Awards
- Patriot League Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
- Academic All-Patriot League (2025)
- All-Patriot League Second Team (2024)
- NFCA All-Northeast Region Second Team (2022)
- Patriot League Rookie of the Year (2022)
- All-Patriot League First Team (2022)
- Patriot League Rookie of the Week (2/15/22, 3/1/22, 4/5/22, 4/19/22, 4/26/22, 5/3/22)
Career Statistics
Games/Starts: 198/198
Colgate Debut: February 11, 2022 vs. Rhode Island
Career Stats: .306 BA (196-641), .370 ob%, .412 slg%, 196 H, 28 2B, 8 3B, 8 HR, 81 RBIs, 109 R
2025 (Senior)
Games/Starts: 53/53
Stats: .266 BA (46-173), .338 ob%, .399 slg%, 46 H, 10 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 22 RBI, 31 R
- Graduates as the program's all-time leader in career at-bats (641)
- One of three players on the team to start every game on the season
- Finished second on the team with 10 doubles
- Recorded 11 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI performances
- Notched three hits in a game on four separate occasions
- Went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored, including a double against Le Moyne (4/23)
- Was 5-for-6 with six RBIs, five runs scored, a home run, and a double in the sweep over Le Moyne
2024 (Junior)
Games/Starts: 50/50
Stats: .314 BA (50-159), .394 ob%, .390 slg%, 16 RBIs, 29 R
- Was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in a 9-0 win over Bethune-Cookman (2/17).
- Added two RBIs and two runs when she went 3-for-3 in a 9-1 win against Lafayette (2/25).
- Logged four-straight multi-hit games (4/15-4/20).
2023 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts: 47/47
Stats: .280 BA (42-150), .339 ob%, .347 slg%, 23 RBIs, 14 R
- Had a 2-for-2 outing against San Diego (3/18).
- Tallied five RBIs in a 2-for-3 performance versus Siena (4/18).
- Added three hits, an RBI and a run when Colgate fell to Boston University (4/22).
2022 (First-Year)
Games/Starts: 48/48
Stats: .365 BA (58-159), .410 OB%, .509 SLG%, 20 RBIs, 35 R
- Named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year, Colgate’s first major award honoree since 2011.
- Earned the Patriot League’s Rookie of the Week award six times, including three straight to close out the regular season.
- Led the team with 15 multi-hit performances, including four games with at least three hits. Also paced the Raiders in hits (58), batting average (.365), on-base percentage (.410), and slugging percentage (.509).
- Ranked in the Patriot League's top 10 in eight different categories, including fourth in batting average, fourth in triples, fifth in hits, and fifth in runs scored.
- Started her collegiate career on a 13-game hitting streak.
- Went 4-for-4 with a home run at Samford (3/17).
- Cranked a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning of Colgate’s 2-1 victory over Army in the regular season finale (5/8).
Before Colgate
Utility player at Lakewood Ranch…Posted a .426 career batting average with 109 hits, eight home runs and 62 RBIs…Reached base a .518 clip for her high school career…Registered a .491 batting average as a senior and belted seven homers with 40 RBIs on her way to a state championship…Landed First Team All-State and HT PREPs All-Area honors in 2021…Three-time All-State section (2018-21)…Helped lead her team to three District and Regional championships along with a state runner-up finish in 2019…Two-year captain and named the team’s MVP in 2021…Competed on the club circuit for the Tampa Mustangs…Helped lead the team to a Triple Crown Southeast National Championship and World Fastpitch Championship in 2020.
Personal
Born: Jillian Amber Herbst in Sarasota, FL
Family: Daughter of Kathy and Richard Herbst… has one brother, Patrick.
