DURHAM – Duke field hockey assistant coach Jess Jecko was inducted into the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame over the weekend. Jecko, a native of Clinton, N.Y., is the first field hockey player to garner the honor from the organization.
The induction ceremony was held Sunday, Sept. 17 in downtown Utica. Jecko was inducted alongside CAA basketball official D.J. Carstensen, Major League Baseball player Archi Cianfrocco, NASCAR Hall of Famer Jerry Cook and the 1983 New York-Penn League champion Utica Blue Sox.
A former Sauquoit Valley High School standout, Jecko went on to play 68 games as the goalkeeper at Syracuse where she helped lead the Orange to the 2015 NCAA Championship as a senior captain.