Jill Alves
Jill Alves
Height: 5-3
Year: Sr
Hometown: Whitman, Mass.
High School: Whitman-Hanson Regional
Major: Psychology

Career Bests:
Capital One Academic All-American

5k: 18:26.2 (second overall) at the NE-10 Championships on November 7, 2010.
6k: 22:59 (fifth overall) at the NCAA Division II East Regionals on November 21, 2010.

2011: Capital One Academic All-American. NE-10 Academic All-Conference. Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall Semester). NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Both Semesters). USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree. Capital One Academic All-District I selection (Cross Country and Track & Field). NCAA Division II All-East Region Team. NE-10 All-Conference Third Team. Posted a season-best time of 18:34.85 on the 5-kilometer layout at the NE-10 Championships (15th overall). Finished 14th overall at the NCAA Division II East Regionals on the 6-kilometer course in 23:23.0. Placed 89th overall at the NCAA Division II National Championships (6-kilometers, 23:48.2). Finished 36th overall (8th among Division II competitors) at the National Catholic Championships (5k, 18:41). Posted a time of 19:53 at the Codfish Bowl (5k, 29th overall). Alves Earns Fourth-Career All-East Region Honors.

2010: NE-10 Academic All-Conference. Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring Semester. NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll both semesters. USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree. Capital One Academic All-District I selection (Cross Country and Track & Field). NCAA Division II All-East Region Team. NE-10 All-Conference First Team. Finished second overall in the NE-10 championships shattering her career best in the 5k in 18:26 while guiding the Skyhawks to their second-consecutive conference title. Placed fifth overall in the NCAA Division II East Regionals setting a career best in the six-kilometer with a time of 22:59. Finished 77th overall in the NCAA Division II championships leading Stonehill to an 18th place finish (67th overall among scoring runners).

2009: USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree. NCAA Division II All-East Region Team. NE-10 All-Conference First Team. Was Stonehill's top finisher at the Bryant Invitational, placing 12th, and at the USI Pre-National Invitational, placing 15th. Finished 19th at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational. Placed 4th overall in the NE-10 championship. Finished 8th overall at the NCAA Division II East Regional meet, earning a selection to the All-East Region Team fo the second straight year. NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (9/8, 9/29).

2008: NCAA Division II All-East Region Team. NE-10 All-Conference First Team. NE-10 Freshman of the Year. NE-10 Freshman of the Week (9/15, 10/27, 11/10). Placed 6th in the 4k at the Trinity Invite. Placed 4th in the 5k at the Tufts Invite. Placed 70th in the 6k at the Iona Meet of Champions. Placed 46th in the 5k at the New England Championships. Finished 4th overall in the 5k at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships, earning First Team All-Conference accolades. Placed 6th overall in the 6k at the East Regional Championships, earning All-Regional accolades. Finished 155nd in the 6k at the NCAA Championships. NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (9/8, 9/22).

High School: 2008 graduate of Whitman-Hanson Regional High School. Four-year letterwinner, serving as captain junior and senior year. Earned Boston Herald All-Scholastic honors in cross country as a senior. Named Atlantic Coast League All-Star in both cross country and track. Four-year letterwinner in indoor and outdoor track, serving as captain of both teams senior year. Team MVP as a junior in cross country and indoor track. Team MVP as a senior in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track.

Personal: Born December 12, 1989, Weymouth, Mass. Daughter of Sheila and Ken Alves of Whitman, Mass. Has one brother, Richard (22). Majoring in psychology.