2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Jackie Gilday
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Spruce Creek
- Hometown:
- New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
2022
Played in 22 games and made six starts, including both games at the College Cup to help the Bruins win the NCAA Championship โฆ Played a season high of 95 minutes against North Carolina in the championship game and had 15 games with 45+ minutes played โฆ Scored her first collegiate goal on Senior Day against Washington on Oct. 30 โฆ Recorded the Bruinsโ only goal in the NCAA Second Round game vs. UCF, which the Bruins won in a penalty shootout โฆ Her cross into the box led to the game-winning goal in overtime in the NCAA quarterfinals against Virginia โฆ Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors and became a three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection.
2021
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honoree and named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight year โฆ Played three minutes in the season opener against UC Irvine before sitting out the rest of the season due to injury.
2020
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honoree โฆ Selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll โฆ Named to UCLAโs All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year โฆ Sat out the season due to injury.
2019
Played in eight games and averaged 14.5 minutes per game โฆ Played in a season-high 24 minutes in the season opener against Iowa State โฆ Named to the UCLA All-Academic Team.
Nicaragua National Team
Scored two goals for Nicaragua's National Team in World Cup qualifiers in Spring 2022 โฆ During 2022 Concacaf Qualifying, sheย scored two goals in a win over Turks and Caicos Islands and one goal in a win over Dominica โฆ Started at the 2020 Concacaf U-20 Championships and scored the teamโs only goal of the tournament in the first game โฆ In 2018, she led Nicaragua to its first Concacaf U-20 Championship appearance in 10 years โฆ Became the first player in Nicaragua history to score a goal in a Concacaf Championship round โฆ Named Player of the Match against Jamaica at the 2018 U-20 Concacaf Championship โฆ Invited to play with the Nicaragua Full National Team at the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
High School/Club
Played with Orlando City ECNL for two years and in the United Soccer Alliance DA for two years โฆ Participated in Super Y ODP, id2 and ECNL PDP โฆ Ran track & field for two years at Spruce Creek HS, specializing in middle distances and high jump โฆ Awarded the Best Middle Distance Runner award as a freshman.
Personal
Full name is Jaclyn Talia Gilday โฆ Born in Orlando, Fla. โฆ Parents are Jessica and Frank Gilday โฆ Has an older brother, Frankie โฆ Decided to attend UCLA due to its elite soccer program and high-level academicsโฆ Describes her greatest athletic thrill as winning in overtime to qualify for the 2018 Championship with Nicaragua โฆ Hobbies include surfing, reading and travelingโฆ Enrolled at UCLA in Winter 2019 โฆ Physiological science major.
