2022
Played in 22 games and made six starts, including both games at the College Cup to help the Bruins win the NCAA Championship … Played a season high of 95 minutes against North Carolina in the championship game and had 15 games with 45+ minutes played … Scored her first collegiate goal on Senior Day against Washington on Oct. 30 … Recorded the Bruins’ only goal in the NCAA Second Round game vs. UCF, which the Bruins won in a penalty shootout … Her cross into the box led to the game-winning goal in overtime in the NCAA quarterfinals against Virginia … 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 … 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 … Selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll … Named to UCLA’s All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year … Sat out the season due to injury.
2019
Played in eight games and averaged 14.5 minutes per game … Played in a season-high 24 minutes in the season opener against Iowa State … 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 … During 2022 Concacaf Qualifying, she scored two goals in a win over Turks and Caicos Islands and one goal in a win over Dominica … Started at the 2020 Concacaf U-20 Championships and scored the team’s only goal of the tournament in the first game … In 2018, she led Nicaragua to its first Concacaf U-20 Championship appearance in 10 years … Became the first player in Nicaragua history to score a goal in a Concacaf Championship round … Named Player of the Match against Jamaica at the 2018 U-20 Concacaf Championship … 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 … Participated in Super Y ODP, id2 and ECNL PDP … Ran track & field for two years at Spruce Creek HS, specializing in middle distances and high jump … Awarded the Best Middle Distance Runner award as a freshman.
Personal
Full name is Jaclyn Talia Gilday … Born in Orlando, Fla. … Parents are Jessica and Frank Gilday … Has an older brother, Frankie … Decided to attend UCLA due to its elite soccer program and high-level academics… Describes her greatest athletic thrill as winning in overtime to qualify for the 2018 Championship with Nicaragua … Hobbies include surfing, reading and traveling… Enrolled at UCLA in Winter 2019 … Physiological science major.