2024 Men's Soccer Roster
Jackson Gilman
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Schwenksville, PA
- High School:
- YSC Academy
Career Highlights
2024 Third Team All-ACC
2024 USC All-South Region Second Team
2023 Third Team All-ACC
2023 TopDrawerSoccer Midseason top 100 list (No. 16)=
2023 TopDrawerSoccer Preseason top 100 List (No. 46)
2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2022 ACC All-Freshman Team
2022 College Soccer News All-Freshman First Team
2022 TopDrawerSoccer Freshmen Best XI First Team
2022 TopDrawerSoccer Freshmen Postseason Top 100 List (No. 10)
2022 All-ACC Academic Team
2024: Named team captain for the second-consecutive season … Garnered All-ACC Third Team honors … Appeared in 18 matches, while making 17 starts … Played the full 90 minutes 15 times … Anchored the Panthers’ back line to seven clean sheets and a 0.90 GAA … Recorded an assist in the win over Mercyhurst (8/25).
2023: Named team captain prior to the start of the season… Appeared and started all 17 matches for the Panthers during his sophomore campaign… Tabbed Third Team All-ACC for the first time in his career… Played a team-high 1517 minutes, all but 33 minutes on the season… Capped his season with a career-high two goals, two assists and six points on 17 shots (eight on goal)… Helped the Panthers secure six clean sheets on the season… Netted his first career goal in Pitt’s 3-0 home win over Wake Forest (9/9)… Potted his second goal of the season in a 3-1 home win over Virginia Tech (10/6)… Collected assists in wins over Howard (8/28) and Denver (9/25)… Scored a point in four different games for Pitt, all wins for the Panthers… Named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Team for the second straight season.
2022: Appeared and started in all 22 matches during his freshman campaign on the backline for the Panthers… Capped his stellar first season being named to the ACC All-Freshman Team along with the College Soccer News First Team Freshman All-America squad… Also named TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI First Team and ranked No. 10 in the postseason Freshman Top-100 rankings… One of the most consistent defenders in the country, he finished his first season with three assists and 17 shots while ranking third on the team in minutes played (1,992)… Notched his first career point with an assist in the 3-3 draw against #14 Akron (Sept. 19)… Collected an assist on Pitt’s lone goal at Louisville (Sept. 23) as he netted points in back-to-back games for the first time in his career… Helped Pitt secure the NCAA Tournament Second Round victory over #16 Akron (Nov. 20) with an assist on Pitt’s third goal of the match… Played every minute of Pitt’s final 18 games of the season including playing 90 minutes in the College Cup match against #13 Indiana… Notched a season-high three shots in the Panthers’ 5-0 win over Howard (Sept. 5)… Cornerstone of a Pitt defense that secured eight clean sheets on the year which ranked 10th in the NCAA… Earned All-ACC Academic Team honors for the first time in his career.
Club: Played with the Philadelphia Union Academy from 2016-2022... Played with the Philadelphia Union II from 2021-2022... Appeared in the inaugural MLS Next Pro season with the Philadelphia Union II... Senior year of high school played with the Philadelphia Union II and went to preseason with the team and played 8 games in the inaugural season of the MLS Next Pro league before leaving for Pitt... Junior year of high school captained U-17 team to a 3-seed in the MLS Next Playoffs.
Personal: Son of Steve and April Gilman... Has one sibling, Kendall... His father played division I baseball at UNC Asheville... Majoring in business at Pitt.
