2023 Women's Volleyball Roster
Widener, Jilienne
Jersey Number 7
Jilienne Widener
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Westminster, Md.
- High School:
- Westminster
Bio
2023: Played in 17 matches and 53 sets, making six starts ... Finished the season with 2.68 kills per set ... Added 33 digs, 23 blocks and six service aces ... Posted seven matches with double-figure kills ... Started the season with 12 kills, four service aces, four digs and two blocks against Le Moyne (Sept. 1) ... Posted three-straight double-figure kill matches from Oct. 20 to 28 with 10 against Yale (Oct. 20), 12 against Penn (Oct. 27) and 10 against Princeton (Oct. 28) ... Had 13 kills with four blocks in a sweep at Dartmouth (Nov. 4) ... Posted a season-high 15 kills with five blocks in the Ivy League Semifinal against Princeton (Nov. 17) ... Added 11 kills in the Ivy League Final against Yale.
2022: Played in 18 matches and 55 sets, making eight starts ... Finished the season with 1.73 kills per set ... Added 46 digs, 20 blocks and six service aces ... Had two matches with double-figure kills ... Began the season with nine kills and five digs against Rhode Island (Sept. 2) ... Posted a season-high 16 kills and added four digs and two aces against Air Force (Sept. 3) ... Had 10 kills, hitting .308 with four digs against Siena (Sept. 3) ... Finished with nine kills and four digs at Bryant (Sept. 6) ... Had seven kills, four digs and three blocks at UConn (Sept. 17) ... Posted eight kills with two blocks against Princeton (Oct. 15) ... Finished with eight kills, eight digs and a block against Columbia (Oct. 28).
2021: Played in 23 matches and 66 sets, making 15 starts ... Finished the season with 1.55 kills per set and 1.61 digs per set ... Added 29 blocks, 16 assists and 12 service aces ... Posted three matches with double-digit kills ... Began the season with 13 kills and six digs against Bryant (Sept. 3) ... Tallied 12 kills, hitting .308 and added five digs against Holy Cross (Sept. 4) ... Posted a 10-kill, 10-dig double-double to go along with two service aces against NC State (Sept. 10) ... Had 11 digs against Columbia (Oct. 30) and 10 digs against Princeton (Nov. 5) ... Recorded back-to-back matches with four blocks against Penn (Nov. 6) and Harvard (Nov. 12).
2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.
Before Brown: Earned Prep Volleyball All-America honors in 2019 … Gained Carroll County Athletic League Player of the Year and Carroll County Times Player of the Year honors in 2017, 2018, and 2019; also Carroll County Times’ Player of the Year in 2016 … Selected as Carroll County Times’ Player of the Decade (2010-19) … Earned Baltimore Sun All-Metro Player of the Year and Varsity Sports Network Player of the Year in 2019 … Took home Prep Volleyball Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2018 … Selected as a finalist for the Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year in 2017, 2018, and 2019 … Garnered First Team All-County all four years … Earned First Team Baltimore Sun All-Metro accolades as a sophomore, junior, and senior; made Second Team as a freshman … Selected as a finalist for Prep Volleyball’s National Sophomore of the Year in 2017, National Junior of the Year in 2018, and National Senior of the Year in 2019 … Graduated as Westminster’s all-time kills leader with 1,311 career kills … Served team as a captain as a sophomore, junior, and senior … Played for coaches Edward Benish, Minh Pho, and Hope Ferguson at Westminster … Competed on the club level for Metro Volleyball Club of DC for coaches Silvia Johnson, Patrice Arrington, Corey Hobson, Adam Hughes, and Kyle Thompson … National Honor Society student.
Personal: Jilienne is the daughter of Stacey and Tony Widener … Has one older sibling, Camryn … Plans to concentrate in Psychology.
Why Brown? “I chose Brown because I wanted to play Division I level volleyball, while maintaining a rigorous academic schedule. The atmosphere on campus was very welcoming, and everybody seemed to respect each other. Also, the flexibility of the open curriculum was appealing.”
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 16, vs. Air Force (Sept. 3, 2022)
Assists: 2, nine times
Digs: 11, at Columbia (Oct. 29, 2021)
Blocks: 4, vs. Penn (Nov. 6, 2021)
Service Aces: 3, twice
2022: Played in 18 matches and 55 sets, making eight starts ... Finished the season with 1.73 kills per set ... Added 46 digs, 20 blocks and six service aces ... Had two matches with double-figure kills ... Began the season with nine kills and five digs against Rhode Island (Sept. 2) ... Posted a season-high 16 kills and added four digs and two aces against Air Force (Sept. 3) ... Had 10 kills, hitting .308 with four digs against Siena (Sept. 3) ... Finished with nine kills and four digs at Bryant (Sept. 6) ... Had seven kills, four digs and three blocks at UConn (Sept. 17) ... Posted eight kills with two blocks against Princeton (Oct. 15) ... Finished with eight kills, eight digs and a block against Columbia (Oct. 28).
2021: Played in 23 matches and 66 sets, making 15 starts ... Finished the season with 1.55 kills per set and 1.61 digs per set ... Added 29 blocks, 16 assists and 12 service aces ... Posted three matches with double-digit kills ... Began the season with 13 kills and six digs against Bryant (Sept. 3) ... Tallied 12 kills, hitting .308 and added five digs against Holy Cross (Sept. 4) ... Posted a 10-kill, 10-dig double-double to go along with two service aces against NC State (Sept. 10) ... Had 11 digs against Columbia (Oct. 30) and 10 digs against Princeton (Nov. 5) ... Recorded back-to-back matches with four blocks against Penn (Nov. 6) and Harvard (Nov. 12).
2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.
Before Brown: Earned Prep Volleyball All-America honors in 2019 … Gained Carroll County Athletic League Player of the Year and Carroll County Times Player of the Year honors in 2017, 2018, and 2019; also Carroll County Times’ Player of the Year in 2016 … Selected as Carroll County Times’ Player of the Decade (2010-19) … Earned Baltimore Sun All-Metro Player of the Year and Varsity Sports Network Player of the Year in 2019 … Took home Prep Volleyball Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2018 … Selected as a finalist for the Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year in 2017, 2018, and 2019 … Garnered First Team All-County all four years … Earned First Team Baltimore Sun All-Metro accolades as a sophomore, junior, and senior; made Second Team as a freshman … Selected as a finalist for Prep Volleyball’s National Sophomore of the Year in 2017, National Junior of the Year in 2018, and National Senior of the Year in 2019 … Graduated as Westminster’s all-time kills leader with 1,311 career kills … Served team as a captain as a sophomore, junior, and senior … Played for coaches Edward Benish, Minh Pho, and Hope Ferguson at Westminster … Competed on the club level for Metro Volleyball Club of DC for coaches Silvia Johnson, Patrice Arrington, Corey Hobson, Adam Hughes, and Kyle Thompson … National Honor Society student.
Personal: Jilienne is the daughter of Stacey and Tony Widener … Has one older sibling, Camryn … Plans to concentrate in Psychology.
Why Brown? “I chose Brown because I wanted to play Division I level volleyball, while maintaining a rigorous academic schedule. The atmosphere on campus was very welcoming, and everybody seemed to respect each other. Also, the flexibility of the open curriculum was appealing.”
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 16, vs. Air Force (Sept. 3, 2022)
Assists: 2, nine times
Digs: 11, at Columbia (Oct. 29, 2021)
Blocks: 4, vs. Penn (Nov. 6, 2021)
Service Aces: 3, twice
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