Outlook

Leticia Tesi (LA-tee-see-a) is a very skilled and dynamic forward ... Very strong up front and a good striker of the ball ... Has a knack of finding the back of the net ... Expectations are high for her this season.

Sophomore Year 2024 at JCCC

Helped JCCC win the Kansas Jayhawk Conference D-II, NJCAA Region 6 Division II and NJCAA District Division II titles and finish runner-up at the NJCAA Division II Tournament with an overall record of 19-1-4 … Got off to a strong start to the season before suffering a season-ending injury … Played in 10 matches, nine as a starter … Scored seven goals with three assists for 17 points … Two of her goals were game winners … Registered two multiple-goal matches and one multiple-assist match … Fired 36 shots, 23 on goal for a shots on goal percentage of .639 … Provided the game winning assist and scored the second goal off a penalty kick in a 3-0 win over No. 10-ranked Iowa Lakes (8-30-24) … Netted two goal, including the game winner, in a 12-0 victory over State Fair (9-2-24) … Fired a scoring shot for JCCC’s second score in a 3-0 win over No. 7 Iowa Central (9-4-24) … Scored the sixth goal and assists on the ninth and 10^th goals in a 10-0 win over Allen (9-14-24) … Netted the first two scores in a 6-0 win victory at Hesston (9-18-24).

Sophomore Year 2023 at Pratt

Redshirted the 2023 season at Pratt Community College.

Freshman Year 2022 at Pratt 

Appeared in 16 matches, 15 as a starter, for Pratt Community College coached by Ashley Burnett Cordeiro … Earned first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Conference Division II first-team and was selected the Offensive Player of the Year … Helped lead Pratt to a 12-3-1 record, a KJCCC D-II regular season championship and a runner-up finish in the Plains District Tournament … Led the team and the conference in points with 34, goals scored with 14 and assists with six … Her 34 points and 14 goals scored are program records, and she ranks tied for second in assists … Also led the Beavers with four game-winning goals … Her 34 points also tie for most in a career in Pratt’s history … Sixty-six of her 70 shots were on goal for a shots-on-goal percentage of .943 … Led KJCCC D-II in points, was second in goals scored and tied for second in assists … Had three multiple-goal matches and one multiple-assist match … Tallied two goals, including the game-winner, and an assist for five points in a 3-2 victory over Redlands (8-22-22) … Netted Pratt’s first goal in a 2-2 tie against Dodge City (9-2-22) … Tallied back-to-back game-winners in a 2-0 victory at Oklahoma Wesleyan JV (9-10-22) and a 2-0 win over Southeast (9-14-22) … Played a part in all five scores in a 5-1 win over Central, netting two goals and assisting on the other three (9-24-22) … Had a goal and her second game-winning assist in a 2-0 win at Southeast (10-5-22) … Tallied a goal with an assist in a 4-1 win at Hesston (10-19-22) … Followed with a goal in a 2-0 in over Southeast in the first round of the D-II Plains District Tournament (10-27-22) …  Scored the game-winner in a 2-0 win over Allen in the semifinal round of the tournament (10-30-22) … Netted the Beavers lone goal in a 3-1 loss to Northeast in the Plains District Championship match (11-5-22).

High School

Attended Albertina Fortavel, Jundiai, Sao Paulo, Brazil … Graduated 2017. 

Personal

Born Leticia Tessi Villar Marquez on February 21, 1999, in Jundiai, Sao Paulo, Brazil … Daughter Julio Cesar and Allessandra Tessi … Major is undecided … Also recruited by the University of the Cumberlands and Pratt Community College … Favorite foods are chicken, bananas, avocados and rice … Favorite restaurant is Chipotle … Favorite TV show is Grey’s Anatomy … Favorite movie is Dear John … Favorite actress is Bruna Marquezine … Favorite book is It Starts With Us … Favorite music is Musica Popular Brasileira or MPB … Favorite cartoon character is SpongeBob SquarePants … Favorite athletes are Messi, Neymar and Marta … Favorite sports team is Real Madrid … Best player she has ever played against is Brazilian soccer player Marta … Greatest sports moment was winning conference while at Pratt.