2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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Nate Kurtz
Jeff Helsel

12 Talia Gilliard

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-9
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Mechanicsburg, Pa.
  • High School Mechanicsburg

Biography

AWARDS AND HONORS
  • All-PSAC West Second-Team – 2025
  • PSAC West Athlete of the Week – 1.21.25, 2.10.25
  • AD Honor Roll – Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
2024-25 | SENIOR
  • Selected to All-PSAC West Second-Team
  • Named PSAC West Athlete of the Week (Week 9 / Jan. 21, Week 12 / Feb. 10)
  • Appeared in 27 games with 22 starts
  • Averaged 13.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 2.6 steals in 33.8 minutes per game
  • Led team in scoring, three-pointers made (55), three-point percentage (.314), steals and minutes
  • Finished third in PSAC in steals and fifth in league in both three-point percentage and three-pointers per game (2.04)
  • Registered 22 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and three steals versus Seton Hill
  • Set a career high with 30 points and added six rebounds and three steals at Slippery Rock
  • Posted 29 points, three assists and four steals against Pitt-Johnstown
  • Collected six rebounds at IUP in first round of PSAC Tournament
2023-24 | JUNIOR
  • Appeared in 27 games as a reserve
  • Averaged 2.3 points and 0.9 rebounds in 8.2 minutes per game
  • Posted eight points, two rebounds and two steals versus Shippensburg
  • Tallied six points and one block at Pitt-Johnstown
  • Finished with four points and two rebounds against Seton Hill in first round of PSAC Tournament
  • Played 13 minutes versus Lock Haven in first round of NCAA Tournament
2022-23 | SOPHOMORE
  • Appeared in 29 games as a reserve
  • Averaged 3.0 points and 1.7 rebounds in 9.8 minutes per game
  • Recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Central State
  • Posted seven points and five rebounds against Mansfield
  • Played seven minutes versus Edinboro in quarterfinals of PSAC Tournament
2021-22 | FRESHMAN
  • Appeared in 10 games as a reserve
  • Averaged 1.0 points and 1.0 rebounds in 4.8 minutes per game
  • Totaled seven points and one block versus Central State
  • Collected three points, two assists and two steals at Slippery Rock
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Graduated from Mechanicsburg in 2021
  • Was coached by Clay McAllister
  • Set all-time school record with 1,289 points
  • Earned Class 5A first-team all-state honors as a senior
  • Received Class 5A second-team all-state status in 2020
  • Named to PennLive Big 15 All-Star Team as a junior and senior
  • Tabbed PennLive and Sentinel Player of the Year in 2020
PERSONAL
  • Daughter of Dustin and Krista Jackson
  • Majoring in criminal justice (criminology)

CAREER HIGHS

NCAA CAREER STATISTICS

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2021-22Freshman

    Guard
    5'9"
    12
  • 12

    2022-23Sophomore

    Guard
    5'9"
    12
  • 12

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    5'9"
    12
  • 12

    2024-25Senior

    Guard
    5'9"
    12