At Delaware: Expected to see playing time in the midfield.

High School: Played center midfield and forward for St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover, NH, from 2003-06 • Named to National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-New England team as a senior • team won Class I state title in 2006 and ended season ranked #14 in nation by NSCAA • played basketball and lacrosse as a freshman • honor roll student.

Personal: Jilyse M. Vendola • daughter of John and Joan Vendola • has four sisters, Jennnel, 25, Joslyn, 23, Jackley, 21, and Juliane, 20 • three youngest sisters all play or have played soccer at the college level • major undeclared.