Outlook

Jill Lenherr will provide a big presence up top ... Very strong, fast and physical player ... Expected to be in the starting mix and provide big things for the team this fall.

Freshman Year 2024

Helped JCCC win the Kansas Jayhawk Conference D-II, NJCAA Region 6 Division II and NJCAA District Division II titles and finish runner-up at the NJCAA Division II Tournament with an overall record of 19-1-4 … Played in 22 matches, six as a starter … Finished with seven goals and one assist for 15 points … Fired 41 shots, 24 on goal for a shots on goal percentage of .585 … Netted her first goal, the team’s fifth, in a 12-0 win over State Fair (9-2-24) … Had a string of scoring a goal in three straight matches beginning with the team’s fourth in a 6-0 win at Hesston (9-18-24) … Followed with a goal in an 18-0 blowout over Southeast and in a 7-0 win at Highland (9-29-24) … Picked up her lone assist in a 15-0 win at Southeast (10-19-24) … Netted the fourth goal in a 7-1 victory over Allen in the semifinals of the Region 6 Tournament (10-31-24) … Scored the final goal in a 3-0 win over No. 11 Rock Valley in the first match of pool play at the NJCAA Division II National Tournament (11-17-24) … Netted JCCC’s lone goal in a 1-1 tie against No. 3 Heartland in the national semifinals, a match the Lady Cavaliers eventually won in a shootout (11-21-24) … Scored the seventh penalty kick goal in the shootout to help JCCC to a 9-8 shootout victory and punch the Lady Cavaliers ticket to the National Championship Match (11-21-24) … Tied a team record for most goals scored in a national tournament with two and her four total points tie for second-most.

High School

Was a four-year starter for coach Klaus Kreutzer a Hayden High School, Topeka, Kan. … Graduated 2024 … Earned All-Centennial League first-team her junior year … Closed out her career with 39 goals and 22 assists for 100 points … As a freshman finished with 11 goals and four assists, followed by eight goals and five assists as a sophomore … Tallied 12 goals with seven assists while helping Hayden to a third-place finish at the Kansas Class 4-1A state tournament and a 12-6-2 overall record … As a senior finished with eight goals and six assists … Was also a three-year starter in basketball … Suffered an ACL injury that coast that kept her out for her senior season … Returned her senior year to help lead the Wildcats to third-place finish at the state tournament … Played club soccer for Topeka Independent in 2020-22 coached by Avery McCarter and Justin Broxterman helping the team win several tournament championships … Honor roll students. 

Personal

Born Jillian Rose Lenherr on June 24, 2006, in Topeka, Kan. … Nickname is Jill … Daughter of Jeff and Janet Lenherr … Has two sisters, Jordan and Jenna …  Major is undecided, but her career ambitions are to either be a dental hygienist or physical therapist … Favorite foods are pasta and burgers … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chick-fil-A … Favorite restaurant is Red Lobster … Favorite TV show is Gossip Girls … Favorite movie is Hunger Games … Favorite sports movie is Bend it Like Beckham … Favorite actors are Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds … Favorite book is Harry Potter … Favorite music entertainers are Taylor Swift and Billie Ellish … Favorite cartoon character is Rapunzel … Favorite athletes are Alex Morgan, Caitlin Clark and Mallory Pugh … Favorite sports teams are the Kansas City Current and Kansas City Chiefs .. Greatest sports moment was placing third at state … Best players she has played against are Oklahoma Sooners defender Kiki Smith and Topeka SC midfielder Trinity Childs … A notable alumnus from her school is former men’s college basketball coach Mark Turgeon.