Missouri State

Honors

• All-MVC: 2024 (Second Team)
• MVC All-Freshman Team: 2022
• MVC All-Tournament Team: 2022
• MVC Honor Roll: 2022-23, 2023-24
• MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Spring 2023, Spring 2024

2024
Played 17 matches with one start in season-opener at UC Santa Barbara (8/22/24)...Played 604 total minutes including season-most 64 minutes in 3-1 victory at UIC (9/21/24)...Scored career-high seven goals for second-most on team…Also had career-high four assists to tie for team lead and tied for sixth in MVC…Had consecutive braces against Northern Illinois (10/6/24) and at Belmont (10/12/24)...His two goals at Belmont came within one minute of each other…Also scored game-winning goals in consecutive matches against Bradley (9/15/24) and at UIC (9/21/24)...Scored first of six Bears goals in Senior Day against Evansville (11/1/24)...Attempted 20 shots with 11 shots on goal…Named to All-MVC Second Team.

2023
Played 17 matches with nine starts across 845 minutes...Started first eight games of season for the Bears...Scored game-winning goal in the 71st minute against Belmont (9/22/23) on his 23rd birthday...Had three assists which are tied for second-most on team...Had game-winning assist in the 52nd minute at Kansas City (8/31/23)...Had assist in Senior Day game against Drake (11/1/23).

2022
Named to MVC All-Freshman Team in his rookie season...Started 11 matches and played in 18...Clocked 975 minutes...Scored three goals during the 2022 campaign, including game-winners against SIUE (10/19/22) and Evansville (11/13/22) in the MVC Tournament Championship...Recorded a two-goal game against SIUE (10/19/22)...Assisted a goal in the team’s win over SIUE (11/2/22)...Helped the Bears to a No. 12 nationally ranking in goal differential (+27).

Background
Joins the Bears from Dublin, Ireland, where he played for Stoke City Football Club from 2019-20...Over 26 games with the club, Jennings scored 13 goals.

Personal
James Jennings was born on 9/22/00, in Dublin, Ireland...Son of Andrew and Helen Jennings...Has one brother, Matthew, and two sisters, Emily and Hannah...Major is Exercise Science.

Updated: 8/8/2025