Jordan Gillette
Junior
Exercise Physiology
Natrona Heights, Pa.
Jordan Gillette received Academic All-Big 12 Gymnastics First Team honors as a sophomore. That same season, she competed in all 13 meets as a multi-event specialist and saw time on floor in 12 competitions.
If you could switch spots with another WVU athlete, who would it be?
A football player
What do you love most about WVU?
The campus and the feeling of what it is like to be part of the Mountaineer family
Who is your celebrity crush?
Sidney Crosby
If you could hang out with any Olympic gymnast for the day, who would it be?
Aly Raisman
What is the best advice you were ever given?
Remember your why
What is something most people might not know about you?
That I wasn’t only a gymnast. I also did diving and ran track
Who would you want to play you if they made a movie about your life?
Selena Gomez
Who do you look up to the most?
My grandfather and mother
What inspires you the most?
Making goals that I am able to achieve, making myself the best I can be and making my family and friends proud
Quote to live by?
When you feel like quitting, remember why you started.
Favorite WVU memory (so far)?
Beating Penn State at the 2016 Pink Invite
What is your favorite spot on campus?
Cary Gym - it’s where I feel most like myself, plus I am able to accomplish a lot with gymnastics and school work.
Favorite part of your day?
Early mornings when I am productive and bed time
What is something you’ve always wanted to do but never got the chance to?
Go to Hawaii
What one accomplishment are you most proud of?
Earning a full athletic scholarship at the beginning of sophomore year after working very hard during freshman year when I was a walk-on
How would other teammates describe you in one word?
Energizer bunny
What is your biggest pet peeve?
People who lie
How would you like WVU gymnastics to remember you?
Very ambitious, hardworking and determined to be the best I can be in the gym and outside of the gym
What was the most defining moment of your gymnastics career thus far?
Having a no fall season my freshman year on beam
What food could you live off of for the rest of your life?
Steak
What are three things you couldn’t live without?
Food, family, friends
Favorite place to travel to?
I love traveling, so anywhere
Who is the person who knows you the best?
My mom
What is your dream job?
Orthopedic surgeon
What was it that made you decide to come to WVU?
I fell in love with WVU the moment I stepped inside the Coliseum on my unofficial visit. I made my decision to come here that very moment.
