Women’s soccer to hold Be The Match, Leukemia Awareness Night
The Saint Leo women’s soccer program and its alumni will host a Leukemia Awareness Night in honor of Saint Leo alumna Jasmine Johnson ’12, who fought to bring awareness to the cause throughout her life. The event will take place during the women’s soccer team’s contest with Lynn University, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 25, at the Saint Leo Soccer Field at University Campus. The team is partnering with Be The Match® and will have a booth for those in attendance to get swabbed to test and see if they are a match for a potential bone marrow transplant recipient.
In a lead up to the game, Saint Leo student-athletes will be hosting five locations on campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25, to allow students, faculty, staff, and community members to join the registry and get swabbed. Stations will be located at the Wellness Center, Benedict’s Coffeehouse, the Dining Hall, the Marion Bowman Activities Center, and the Tapia College of Business building.
Johnson, who was a two-time All-South Region selection for the Lions, battled leukemia starting in 2009 until she passed away in May at the age of 35. She was named to the All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team in 2010 as a junior while also earning Second Team All-South Region accolades from both Daktronics and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). She followed that up with an NSCAA All-South Region Second Team honor as a senior in 2011. Overall she competed in 38 career games for the Lions, scoring five goals, and dishing out 10 assists while holding down the defensive line. She helped lead the Lions in 2011 to their first Sunshine State Conference regular season championship.
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