University of Richmond Athletics
Spider Spotlight - Jessica Lydia
02/19/2015 | Women's Golf
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| Class: | Junior |
| Hometown: | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Previous: | Tulsa |
| Major(s): | Finance Concentration |
Twice a month, we'll visit with a different Spider student-athlete in the Spider Spotlight.
Jessica Lydia is a junior leader of the women's golf team after transferring to UR from Tulsa after her freshman season. She is originally from Indonesia where she was homeschooled. She represented her home country in the Santi Cup for ASEAN Amateur Golf Tournament (2013).
Meet Jessica…
Career aspirations: Have my own non-profit organization/school, and professional golfer
Words to describe yourself: goofy, caring, perfectionist
Best or most memorable moment as a member of your Spider program (doesn't have to be on the field/court): After our first tournament in Fall 2014, all us talked about our rounds. Everyone was sharing funny stories of what happened during. Some of them were about one of the worst miss-hit I've ever had my entire life where the ball went high up in the air and into the water hazard (it's sooo bad it became funny), and my teammate's pairing fell straight on her face and legs up in the air, because she tripped on a hole. We didn't play that well that tournament, but it was really fun being a team and not letting the bad rounds affect our mentality.
The best nickname on the team: Mine is “anjing”, which means dog in Indonesian. The team thinks it's a really cute name, but we actually use it for swearing back home. Shouldn't have taught them that word haha
Strengths: Persistent
Toughest opponents: Myself
Working to improve: Mental game, patience, and English…you know, American accent and stuff
Best sports memory: Finishing 3rd representing Indonesia. And shot my career-low of 68 back at the University of Tulsa, helping the team to get in 4th place in a really tough field
Favorite meal: Anything Japanese! And Chipotle
Favorite ice cream: Haagen Dazs's Cookies & Cream
On your playlist: Michael Buble, Maroon 5, Taylor Swift's Blank Space
Most embarrassing thing on your playlist: One Direction
If you have one wish: Free education to all kids in the world
What most people don't know about you: I can play almost every sport
If you could go on any game show: Wipeout
Hidden talent: I can trip on pretty much anything, including flat flat ground
Dream car: Audi r8 and Lamborghini Aventador
If you could travel anywhere in the world: Alaska
Favorite class: International Business with James Wright – he's hilarious
Pets: dogs. 2 Shihtzu: Norah and Lily, and a Toy Poodle: Bunny
Hero: My parents
Favorite childhood TV show: Banana in Pajamas
If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive: Jesus
If you could have any superpower: Time manipulation
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