Christopher Newport University

2017 - Junior - First player in CNU history to earn first team All-American honors...Collected United Soccer Coaches plaudits, becoming just the fifth All-American in team history...First Team All-Region and First Team All-Conference while also earning Capital Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors...VaSID State Player of the Year and first team All-State...One of only four players to start all 21 games...Tied for league lead in scoring with 34 points on 14 goals and 6 assists...Breakout season included a team-high 93 shots with 54 on frame...Notched a hat trick, including the game-winning goal, against Wesley College on September 30...Had at least one goal in five of the last seven games while leading team into NCAA Tournament...Rarely left the field out of the midfield, ranking fourth on the team in minutes played...Helped lead record-breaking CNU offense that ranked third nationally in shots per game and 11th in scoring offense...Also a first team Scholar All-American and Scholar All-Region pick...Member of the CAC All-Academic Team.

2016 - Sophomore - First team NSCAA All-Region midfielder for the Captains also earned first team All-Conference and second team All-State accolades...Started all 21 games and led the midfielders in minutes played...Ranked fourth on the team in scoring, with 12 points...Poured in five goals and two assists, including the game-winning goal against nationally-ranked Rowan in the NCAA Tournament first round...Also scored the winner at Marymount (10/26)...Just second midfielder in program history to earn All-Conference honors in each of her first two seasons...Put 17 of her 36 shots on-frame...Named to CAC All-Academic Team.

2015 - Freshman - Immediate impact player in her first year for the Captains, starting as a center midfielder in all 20 games...Earned second team All-CAC honors as one of the top freshman in the league...One of just five players to start all 20 games...Ranked fourth on the team in scoring with nine points...Scored four goals and added one assist...Boasted thrilling two-goal effort against defending national champion Lynchburg, including the game-winning goal in overtime...Also scored goals at Mary Washington and against Houghton...Notched her only assist of the year against Randolph-Macon in the season opener...Took 48 shots, putting 18 on-frame...Member of the CAC All-Academic Team.

At Loudoun County - Played midfield all four years under head coach Kirk Smith, leading the Raiders to back-to-back district championships...Also guided squad to state championship as a senior year, winning conference and regional titles along the way...Named team's MVP and earned first team All-Conference, All-Region and All-State honors as a senior...Second team All-Conference as a junior.

Personal - Gabrielle Violet Gillis was born in Fairfax, Va. and goes by the nickname "Gabby"...Daughter of Lisa and Tighe Gillis...Has two brothers, James and Jared, and two sisters, Sabrina and Victoria...Sister Sabrina is also a member of the CNU women's soccer team...Dream vacation is a trip to Greece or Spain...Most impressive person met is her mother...Considers herself a movie fanatic...Superstitions include wearing the same headband in every game...Favorite food is dessert...Favorite movie is "Law Abiding Citizen"...Double Majoring in Sociology and Psychology.