Daily Pilot Athlete of the Week V

Name: Jillianne Whitfield

Born: July 24, 1986

Hometown: Costa Mesa

Height: 5-foot-7

Weight: 140

Sport: Basketball

Position: Guard

Coach: Jen Thompson

Favorite food: Mexican

Favorite movie: “The Whole Nine Yards”

Best athletic moment: She earned co-MVP honors of the Tournament of

Champions in field hockey after playing every minute of a 1-0 overtime

loss to Marina, under the lights at Edison High Nov. 1.

Athlete of the Week III: She scored a career-high 21 points and

grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds to help break the Sailors’ 20-game league

losing streak with a 46-44 win over visiting Aliso Niguel Jan. 24.