High School: Played soccer as an outside midfielder and centerback and ran indoor and outdoor track…in track, set program record indoors at 600 meters and was a two-time second-team all-division qualifier… recipient of Most Unselfish Player Award in 2020… two-year soccer captain and three-year track captain…
Other: Played midfield and forward for GPS Rhode Island…
PERSONAL: born
Jillian P. Parenteau March 30, 2002…
Parents: Kristen and Jeffrey…
Sister: Kaitlyn...
Major: Communication…
Career plans: Media manager…
Residence: West Greenwich, RI…
JILLIAN...REVEALED
Favorite leisure-time activity: Reading
Most difficult aspect of college: 8 a.m. classes
Something that you hope that you will live to see: A female president
Something that you tried once but would never do again: Playing goalie
Most difficult aspect of your sport: Finding the ball after it went up in the air
Sport requiring the most strength: Gymnastics
Hardest thing you’ve ever done in your life: College soccer
Your favorite moment of all time: USWNT World Cup Final 2015
Most embarrassing moment:
Tripping over my shoelaces when I was backing up to take a free kick
Biggest crisis facing the world: Country music being good?
Closest brush with greatness: I live with Lindsay Fishman
Your greatest thrill in sports: Last-minute goals
Most important invention or discovery in your lifetime: Air Fryer
Most influential person in the world: Sarah Tompkins
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: Lawyer
World’s most recognizable person: Carmen Nieves
Superstitions: If we won, the next game day I must do everything the same way I did it before
Pet peeve:
People wearing headphones when they are hanging out with their family in public places
Biggest waste of money: Textbooks
Best advice you’ve ever received: Setbacks are setups for comebacks
What makes you unique? My hair
Where’s your favorite place on Earth? Rhode Island beaches
What matters most to you? Look good, feel good, play good
Who is the one person to whom you can confide? Lexi Almeida