Northwestern University Athletics
2026 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Jenika Cuocco
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Rocky Point High School
- Hometown:
- Sound Beach, N.Y.
- Prev School:
- Drexel
Awards:
- CAA Goalie of the Year (2023, 2024, 2025)*
- All-CAA First Team (2023, 2024, 2025)*
- CAA All-Tournament Team (2025)*
- Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Team (2025)*
- Inside Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention (2025)*
- USA Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention (2023, 2025)*
- IWLCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team (2025)*
- Preseason All-CAA (2025)*
- Tewaaraton Award Watch List (2024, 2025)*
- Mary and John Semanik Award (2025)*
- CAA Female Scholar Athlete of the Year (2025)*
- All-CAA Championship Team (2024)*
- Received CAA Defensive Player of the Week five times in 2024*
- USA Lacrosse All-American Second Team selection (2024)*
- Inside Lacrosse All-American Second-Team (2024)*
- IWLCA All-American Third Team (2024)*
- IWLCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region (2024)*
- Preseason All-CAA (2024)*
- IL Women Midseason All-American (2024)*
- Preseason Inside Lacrosse All-American (2024)*
- CAA Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
- Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team selection (2024)*
- CAA Rookie of the Year (2023)*
- CAA All-Rookie Team (2023)*
- Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year (2023)*
- IWLCA Defensive Player of the Week (4/25/2023)*
- CAA Player of the Week (2/13/2023)*
- IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2023)*
*Earned at Drexel
Career Highs:
- Shots Faced................... 42, at Maryland (Drexel) (2/21/2024)
- Saves.............................. 18 (2x), at Stony Brook (Drexel) (5/3/2025)
- Goals Allowed................. 18, vs. Stony Brook (Drexel) (4/14/2024)
- Caused Turnovers........... 3, at Fairfield (Drexel) (3/9/2024)
- Ground Balls.................... 7 (2x), at UConn (Drexel) (2/8/2025)
2025 (Drexel): Contributed to a 10-game winning streak, Drexel’s longest in program history … Became the first player in CAA history to win a major award three consecutive seasons … Became the first player in CAA history to win four major awards … Started all 18 games at goalie for the Dragons … Ranked top-20 in the NCAA with a .493 save percentage (9th), 173 saves (11th) and 9.61 saves per game (19th) … Allowed just 9.86 goals per game, ranking 19th in the nation … Recorded ten or more saves in eight games … Tied her career-high with seven ground balls in the season opener against UConn (2/8) … Notched a season-high .727 save percentage against Wagner (2/12) … Had 12 saves in a win over Delaware (3/21) … Followed that up with 11 saves with a .579 save percentage at Campbell (3/23) … Registered 17 saves in a win over Temple (4/23) … Tied her career-high with 18 saves in the CAA Championship game against Stony Brook (5/3)
2024 (Drexel): Started all 19 games at goalie for the Dragons … Finished first in NCAA in saves with 224 and in save percentage at .569 … Second in the nation in saves per game at 11.87 … Had six games with 15 or more saves … Set career-high in saves with 18 against No. 5 Maryland (2/21) … Had 17 saves in the CAA Championship game against Stony Brook (5/4) … Collected 15 saves and snatched seven ground balls against No. 14 Penn (2/17) … Part of the Drexel team that obtained the program’s fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament bid, the first team to do so in Drexel history.
2023 (Drexel): Started in all 18 contests for the Dragons … Fourth in the nation in save percentage (.532) and seventh in saves (185) … Made her college debut against Binghamton (2/11) … Recorded a career-high 17 saves in a victory over San Diego State (3/28) … Had six ground balls in Drexel's first program win against No. 19 Johns Hopkins (3/4) … Was the first of 29 Rookies of the Year in CAA history to add a second major award … Set a CAA record earning Rookie of the Week seven times … Part of a Drexel team that obtained the program's third consecutive NCAA Tournament bid.
2022 (Drexel): Redshirt season … Member of the Drexel team that won its first CAA Championship … Did not see game action.
High School: A three-sport athlete at Rocky Point High School … Was named the team MVP, the Rocky Point HS Female Athlete of the Year and an All-County Honorable Mention … Received All-State and All Long Island Team recognition in field hockey … A three year member of the high honor roll … Received the 2021 Black History Academic Celebration Award.
Personal: Daughter of Joanne Cuocco … Her brother, KeShaun, was a member of the Utica Football team … Enjoys reading, cooking and baking … Elementary education major.
