Gillian Gross

Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
East Meadow HS
Hometown:
East Meadow, N.Y.

CAREER STATISTICS
Year   MP/MS G A Pts Shots(SOG)   GW
2010   11/4 0 0 0 0 (0)         0
2011   18/16 0 2   2   3 (3)         0
2012   15/12 0 0   0   1 (0)         0
Totals 44/32 0 2 2 4 (3)   0

as a Senior (2013): Started in all 19 games as a defender … helped defense hold opponents to one goal in seven matches … Notched two shots and one shot on goal … Logged 90 minutes or more on five occasions … Season-high 120 minutes came in a match against Morehead State (Aug. 30) … Played 110 minutes against Ohio (Oct. 11) … Totaled 1421 minutes on the season.

as a Junior (2012): Played in 15 games, starting 12 as Akron’s primary left back … helped the defense to shutouts against Cleveland State (Sept. 7), Canisius (Sept. 9) and Bowling Green (Oct. 14) missed the first three games of the season due to injury … took a shot against Western Michigan (Oct. 19).

as a Sophomore (2011): Saw the field in all 18 matches, making 16 starts ... tallied two assists ... picked up first career point in the 4-0 win over Florida Atlantic (Sept. 11) ... assisted on the game-winner at Northern Illinois (Sept. 30) ... part of a defense that pitched five consecutive clean sheets in the middle of the season.

as a Freshman (2010): Played in 11 matches and made four starts on the backline before being sidelined with an injury … three of her four starts came in conference play … stayed on the pitch for the entirety of matches against Eastern Michigan (Sept. 26) and Toledo (Oct. 3).

at East Meadow High School: Five-year varsity letter winner and starter as a defender (was called up to play varsity as an eighth grader) … team captain as a junior and senior, when she was also an all-state and all-county choice … an ESPN All-Area selection as a junior (list of top players to watch) … team was a county championship finalist during her senior and sophomore seasons, and advanced to the semifinals when she was a freshman and junior.

Club Soccer: Played for HBC Intense Arsenal ... team were the 2009 NEWSS champions.

ODP: Played ODP from 2003 – 2009 ... selected to the Region I pool in 2009.

Personal: National Honor Society member and was involved in Key Club … has an identical twin sister, Courtney, who plays soccer at Buffalo … older sister, Marissa, played soccer at Towson … daughter of Allan Gross and Donna Gross ... born Feb. 28, 1992 in Manhasset, N.Y. ... majoring in public relations with a minor in consumer marketing.