Highlander Highlight: A Day In The Life Of ... Jessica Moncayo
9/12/2013 11:22:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Riverside—UC Riverside Volleyball athlete Jessica Moncayo is in her senior season with the blue and gold, and we here at gohighlanders.com got to know her a little better this fall via our Highlander Highlights series.
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 Jessica ...
   ... is a senior from Corona, CA
      ... wants to learn how to reunite our nation in order to be successful and stay free
          ... wishes she could have met Leonardo Da Vinci
             ... is majoring in chemical engineering
                ... will not eat meatloaf
                   ... misses getting toys for Christmas
To Jessica, a great life is doing what makes you happy, even if there's a few sacrifices made because it's worth it.
When she was 12 years old, she had an appendectomy and was proclaimed dead for two minutes.
Jessica is also a '13-'14 BCOE senator for UCR and is a part of a senior design team working on an EPA-budgeted project worth $15k.
Her greatest achievement so far in life has been remaining a student-athlete and passing all of her classes after she found out her dad has stage 4 cancer.
Jessica claims the only thing that relaxes her after a bad day is a box of pizza and a banana split.
To get to know your student-athletes, keep a lookout for more Highlander Highlights!
To support Jessica and the rest of the student-athletes that make up our 17 intercollegiate sports, please donate to the UC Riverside Athletics Association by visiting the Association's web site.
(View Past Highlander Highlights)
 Jessica ...
   ... is a senior from Corona, CA
      ... wants to learn how to reunite our nation in order to be successful and stay free
          ... wishes she could have met Leonardo Da Vinci
             ... is majoring in chemical engineering
                ... will not eat meatloaf
                   ... misses getting toys for Christmas
To Jessica, a great life is doing what makes you happy, even if there's a few sacrifices made because it's worth it.
When she was 12 years old, she had an appendectomy and was proclaimed dead for two minutes.
Jessica is also a '13-'14 BCOE senator for UCR and is a part of a senior design team working on an EPA-budgeted project worth $15k.
Her greatest achievement so far in life has been remaining a student-athlete and passing all of her classes after she found out her dad has stage 4 cancer.
Jessica claims the only thing that relaxes her after a bad day is a box of pizza and a banana split.
To get to know your student-athletes, keep a lookout for more Highlander Highlights!
To support Jessica and the rest of the student-athletes that make up our 17 intercollegiate sports, please donate to the UC Riverside Athletics Association by visiting the Association's web site.
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