Jayda Hylton-Pelaia

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Position:
Defense
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Augustine
Hometown:
Brampton, Ontario
Major:
Biology

2019: Limited to just three appearances due to injury…Received a medical hardship waiver and will have one season of eligibility remaining heading into the 2020 season...Named the AAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first Pirate to earn a Player of the Year honor since ECU joined the AAC in 2014…Tallied an assist against Richmond (Aug. 25)...Named to the AAC All-Academic Team.

2018: Started all 19 games for the Pirates…Earned a spot on the All-AAC Second Team, the second time in her career she has earned a postseason honor…Set new career-highs with two goals and four assists…scored against Tulsa and Campbell…Had assists against Radford, Richmond, Charlotte and Connecticut…Converted a penalty kick as ECU advanced past SMU in the AAC Championship First Round…Played 90 minutes or more in 14 games…Was named the AAC Defensive Player of the Week on both Aug. 20 and Sept. 10.

2017: Played and started in all 18 matches ... Compiled the most minutes played of any member of the squad (1,559) ... Anchored the defense to five shutouts.

2016: Garnered AAC All-Rookie team honors … Started in all 16 matches appeared in with two shots on goal … Logged 1,446 minutes for an average of 90 minutes per contest … With her first career start on Aug. 19 against William and Mary she became the first foreign player in program history to appear in a game.

International: Represented Jamaica at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru...Started all four games for the Reggae Girlz and played all 360 minutes as Jamaica finished in seventh.

High School/Club: Named a captain while lettering four years as a midfielder at St. Augustine…Led the Falcons to a ROPSAA Championship with an undefeated season through league play and the playoffs…Named Female Soccer MVP in 2013 and 2015 ... Began career with Brams United Soccer Club U9-U14…Played in the OYSL with Woodbridge Soccer Club ’98 at the U15-U17 levels from 2012-15…Captained the squad from 2014-15…Closing career playing for Woodbridge’s Women’s League 1… Played against Nigeria’s senior women’s national team and against Ghana’s U-17 national club.