2022 Fall - Senior+ Season
Awards: Team Captain...Academic All Big Ten... Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
Season: Played in 20 games on the back line with 12 starts...Notched one goal and one assist.
Illinois (9/25): Netted first goal as a Nittany Lion in a 5-0 win. Quinnipiac (11/13): Tallied one assist in a 4-1 win.
2021 Fall - Senior+ Season
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2021 Spring - Senior Season at Boston College Season: Served as team captain...Played and started all 14 games...Recorded 25 shots and two assists on the year.
Rhode Island (3/21): Tallied an assist. Northeastern (4/1): Played a season-high 98 minutes. Wake Forest (4/8): Notched an assist.
2019 - Junior Season at Boston College
Season: Started all 18 contests for the Eagles...Recorded three assists on the season...Logged 1,203 minutes on the pitch...Recorded eight shots.
UMass (8/22): Tallied an assist in the season-opening win. Mississippi State (9/15): Notched an assist. Wake Forest (10/13): Assisted on her sister Kayla Jenning's goal.
2018 - Sophomore Season at Boston College
Season: Played and started in all 20 games...Finished the season third in assists with four total...Totaled 1,441 minutes.
Florida State (9/23): Assisted the game winning goal in the Eagle's 2-1 win. Pittsburgh (10/25): Scored her first collegiate goal.
2017 - Freshman Season at Boston College
Awards: Athletic Director's Award for Academic Achievement...ACC Honor Roll.
Season: Played in 20 games with 10 starts...Played defense and midfield and recorded 1029 minutes...
Wake Forest (9/24): Notched first career point on an assist in the Eagles' 1-0 win.
BEFORE BOSTON COLLEGE
A four-year varsity midfielder at Montclair High School... Served as a captain as a senior...Helped Montclair to the 2016 Essex Country finals...Won 2015 GIV Sectional & Essex Country championships...Named to 2014-16 All- American Watch Lists...Named 2016 Team MVP...Earned All-Essex Country first team honors three times...Named 2014-16 All-SEC Conference first team selection... Named 2014 All-State MSG second team...Tabbed 2013 All-SEC Conference second team...Finished her high school career with 44 goals and 42 assists... Played club soccer for Match Fit Academy and coach Jordan Raper from 2012-17 ...In July of 2016 attended ECNL National ID Camp and in March 2016 competed at the ECNL PDP Northeast Metro.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Shawn and Ann Jennings....Has an older brother Zach (Penn State '18), older sister Kayla played soccer at Boston College with Jill for three seasons, a younger brother Max and younger brother Luke...Enrolled in the Management and Organizational Leadership graduate program.
WHY I CHOSE PENN STATE
“I couldn't be more grateful for this opportunity to continue my collegiate soccer career at an exceptional program and receive a Master's degree in Management and Organizational Leadership from the Smeal College of Business," Jennings said. "I want to thank Coach Dambach, the entire staff and team for welcoming me into this family. I have the utmost respect for what this program has built and I feel so blessed to be a part it. To play in this environment of excellence alongside a talented group of women is incredibly exciting and I'm looking forward to what we can accomplish this fall.”