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Jersey Number 4
Jillian Gray
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New Lenox, Ill.
- High School:
- Joliet Catholic Academy
- Club:
- Uno VBC 18 Elite
Honors and Awards
Sun Belt record for kills in a conference tournament game (24)
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week (Week 2, 2024)
GS President's List Fall 2024
2023 & 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2022-23 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
GS President’s List Spring 2023
GS President's List Fall 2022
2021-22 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
GS Dean’s List Fall 2021
GS President's List Spring 2022
2024 SEASON: Appeared and started in all 29 games, one of four to appear in all 102 sets • Finished career year second on the team in kills (319) and kills per set (3.13), third in digs (276) and digs per set (2.71) • 16 games with 10+ kills, two with 20 or more • Recorded 11 double-doubles and 16 games with 10 or more digs • Opened season with 18 kills and nine digs in four sets against Wofford (Aug. 30) • Had sensational effort of 23 kills, 11 digs and two aces in win over Clemson, hitting .388 (Sep. 7) en route to SBC Offensive Player of the Week honors • Finished with 14 kills, two aces and four blocks against Troy (Oct. 11) • Recorded 11 kills and season-high 15 digs at Coastal Carolina (Nov. 4) • Also notched 15 digs at Louisiana (Nov. 15) • Opened tournament play with season-high six blocks against South Alabama (Nov. 22) • Broke Sun Belt Tournament game record set in 1998 with 24 kills on 46 swings against Arkansas State (Nov. 23) • Ended Eagles career with 15 kills, 10 digs, three aces and three blocks against Northern Colorado in the NIVC (Dec. 7).
2023 SEASON: Appeared in all 32 matches, starting 29 • Second on the team with 287 kills and third with 2.52 kills/set • Recorded 14 solo blocks and 73 block assists, good for 87 total blocks • Had ten or more kills 15 times, including four of the last five matches • Had a career-high 17 kills twice, Sep. 1 against Charleston and in the first round of the SBC Tournament against Arkansas State • Had six digs at James Madison (Oct. 26) • Recorded 29 total kills in the first two rounds of the NIVC.
2022 SEASON: Played in 10 sets in six matches and made three starts • Collected 12 kills, six digs and two blocks • Notched a season-high six kills in the season opener vs. Stetson.
2021 SEASON: Played 26 sets in 14 matches • Posted 32 kills, 41 digs, nine aces and four blocks • Tallied season highs of eight kills and 15 digs and added two aces against Presbyterian (8/27) • Collected a season-high three aces vs. Alabama State (9/17) • Notched seven kills, eight digs and two blocks at South Alabama (10/16).
Prep: Played for coach Christine Scheibe at Joliet Catholic Academy • Hit .242 as a senior and averaged 3.6 kills per set, posting 116 kills, 117 digs, 22 aces and 15 blocks • As a junior captain, led Joliet to the Class 3A State Championship game in 2019 and averaged 3.2 kills per set • Named a 2018 Prep Volleyball Soph 79 Elite Honorable Mention and a National semifinalist for Prep Volleyball Sophomore of the Year • Earned Daily Southtown all-area honorable mention in 2018 • Named to Prep Volleyball's list of Players to watch for 2021 following her freshman season.
Personal: Born Feb. 26, 2003, in Joliet, Illinois • The daughter of Kim and Eric Gray • Has a younger sister, Cassidy • Eric played football at Purdue, and Kim played volleyball at Charleston Southern.
Major: Undeclared.
Sun Belt record for kills in a conference tournament game (24)
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week (Week 2, 2024)
GS President's List Fall 2024
2023 & 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2022-23 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
GS President’s List Spring 2023
GS President's List Fall 2022
2021-22 Sun Belt Commissioner's List
GS Dean’s List Fall 2021
GS President's List Spring 2022
2024 SEASON: Appeared and started in all 29 games, one of four to appear in all 102 sets • Finished career year second on the team in kills (319) and kills per set (3.13), third in digs (276) and digs per set (2.71) • 16 games with 10+ kills, two with 20 or more • Recorded 11 double-doubles and 16 games with 10 or more digs • Opened season with 18 kills and nine digs in four sets against Wofford (Aug. 30) • Had sensational effort of 23 kills, 11 digs and two aces in win over Clemson, hitting .388 (Sep. 7) en route to SBC Offensive Player of the Week honors • Finished with 14 kills, two aces and four blocks against Troy (Oct. 11) • Recorded 11 kills and season-high 15 digs at Coastal Carolina (Nov. 4) • Also notched 15 digs at Louisiana (Nov. 15) • Opened tournament play with season-high six blocks against South Alabama (Nov. 22) • Broke Sun Belt Tournament game record set in 1998 with 24 kills on 46 swings against Arkansas State (Nov. 23) • Ended Eagles career with 15 kills, 10 digs, three aces and three blocks against Northern Colorado in the NIVC (Dec. 7).
2023 SEASON: Appeared in all 32 matches, starting 29 • Second on the team with 287 kills and third with 2.52 kills/set • Recorded 14 solo blocks and 73 block assists, good for 87 total blocks • Had ten or more kills 15 times, including four of the last five matches • Had a career-high 17 kills twice, Sep. 1 against Charleston and in the first round of the SBC Tournament against Arkansas State • Had six digs at James Madison (Oct. 26) • Recorded 29 total kills in the first two rounds of the NIVC.
2022 SEASON: Played in 10 sets in six matches and made three starts • Collected 12 kills, six digs and two blocks • Notched a season-high six kills in the season opener vs. Stetson.
2021 SEASON: Played 26 sets in 14 matches • Posted 32 kills, 41 digs, nine aces and four blocks • Tallied season highs of eight kills and 15 digs and added two aces against Presbyterian (8/27) • Collected a season-high three aces vs. Alabama State (9/17) • Notched seven kills, eight digs and two blocks at South Alabama (10/16).
Prep: Played for coach Christine Scheibe at Joliet Catholic Academy • Hit .242 as a senior and averaged 3.6 kills per set, posting 116 kills, 117 digs, 22 aces and 15 blocks • As a junior captain, led Joliet to the Class 3A State Championship game in 2019 and averaged 3.2 kills per set • Named a 2018 Prep Volleyball Soph 79 Elite Honorable Mention and a National semifinalist for Prep Volleyball Sophomore of the Year • Earned Daily Southtown all-area honorable mention in 2018 • Named to Prep Volleyball's list of Players to watch for 2021 following her freshman season.
Personal: Born Feb. 26, 2003, in Joliet, Illinois • The daughter of Kim and Eric Gray • Has a younger sister, Cassidy • Eric played football at Purdue, and Kim played volleyball at Charleston Southern.
Major: Undeclared.
Clay Helton Media Availability: National Signing Day (12/3/25)
Thursday, December 04
Georgia Southern vs. Marshall Highlights (11/29/25)
Sunday, November 30
Hail Southern Live! (11-24-2025)
Tuesday, November 25
The GATA Zone: Men's Soccer Post-Season
Thursday, November 20
