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  Jillian Van Wagnen

Jillian Van Wagnen

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Lorain, Ohio

High School:
Lorain Admiral King

Position:
OF

Experience:
HS

B/T:
R/R

2009:One of the most athletic players on the team, Van Wagnen played in 37 games with 27 starts as a walkon ... Played in 29 games in the outfield and 17 as a pinch runner ... Finished the season with a .290 batting average and six stolen bases, second most on the team ... Hit .250 in conference play ... Tallied nine hits, including a triple and a homer, and scored nine runs ... Had a perfect fielding percentage with 22 putouts in the outfield ... Awarded the team's Wendy Fox Award, given to the player who exhibits the most drive to succeed ... Scored the first run of her career at New Mexico State (2/6) ... Recorded her first-career hit and stolen base while going 1-for-3 with a triple against Missouri Kansas City (2/7) ... Singled in her only trip to the plate against Cleveland State (2/8) ... Scored a run as a pinch runner in a doubleheader against Wright State (3/25) ... Tallied two hits, two RBI and two stolen bases in a doubleheader at Dayton (4/1) ... Recorded two hits and scored two runs while picking up a career-high three RBI in doubleheader against Eastern Michigan (4/3) ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two stolen bases against Central Michigan (4/4) ... Scored runs against both Buffalo (4/11) and Toledo (4/17) ... Singled and drove in a run against Ball State (4/25).

High School: In 2008, tallied a .535 batting average, 1.141 slugging percentage, .566 on-base percentage, 33 RBIs, eight home runs and 14 stolen bases ... 2008 First Team All-District selection ... Four-time All-County and All-Division member ... Four-time team offensive award winner ... Three-time team defensive award winner ... Team co-captain twice ... Led team in hits all four years ... 2007 Second Team All-County selection ... League MVP in 2006 ... Led team in RBIs in 2006 ... Lettered in tennis (four years), cross country (two years), basketball (four years), golf (two years) and softball (four years) ... Named Academic Player of the Week twice for basketball ... Graduated in the top five percent of her high school class.

Personal: Daughter of Lynn and Mickey Van Wagnen ... Has one brother, Jason, and one sister, Gabrielle ... Played football in seventh grade and also played baseball for ten years ... Majoring in Physical Education.