Her prep school soccer career was over, but a big decision still remained for Jillian Gregorski.
Just weeks after that career ended triumphantly, with her Westminster School team beating Thayer Academy, 1-0, in the NEPSAC Class A championship game in November, the standout senior midfielder switched her college commitment from Xavier to Kansas, where she will enroll this summer and prepare for the rigors of playing in the Big 12.
The precipitating event was Xavier head coach Nate Lie, who’d recruited her to that university, leaving to take on the challenge of rebuilding a Kansas program that had fallen on hard times.