{"id":398,"date":"2015-10-12T14:49:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T18:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=398"},"modified":"2015-10-12T14:58:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T18:58:44","slug":"injured-but-not-conquered-the-story-of-jesse-hopkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/injured-but-not-conquered-the-story-of-jesse-hopkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured but Not Conquered: The Story of Jesse Hopkins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jesse<\/a><\/p>\n

By Ben Graham, Sports Editor<\/p>\n

The girls soccer program at River Hill has grown into a powerhouse, winning three state championships in three consecutive years.\u00a0 These titles cannot be mentioned without commending star senior midfielder Jesse Hopkins, who tallied twenty-one goals and nine assists last season alone.<\/p>\n

However, the Hawks have been dealt a huge blow in their quest for another state championship, as the University of Maryland, Baltimore County commit tore her ACL last spring in a game for her club team.<\/p>\n

This hasn\u2019t stopped Hopkins from being involved with the team, as coach Brain Song named her and Becca Higgins, who also damaged her ACL, positions as captains.<\/p>\n

Hopkins has maintained a positive attitude despite the harsh circumstances.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s really unfortunate not being able to compete my senior year,\u201d states Hopkins, \u201cbut I am grateful for what I have been able to accomplish here and the friends I have made along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freshman left back Ashlee Hamer describes Hopkins as having a \u201cgreat impact on all of us (the team).\u00a0 Even though she is injured she still shows up to every practice and game.\u00a0 That kind of dedication is something everyone looks up to.\u201d<\/p>\n

On a team that features thirteen underclassmen and only five seniors, Hopkins acts as a role model and leader to the group of girls.\u00a0 Sophomore midfielder Claire Kremer states, \u201cShe (Hopkins) is like another coach.\u00a0 During and after games she is always encouraging the players and helping them to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about her experience playing for River Hill over the past few years, Hopkins says, \u201cit is truly a blessing to say I have won three state titles.\u00a0 These have been some of the best years of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hopkins also played basketball and lacrosse during high school.\u00a0 She has played on the varsity teams for soccer and basketball since her freshman year..<\/p>\n

Last December, following her inclusion on the All-State team, Hopkins committed to play soccer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).\u00a0 UMBC currently plays in the Division I tier of collegiate sports.<\/p>\n

Song, her high school coach, describes Hopkins as an \u201cextremely hard worker with a great attitude who will surely do great things there (UMBC).\u201d<\/p>\n

Hopkins believes she is ready for the challenge of college soccer.\u00a0 \u201cI can\u2019t wait to play,\u201d states Hopkins, \u201cUMBC has a great program that I am excited to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked how she chose to play at UMBC, Hopkins asserted, \u201cI love the atmosphere there.\u00a0 I also wanted to go to a school that was close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hopefully the Hawks can win another title this year to cap off an \u201cextraordinary four years\u201d for Hopkins!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ben Graham, Sports Editor The girls soccer program at River Hill has grown into a powerhouse, winning three state championships in three consecutive years.\u00a0 These titles cannot be mentioned without commending star senior midfielder Jesse Hopkins, who tallied twenty-one goals and nine assists last season alone. However, the Hawks have been dealt a huge…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[206,207],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-jesse-hopkins","tag-river-hill-girls-soccer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/47a4ce09b3127cce9854ab0307cc00000035100AbMmTdizbsmXg.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}