Lenzo is Hightstown's Female Athlete of the Year

If anyone ever wondered how to go from East Windsor to Collegeville, Pa., they can either go to Mapquest or they can just follow the Lenzo family.

With two children set to be attending Ursinus College in the fall, the Lenzos have the route memorized.

Jessica Lenzo will be entering the school as a freshman in the fall. Angela Lenzo, her sister, will be a senior at the school.

"I didn't go there because of my sister, but that is how I found out about the school," Jessica Lenzo said. "I visited 10 or 11 other schools and I liked it better than all of them."

Lenzo said she liked the way the campus looked. She liked the soccer team. She liked the science department. As it turned out, Lenzo and Ursinus both had impressive credentials and were a pretty good match.

Lenzo graduated last week from . Before graduating, she picked up numerous awards. She was the Most Valuable Player on the girls' soccer team. She was one of the school's six scholar/athletes. She was also selected the Female Athlete of the Year.

"I was excited when I found out (about being the Athlete of the Year)," Lenzo said. "I wasn't expecting it. It was a nice surprise."

Other awards Jessica has picked up include scholarship money from Hightstown High, her church and the Jersey Area Girls Soccer program.

"It definitely all adds up," Lenzo said. "It helps."

Consider that money an investment in all of our futures. After all, Lenzo is considering a career in health care.

"I enjoy the study of life and anatomy," said Lenzo, who had a 4.31 GPA at Hightstown.

Lenzo also enjoys sports. This past school year, she was on the varsity teams for soccer, winter track and lacrosse. She was captain of both the soccer and lacrosse teams.

Lenzo's best—and favorite—is soccer. She made the all-star teams for the county and the state.

Lenzo will also continue playing soccer at Ursinus College. She already knows one of her teammates pretty well, a girl named Angela Lenzo.

"The funny thing is my little sister (Courtney) was a freshman at Hightstown High this year," Jessica Lenzo said. "We're all spread out about the same. Well, all of us except my brother (Joey), who is seven.

"He gets a lot of love (from his older sisters)," Lenzo said with a laugh. "He comes to our games and he already plays every sport you can imagine. He's a great kid."

So should Courtney and Joey start learning the layout at Ursinus College? Well, at least Courtney, right? It seems one Lenzo girl has to be coming into a school as a freshman when the other one is getting set to graduate.

"She can go anywhere she wants," Jessica Lenzo laughed. "She doesn't have to go to Ursinus, but it would be kind of funny if she did."

Mom and Dad certainly could find the way there for a visit.