Jenny was born and raised in Carlisle and played soccer from a young age which continued through her time as a students at Carlisle High School.  Jenny went on to play at Gettysburg College. In her senior year at Gettysburg her team won the Centennial Conference and went on to play in the NCAA tournament. She was a team captain and made the All-Conference, All-Region and All-American teams as an outside midfielder. Since then she has had experience assistant coaching in soccer at the JV and Varsity girls high school levels.