BATON ROUGE – LSU senior gymnast Jessie Jordan was selected to the Southeastern Conference Community Service Team, the league office announced Friday.
A native of Houston, Texas, Jordan has served as a catalyst for the gymnastics team’s community service efforts this season.
The team’s leader in service hours, Jordan has volunteered her time with the Special Olympics, Halloween BOOzar, Wheels to Succeed race, Heritage Ranch youth summer camp, Operation Christmas Child, Blue Ribbon Soiree for prostate cancer awareness, Gardere neighborhood arts project, Thanksgiving with the Tigers, Highland Animal Shelter, Children’s Miracle Network Dance Marathon and Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure among other events.
Jordan is the gymnastics team’s representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) where she serves as Director of Programming for the group. She is also a veteran member of the LSU Leadership Academy.
In the classroom, Jordan is on pace to graduate in 2015 with a degree in kinesiology and a concentration in human movement.
Inside the gym, Jordan ranks as one of the top all-arounders in the nation. She is No. 4 nationally in the all-around, No. 3 on beam and 11th on floor. She is second on the team with 14 individual titles this season, including seven on beam and three in the all-around.
A two-time SEC Gymnast of the Week this season, Jordan has posted season highs of 10.0 on vault, 9.925 on bars, 9.95 on beam, 9.925 on floor and 39.675 in the all-around.
No. 3 LSU (13-1) begins postseason competition Saturday when the Tigers compete in the SEC Championship at 5 p.m. CT from the Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga. LSU will square off against Florida, Alabama and Auburn in session two.
Live audio of the meet will be available free of charge in the Geaux Zone at www.LSUsports.net/live.
The SEC sponsors Community Service Teams for all 21 league sponsored sports. The Community Service Team looks to highlight a student-athlete from each school who gives back to their community in superior service efforts.
2015 SEC Gymnastics Community Service Team
Gymnast, Class, University
Lauren Beers, Jr., Alabama
Heather Elswick, Jr., Arkansas
Caryn Kadous, Sr., Auburn
Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto, Jr., Florida
Demetria Hunte, Sr., Georgia
Montana Whittle, Jr., Kentucky
Jessie Jordan, Sr., LSU
Becca Johnson, Sr., Missouri