Gillen Garners National Recognition

FAYETTEVILLE – Freshman Jillian Gillen continues to impress national scouts as she earns an honorable mention to the 2019 VolleyballMag.com All-Freshman Team.

The honor is Gillen’s fourth award of her rookie campaign after being named to the SEC All-Freshman Team earlier this month. She earned SEC Freshman of the Week in the opening week of the season after starting her collegiate career averaging 5.00 points, 4.36 kills and 2.36 digs per set in the Arkansas Classic. She earned SEC Freshman of the Week again in week 13 when she led the Arkansas volleyball team to back-to-back five-set victories and registered her fourth consecutive 20+ kill performance.

The Stilwell, Kan. native led the league’s freshmen in kills per set (3.74) and ranked seventh among all players. Her success on the attack ranked her eighth among freshmen in division I and 81st overall. She stands as the only SEC player with a performance of 20 kills and 20 digs and is the only with three performances of 28 kills or more.

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