2021: Played in nine contests for UW totaling 144 minutes. Recorded a career high 50 minutes against Providence. She was named to the Big Ten's All-Academic Team in fall 2021.
2021 spring: Appeared in 10 games and made two starts for the Badgers in her rookie season. She played 270 minutes in those contests. Recorded a season high 82 minutes in a 1-0 victory over Iowa (2/20).
Personal: Daughter of Brad and Laura Hunt...has one brother, Ryan, and two sisters, Sarah and Chloe...competed for Edina High School and the Minnesota Thunder in the ECNL... earned all-conference honors her sophomore year for Edina...her junior year, Hunt earned all-state and helped her team to their section quarterfinals...earned captaincy her senior year but was unfortunately sidelined with an injury for most of the season...Hunt helped the Minnesota Thunder to win the 2018 ECNL Midwest Champion and helped the team reach the ECNL quarterfinals in both 2017 and 2018... earned an invite to the US Soccer Region II ODP Camp in 2016...was a three-time academic all-state award recipient, a National Merit Commended Scholar and a National Book Award Recipient...participated in church choir and volunteered as a camp counselor...started playing soccer at age five...her role model is her grandfather...likes triathlons, hockey, camping, skiing, water-skiing and being outside with friends...favorite player is Sergio Busquets...favorite memory is when her high school team scored in the last couple seconds her sophomore year to make it to state...intended major in biomedical engineering
Wilkins on Hunt: "Jessie is another player from the Minnesota Thunder that has experience playing with Dara and Ali. Jessie brings great vision and a tactical awareness, she understands the game a lot. She has the ability to connect passes that connect players. Like Dara, she is willing to do the things to win balls in the midfield, which is something that we will need to help us defensively in the midfield. She has a great work rate side to side with the ball, is able to help connect the team with her play in the midfield and has a keen ability to switch the point of attack."
