Honors & Awards
CoSIDA Academic All-District V First Team: 2005
First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2005
Career Notes: Assumed the starting role at libero after transferring from Missouri-St. Louis for the spring 2004 semester ... One of the Braves top passers, she led the team in digs in both of her season’s at Bradley and earned First-Team Academic All-District Honors as a senior.
Senior Season (2005): A first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection, she led the team in digs and digs per game and was the first player since Sam Hardwick to lead the team in digs in consecutive seasons ... Also earned first-team Missouri Valley Conference scholar-athlete honors ... Had a career-high 34 digs at Evansville and is the only player in school history to have 30 or more digs in two different matches ... Owns three of the top 10 totals in program history for digs in a match ... Tied the school mark for digs in a three-game match with 22 ... Totaled 538 digs as a senior, which ranks as the third highest season mark in school history and most by a Bradley player since 1985 ... Ranked fifth in the MVC in digs per game at 4.85 per game ... Averaged 5.58 digs per game in Missouri Valley Conference matches.
Junior Season (2004): Appeared in 29 matches and led the team with 333 digs and a 3.33 digs per game average ... Ranked fourth on the team with 16 aces ... Averaged a team-best 3.11 digs per game in Missouri Valley Conference play ... Posted double-digit dig totals in 16 matches, including three outings with more than 20 digs ... Her 28 digs at Butler tied for the ninth best match total in program history.
Missouri-St. Louis: Earned second team CoSIDA Academic All-District honors as a sophomore after leading the team in kills and ranking second in digs ... Also ranked second on the team with 27 service aces ... Notched double digit dig totals in 17 matches including a 27-dig outing ... A team captain as a freshman and sophomore, she was named academic all-conference and served as Vice President of the Service Fraternity Alpha Phi Omega.
High School: Served as team captain her junior and senior seasons ... Named All-Conference by the Daily Herald as both a junior and senior, including honorary captain of the all-area team as a senior ... Earned MSL East Player of the Year honors and took home all-tournament honors at the Prospect Invitational and Bison Invitationals in 2001.
Club Competition: Played for Sports Performance Volleyball Club from 1999-02 ... Helped her team to a first place finish at the USAV Nationals in 2000 and ninth place showing at the AAU Nationals in Florida in 2001 ... Also played for Circus Volleyball Club from 1996-99.
Personal: The daughter of Scott and Jamee Falknor, Gillian majored in History Education ... Birthdate: Feb. 6, 1984 ... The oldest of four children, she has three younger brothers: Pete, Tim and Chris ... Owned a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average in her first three semesters at Missouri-St. Louis before transferring to Bradley ... Earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in all five semesters at Bradley.
