Jess Vormelker joined the Yellow Jackets after winning the Presidents' Athletic Conference Player of the Year award at Thiel in 2019. She was the first woman to receive the award in the program's history.
During Vormelker's 2018-19 season, she finished second in the PAC in scoring average (20.1) and blocked shots (37), third in assists (94) and free throw percentage (.817) and seventh in rebounds per game (7.8). Her play got her recognition as a member of the D3hoops.com Great Lakes All-Region Second Team, her second All-Region nod after receiving third-team accolades as a junior, and as a D3hoops.com All-American honorable mention selection. She was the program's first player to be tabbed as an All-American.
A four-time All-PAC selection, including first-team honors in 2019 and second-team laurels in 2018, Vormelker completed her Tomcat career as one of the most decorated statistical players in the school's history. She ranks among Thiel's all-time best in several statistical categories, including career three-pointers (1st, 248), single game three-pointers (1st, 9), blocks (2nd, 125), points (3rd, 1,681), field goals (4th, 567), made free throws (4th, 299), assists (5th, 237) and rebounds (5th, 790).
Vormelker also was twice selected as the PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athlete of the Month (Dec. 2017, Dec. 2018) and was named to the PAC Spring Academic Honor Roll each of her four years. She served as Thiel's SAAC president and the vice-president of the PAC SAAC and spent time as a resident assistant at Thiel.
Vormelker capped her undergraduate experience by representing Thiel at the annual PAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Banquet.
