#8 Jill Gruber
Sophomore
Middle Hitter
Height: 5-10
Hometown: Sauk Centre, MN
High School: Sauk Centre H.S, ('08)
Major: Exercise Science

2008 -

Personal: All-Conference volleyball, basketball, softball ...Sauk Centre Female Athlete of the Year...AAA Winner...All-Section teams in volleyball, basketball, softball.. letter-winner in volleyball, basketball, softball, choir...daughter of Rob and Mary...hobbies include hanging out with friends/family, going to the lake

Why Did You Choose to Come to Concordia? “I like the Fargo/Moorhead area and wanted to be part of the volleyball team.”

_____________________The GRUBER File

Nickname: Jilly Cat

One word that best describes me: Fun

Where would you go if you could spend one week anywhere in the world: Ireland

Favorite foods: Oriental chicken salad

Favorite restaurant: Applebee's

Favorite movies: 17 Again

Favorite TV show: Lost, Secret Life of the American Teenager

Favorite Musical Groups: Lady Antebellum

Favorite book: Shades of Simon Gray

Favorite holiday: Christmas

One thing I can't live without: my iPod

Best gift you ever received: too many to count
The three people I would most like to meet: Kerri Walsh, Adam Sandler, Matthew McConaughey

The biggest influence on my volleyball career: Jim Klaphake

Greatest personal sports moment: Getting to the sub-section championship game

If I were to play another sport it would be: Softball

My favorite pro sports team: Twins

My dream job is: Physical Therapist for a pro sports team

The most unusual thing the average person would not know about me is: I have weird elbows

Before each match I: Listen to music

What is your greatest fear: to get kidnapped on a dark street

What was the first CD you ever owned: Britney Spears

One thing I absolutely have to do before I turn 40: Travel Europe

If I could be on any TV reality show it would be: Real World

The best thing about Fargo-Moorhead is: So much to do

This summer I: hung out with friends and worked at volleyball camps

Favorite cartoon character: Bugs Bunny

My favorite thing about Concordia volleyball is: the girls

If I were president, the first thing I would do is: paint the white house pink