{"id":30332,"date":"2013-02-05T20:04:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T01:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2013\/02\/06\/athletics-and-academics-keep-lawrence-woman-in-the-game\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:05:48","slug":"athletics-and-academics-keep-lawrence-woman-in-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/02\/05\/athletics-and-academics-keep-lawrence-woman-in-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics and Academics Keep Lawrence Woman in the Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5267\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/02\/Jessica-Goulet1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5267\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5267\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/02\/Jessica-Goulet1.jpg\" alt=\"Athletics and Academics Keep Lawrence Woman in the Game\" width=\"325\" height=\"489\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Goulet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jessica Goulet enrolled at Northern Essex for both the academics and the athletics. The 20-year-old Lawrence resident was a three-sport athlete when she graduated from Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School in 2011. Attending college was always part of her plan, but when she enrolled in a four-year private college she found herself distracted by dorm life and disappointed with her playing time on the volleyball court.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After one semester, Jessica knew her situation had to change. She decided to continue college closer to home at a school where she could play sports and pursue her dream of following in her mother\u2019s footsteps and becoming a registered nurse. Enter Northern Essex.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica enrolled in the spring of 2012 and is completing her prerequisite courses with the hopes of transferring to Salem State University\u2019s nursing program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing here and being part of a team helps me stay focused. In order to play you need good grades,\u201d she says. \u201cPlaying volleyball and basketball keeps me motivated,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica is a dean\u2019s list student, played on the women\u2019s volleyball team, which won the regional championship, and plays on the women\u2019s basketball team, which though small, has a mighty spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a small team of really good athletes,\u201d she says. And these good athletes have become her good friends. \u201cWe are close,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can usually find us together at the Sport and Fitness Center,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>The fitness center has become her second home. If Jessica isn\u2019t practicing for volleyball or basketball she can be found behind the activities desk where she works as a work-study student.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Goulet enrolled at Northern Essex for both the academics and the athletics. 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