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Wilmington's Jillian Miele Repeats As D-III Field Hockey All-American
The Johnson & Wales forward completed her career as the school's all-time leader in goals, assists and points.
![Wilmington's Jillian Miele, a graduate student forward at Johnson & Wales University, led the Wildcats with 69 points, 25 goals and 19 assists this past fall.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/24774390/20221223/061036/styles/patch_image/public/miele___23180433465.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Wilmington High grad Jillian Miele, a fourth-year field hockey player at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, has been named a Division III Third-Team All-American, the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) announced earlier this month.
Miele, a forward, earned the All-America distinction for a second straight season.
This fall, Miele had a team-high 69 points, 25 goals, and 19 assists for a Wildcats squad that went 19-2 overall, 11-0 in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) before losing to Williams College in the NCAA Tournament.
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Miele had at least one point in 18 of GWU's 21 games, including two goals in the 3-1 win over Simmons in the Nov. 5 conference championship game.
An All-GNAC First-Teamer and NFHCA Region I First-Team selection, Miele led the GNAC in assists and was second in goals and points in 2022.
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Miele completed her JWU career as the program's all-time leader in goals (84), assists (47) and points (215).
In 2021, during her third collegiate season, Miele was an NFHCA Region I First-Team selection and an NFHCA Second-Team All-American.
At Wilmington High, Miele was a three-time Middlesex League All-Star, and she still holds the school's single-season goals record, scoring 30 during her senior campaign.
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