FRESHMAN - 2024

• Top Drawer Soccer Women's Freshman Midseason Top 100 (No. 80).
• Played in 12 matches, starting 10, in her debut season.
• Made Illini debut on Aug. 15 vs. Wright State...started the match, playing 74 minutes and tallying her first-career assist.
• Helped the Illini keep three clean sheets (Aug. 15 vs. Wright State, Aug. 25 vs. Illinois State, Sept. 29 vs. Maryland).
• Featured in the full 90 minutes of action three times on the season.
• Had campaign cut short by a season-ending knee injury.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB

• Two year letterwinner at Centennial.
• Earned the team's defensive MVP award as a freshman.
• Also ran track her junior year.
• Played club soccer for FC Dallas for eight years...was club captain during her tenure.
• ECNL 1st Team All Conference- 2022
• Top Drawer Best XI - ECNL National Playoffs 2022
• ECNL National Selection Game U16/U17- Texas Feb 2022
• USYNT Dallas ID Centers- 2016-2022
• ECNL 1st Team All TX Conference- 2021 and 2022
• USYNT U14 Central Mini Camp

PERSONAL

• Born on April 25, 2006.
• Daughter of Desiree and Jason Gildea...father played soccer for four years at Roanoke College.
• Has one brother, Aiden, and one sister, Abby.
• Chose Illinois because, "I wanted a place that would challenge me both academically and athletically as a student-athlete. I knew that this was the place for me as soon as I stepped foot on campus and got a feel for the competitive environment. I loved the coaching staff and culture that they have created through their players and I cannot wait to be an Illini."
• Intends on majoring in kinesiology.