When most Loyola athletes arrive on campus, they have to learn to balance academics with their practice, training and game schedule. Graduate transfer Jessica Cerda is already familiar with how to walk the line of a student-athlete and she’s bringing that experience to the Loyola women’s basketball team.
Cerda has played in all four games this season and is making an impact. She’s played just over 12 minutes per game but is currently the third highest scorer on the team with seven points per game.
Cerda said she loved her time at Chicago State University, where she missed her sophomore year due to a knee injury, but as she went into her final year of basketball and started looking for graduate schools to study social work, she needed a change.