Jennifer Bonilla
Position: Libero
Height: 5-9
Weight: 150
Hometown/Residence: Reseda, California / Reseda, California
Birth Date: Feb. 26, 1992
Club Team/Coach: Sports Shack 18s (Beverly Hills, Calif.) / Tim Jensen
High School/Grad Year: Marymount High School (Los Angeles, Calif.) / 2010
College Status: Verbal commitment to University of Illinois
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 – NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship (Gold).
USA VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: 2009 – Selected to the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Training Team. 2008 – Part of gold-medal winning team which won the gold medal at the NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship, which qualified the U.S. into the 2009 FIVB World Championship. Named Best Libero at NORCECA Girls’ Youth Continental Championship with a tournament-leading 61.76 passing/receiving success percentage, 4.33 digs per set (third highest in tournament) and 53.62 passing efficiency (third highest in tournament) on 69 attempts…Participated in travel opportunity to Europe to participate on U.S. Girls’ Youth Team between December 2008 and January 2009. 2007 – Helped USA Select A1 Red Team win the gold medal at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championship in the Junior International Division, while earning the Best Passer award in the event. 2006 – Selected to the USA Select A1 Camp and assisted her squad to the silver medal in the USA Volleyball High Performance Youth International Division. 2005 – Selected to attend the USA Volleyball High Performance Girls’ National A2 roster. 2004 – Named to the USA Volleyball High Performance Girls’ National A1 roster.
CLUB/PREP HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 – Named All-CIF Division I Team…Selected to Volleyball Magazine’s 30 Underclassmen to Watch. 2007 – Was named Best Passer while competing in the Women’s Junior International Division of the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships...Named All-Tournament after assisting SCVC Elite to 15 Open Division gold medal at the USA Junior Olympic Girls’ Volleyball Championships. 2006 – Helped Marymount High School to CIF and California State titles…Named to PrepVolleyball.com’s Top 59 Freshman list. 2001 – Began playing club volleyball with En Fuego.
PERSONAL: Born Jennifer Alexandra Bonilla on Feb. 26, 1992, in Los Angeles, Calif… Mother is Antonia Bonilla and Godfather is Gustavo Beltran, Jr.… Godbrother is Isaiah Beltran (2001)…Hobbies include art, singing, shopping and music…Favorite food is sushi…Favorite book is A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and off the Court by John Wooden…Favorite musical categories are Hip-Hop and Rap…Favorite professional team is Los Angeles Lakers…Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant…Most admired person is Jackie Robinson because “his story is so inspiring and in certain ways I feel I can relate to him. Hearing his story gives me strength.”…Happiest moment in life was committing to University of Illinois.
INTERESTING NOTE: “My mother is from El Salvador. I was raised in the inner city of Los Angeles. When I make the USA teams is such an honor and I feel like it is an accomplishment for my community. I feel like it gives hope to other children in my community, that you can set goals and if you work hard, you can reach those goals.”
