Allegheny College Athletics

A 2003 graduate, Jane Och Sharpless remains one of the most prolific offensive players in the history of Allegheny women’s soccer.  

A four-year starter, she ranks in the top-four in team history in every major offensive category, including career points (108 – fourth), career assists (32 – second), and career goals (38 – fourth).  Jane amassed 20 or more points in each of her four seasons with the Gators, and ranked in the top-four in the NCAC in scoring in each of her final three seasons.  As a sophomore in 2000, she led the NCAC with nine assists, while finishing third in both goals (13) and points (35). In 2001, she topped the NCAC with 14 assists, which remains a school record, before placing third in the NCAC in both goals (10) and points (24) as a senior in 2002.  On the conference level, she was a four-time All-NCAC honoree, including three First Team nods, while she was voted the league’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2001.  She was named a three-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Region honoree, while in 2001, she was voted First Team All-America by the NSCAA. 

A team co-captain as both a junior and a senior, Jane was named to the NCAC’s 20th Anniversary All-Decade Team in 2003, and as a senior, was honored as Allegheny College’s Female Scholar Athlete of the Year.

A psychology major and English minor at Allegheny, Jane went on to earn a Masters of Science in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, and she currently works at Pitt in neurotrauma research.

Jane and her husband Josh, who was a four-year baseball standout at Allegheny, are the parents of two sons, Andrew (5) and Nathan (3).  The family resides in Pittsburgh.