University of Evansville Athletics

Career Totals: 61 matches/30 starts/78 shots/8 goals/12 assists/28 points/5 game-winning goals

2012 -- Named team captain prior to the season…All-Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention…appeared in all 18 matches, making 13 starts…racked up eight points on three goals, all game-winners, and two assists…fired 21 shots, putting 13 on goal…scored goals in back-to-back games vs. Belmont (Aug. 26) and at Georgia State (Aug. 29)…recorded assists in back-to-back matches vs. Oral Roberts (Sept. 30) and at Eastern Illinois (Oct. 2)…fired a season-high three shots on two occasions vs. Belmont (Aug. 26) and in the MVC Tournament quarterfinals vs. Drake (Nov. 17).

2011 -- ProRehab Aces Classic All-Tournament Team…Bradley University’s Grand Prairie Classic MVP, tallying a goal and three assists in the two matches…Played in all 17 matches with 16 starts...UE’s leading offensive producer, totaling four goals, seven assists, 15 points, 40 shots, and 19 shots on goal…Ranked first in the MVC averaging 0.41 assists per game…Ranked fourth in the league for shots per game (2.35), seventh for points per game (0.88), and 10^th for goals per game (0.24)…Led the Aces with two game-winning goals, netted in consecutive matches vs. Eastern Illinois (9/11) and Loyola-Chicago (9/16) and also added an assist against the Ramblers…Scored a season-best two goals against EIU (9/11), including the golden goal with 56 seconds remaining the in the first overtime period…Recorded a goal in UE’s 4-1 win at Belmont (9/25)…Contributed two assists in UE’s season-opening 2-0 win over IUPUI (9/2)…Had assists on both goals in UE’s 2-1 overtime win over previously undefeated Memphis (9/18) in the title game of the Grand Prairie Classic…Recorded an assist against No. 21 Kentucky (9/23)…Capped five consecutive point producing matches with a goal at Belmont (9/25)…Logged an assist in UE’s 2-1 loss to Bradley (10/29).

2010 – Recipient of UE Soccer's Greg Bordfeld Spirit of the Aces Award for demonstrating commitment to the program, social responsibility to the community, pride and passion...saw action at forward in 16 of Evansville's 18 matches, and made his first collegiate start Oct. 24 at Bradley, where he took a career-high four shots...possesses good speed and skills...scored the Aces' only goal at Western Illinois, and made two assists in a 4-1 win over Belmont...tied for 10th on the team in scoring with four points.

2009 – Played in 10 matches as a freshman, coming off the bench in an attacking role...made an assist on Tyler Kincaid's goal in UE's 2-0 win over Western Michigan in September...took a total of four shots, including two against Stony Brook and one each against Western Michigan and Western Illinois.

High School/Club – Leading scorer in Warsaw Community High School history...totaled 50 goals, 29 assists and 127 points...all-state selection in 2006 and 2008...led Tigers to three sectional titles and one regional...helped lead the Ft. Wayne Fever Academy team to the USL Super-Y League national finals, to the Indiana State Cup championship in 2007, and to the quarterfinals of the USYSA Region II Championships...2008 Super-Y national select player...club teammate of UE's Gavin Chura.

Personal – Jesse Thomas Sharp...born December 24, 1990 in Mansfield, Ohio...son of Mark and Kelly Sharp...has two older brothers...member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes...majoring in pre-physical therapy.

Why UE?
“UE had the major I wanted and the soccer program is very good. Also, I felt I fit in with the team well.”