Bloomingdale’s Jasczak commits to Nova Southeastern

Posted Feb 7, 2012 by Jarrett Guthrie

Updated Feb 7, 2012 at 05:36 PM

Bloomingdale senior Melissa Jasczak started setting goals early, or perhaps better stated started stopping goals early. At 10 years old, the Bulls keeper started working with trainer, USF assistant and former Cambridge Christian coach John Mendoza.

Mendoza said he was proud last Friday to watch Jasczak take the next step in her career signing her national letter of intent to Nova Southeastern in front of friends and family at O’Brien’s in Brandon. 

“For me it’s very satisfying to see Melissa grow into such a great keeper and a great person in the past eight years,” Mendoza said. “Watching her set goals as a 10-year-old and begin able to achieve them with an academic-athletic scholarship to Nova just shows how hard she has worked in the classroom and on the field.”

Jasczak was the starting keeper for Bloomingdale earning First Team All Western Conference honors this season as the Bulls were region qualifiers and the district runner-up.