Jillian was a standout player at Rice University where she was named All-Conference USA Freshman Team, selected as Newcomer of the year, was selected to the All-Conference First Team, and earned AVCA All-American honors.

She finished her career ranked third all-time in sets played, third in career block/assists, fourth in blocks per set, and 13th in career kills. Jillian has coached Varsity High School volleyball for 2 years and is coming up on her third year of coaching club volleyball.

Jillian will return for the 2018-19 season.