped UNCG’s 33-match regular-season unbeaten streak against league foes … assisted on the game-winning goals in 1-0 wins over Virginia Commonwealth (9/6) and Elon (10/29) and a 3-0 win over Western Carolina (10/8) … the win over the Phoenix clinched UNCG’s fourth consecutive SoCon regular-season title … was an Academic All-Southern Conference selection.

2008: Appeared in 18 games with 16 starts … scored three goals for six points on the season … had the game-winner in a 1-0, overtime win over College of Charleston on Oct. 5, netting the golden goal in the 92nd minute … notched her first goal of the season in a 6-3 win over George Mason on Aug. 29 … scored on a penalty kick in a 5-0 win over The Citadel (10/3) … when UNCG played to a 0-0 draw with Furman (11/7) in the semifinals of the Southern Conference tournament, made a penalty kick in the PK phase to help the Spartans advance to the title game … also took a shot in the penalty kick phase of the championship game against Western Carolina on Nov. 9 after that contest also resulted in a 0-0 draw.

2007: Saw action in 21 games with 20 starts for UNCG … scored 11 points on four goals and three assists … ranked seventh in the SoCon with an average of 2.29 shots per game and ranked eighth with a total of 48 shots on the year … scored her first collegiate goal in a 4-1 victory over Chattanooga on Oct. 4, netting the game-winner … had a goal and an assist against Davidson (10/14) … followed that up with a goal and assist in the next game, a 7-0 win over The Citadel on Oct. 18 … had an assist in a 3-2, overtime win over College of Charleston (10/28) and scored her fourth goal of the season in a 3-0 win over Elon (11/1).

High school: Was a four-year letterwinner for Apex High School … named the 2007 N.C. High School Player of the Year and an NSCAA All-American … led Apex to a No. 1 ranking in 2007 and scored the game-winning goal in overtime of the championship game … first team all-state … 2006 Most Valuable Player at Apex … a three-time all-conference selection and an all-region performer … led the 2006 squad to the North Carolina 4A state semifinals … placed on the 2006 Top Drawer and American Kickers’ "Players to Watch" list … a member of the North Carolina ODP team … member of the CASL Spartan club team that won the North Carolina State Cup Championship in 2005 and was a finalist in 2006 and 2007 … helped the team win the US Club Soccer National Cup in 2004.

Personal: Jennifer Lee Partenheimer … born Oct. 1, 1988, in Wilson, N.C. … daughter of Steve and Linda Partenheimer … has a younger sister, Stephanie, who is also on the UNCG women’s soccer team … father Steve played soccer for four years at MacMurray College … her uncle, Hal Partenheimer, played four years for James Madison and also played professional soccer for the Detroit Express of the North American Soccer League and the Pittsburgh Spirit of the Major Indoor Soccer League … grandfather, Stan Partenheimer, was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940s … majoring in kinesiology with a concentration in physical education K-12.