2019 (Senior Year): Played in 24 matches and made 16 starts … Saw action in 82 sets on the year … Earned a place on the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Led the team with 3.72 assists per set and averaged 1.15 digs as well … Totaled 305 assists on the year with 94 digs, 17 service aces, 10 kills and two blocks … Finished her career fourth all-time at NSU in assists (1,544) and 15
th in matches played with 89 … Had 14 games with 10 or more assists, including a pair of double-doubles … Had three straight matches with 20 or more assists near the end of the year, including a season-high 26 assists against Delaware State on Nov. 10 … Also had 24 assists with seven digs and a pair of kills against Maryland Eastern Shore on Nov. 8 … Posted 22 assists, a season-high 12 digs and a career-high tying three kills versus Howard on Nov. 12 … Posted her first double-double of the year with 14 assists and 10 digs against Toledo on Sept. 7 … Went for 18 assists, six digs and two aces versus USC Upstate on Sept. 13 … Also had 18 assists and four digs in a win over Morgan State on Oct. 14 … Tallied 16 assists and seven digs at Delaware State on Oct. 6 … Had 17 assists in a pair of matches at East Carolina (Sept. 14) and versus North Carolina Central (Oct. 27).
2018 (Junior Year): Competed in 19 matches and 56 total sets … Named to the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Compiled 171 assists on the year, third on the team … Averaged 3.05 assists and 1.18 digs per set … Totaled 66 digs and five service aces on the year … Moved up to sixth all-time at NSU in assists by the end of the year with 1,239 … Had nine matches with double-digit assists … Included in there was a double-double of a season-high 17 assists and a season-high 13 digs at Coppin State on Oct. 26 … Added 15 assists and five digs in a win over South Carolina State on Sept. 22 … Went for 14 assists and four digs the match before against North Carolina A&T on Sept. 21 … Posted 14 assists against Hampton on Sept. 4 … Ended the afternoon with 13 assists and five digs in a victory at Morgan State on Oct. 28 … Had 13 assists two days later at Hampton, as well as against Morgan State on Sept. 30 … Also reached double figures with 11 assists and five digs at William & Mary on Sept. 8 and 10 assists against Coppin State on Sept. 28.
2017 (Sophomore Year): Played in 19 matches and started 14 times … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Averaged 5.73 assists and 1.27 digs per set … Totaled 401 assists, 89 digs, nine service aces, seven kills and five blocks in 70 sets played … Ended the season seventh all-time at NSU in assists (1,068) … Had 30 or more assists in six matches, including a season-high 48 with five digs and two service aces at Delaware State on Oct. 8 … Went for a double-double of 30 assists and 10 digs against Morgan State on Oct. 1 … Added 39 assists, nine digs and two kills versus Delaware State on Oct. 22 … The very next match, had 39 assists again with seven digs and a kill at Coppin State on Oct. 27 … Posted 38 assists and eight digs against Howard on Nov. 3 … Totaled 31 assists and five digs against Bucknell on Sept. 16 … Followed that up with nine digs in a win over Savannah State on Sept. 22.
2016 (Freshman Year): Named MEAC Rookie of the Week on Sept. 26 and Nov. 7 and MEAC Setter of the Week on Oct. 3 … Earned the team’s Most Improved Award … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring … Played in all 27 matches and made 24 starts … One of three players on the team to compete in all 95 sets … Averaged a team-high 7.02 assists with 1.53 digs per set … Ranked ninth in the MEAC in assists per set … Tallied 667 assists, 145 digs, 21 kills, 21 service aces and 17 blocks on the year … Her assist total ranks 10
th all-time at NSU in single-season records … Had 10 matches with 30 or more assists, including three with 40 or more … Posted a career-high 49 assists with eight digs and two blocks against Coppin State on Oct. 21 … In a win over North Carolina A&T on Oct. 12, tallied 48 assists, six digs and two blocks … First reached the 40 plateau with 41 assists and a career-high 18 digs against Maryland Eastern Shore on Sept. 30 … Added 38 assists, seven digs, three service aces, two blocks and two kills the following match, a win over Delaware State on Oct. 2 to help earn the setter of the week award … Had her first of two double-doubles on the year with 33 assists and 14 digs while adding a career-high three kills and two service aces in a win at Coppin State on Sept. 23 … Added 39 assists, six digs and two blocks in a win at Hampton on Oct. 14 … Tallied 38 assists, nine digs and two kills against Morgan State on Oct. 23 … Posted a career-high four service aces with 26 assists and two digs in a win at Delaware State on Oct. 16 … Finished the regular season with 31 assists and seven digs at Maryland Eastern Shore on Nov. 4 and 33 assists and three digs in a win over Hampton on Nov. 6 … Had three kills and four digs with 26 assists in a victory over South Carolina State on Sept. 2.
High School: Competed on the volleyball team her last three years at Stafford High School … Was named the 4A District 28 Setter of the Year as a senior … Team MVP her junior and senior seasons … Led Stafford to a 21-7 record her senior year … Was named the Fort Bend Player of the Week as a sophomore … Earned All-District Academic Award honors all four years of school … Also played on the basketball and softball teams her first three years of school … Earned 3A District 24 second-team honors in softball her sophomore year in 2014.
Club: Played for the Clover Chaos Volleyball Club from 2013-14, the Sugar Land Elite Volleyball Club from 2014-15 and the Katy Elite Volleyball Club from 2015-16.
Personal: Full name is Jillian Eugenio Aquino … Goes by “Jill” … Last name is pronounced Ah-KEY-no … Born on July 22, 1998 … Daughter of Aurea and Juanito Aquino … Has one older sister, Angeline … Majoring in biology, pre-professional … Wants to go to medical school and pursue a career as a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine … Member of the Eta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, as well as Beta Kappa Chi … Enjoys biking, swimming, listening to music, playing the guitar, and watching Netflix and
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| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills |
3 (3x), last: vs. Howard (11-12-19) |
| Total Attacks |
12 (2x), last: Delaware State (10-2-16) |
| Hitting Percentage |
.750 (3-0-4), vs. Howard (11-12-19) |
| Assists |
49, Coppin State (10-21-16) |
| Service Aces |
4, at Delaware State (10-16-16) |
| Digs |
18, Maryland Eastern Shore (9-30-16) |
| Block Assists |
2 (4x), last: Coppin State (10-21-16) |
| Total Blocks |
2 (4x), last: Coppin State (10-21-16) |
| Points |
6.0, Delaware State (10-2-16) |
