HEAD COACH JILL MILLIS Head Coach
Entering her first season at UW-Stevens Point, Millis joins the Pointer staff from Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, Minn. Millis is no stranger to the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Millis, formerly Jill Janke, was a four-time letterwinner and all-conference performer at UW-Eau Claire where she won a national title her senior season. Millis hit the game-winning, walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning in the championship game against UW-Whitewater to give the Blugolds their first national title. Millis was a three-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Great Lakes First Team honoree and once a second team selection. In her career, she set school marks for fielding percentage (.991) and times hit by pitch (12). In addition, Millis holds the NCAA Division III record for putouts (1,519). She finished her career with a .370 batting average and 23 home runs, which is second all-time at Eau Claire. She boasted a career .564 slugging percentage, .443 on base percentage, and 141 RBIs in 185 career games.
Millis served one year as an assistant coach with her alma mater under Blugolds coach Leslie Huntington before taking the graduate assistant coaching position at Ithaca College where she coached with Deb Pallozzi, one of the all-time winningest coaches in NCAA Division III history. There she earned a master’s degree in sports management. After earning her master’s degree, Millis spent the fall of 2010 as the media relations intern at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) writing media releases, feature stories, managing the MIAC website, and creating logos and graphics. Late in 2010, Millis was hired as the head softball coach at Dakota County Technical College (DCTC). At DCTC, Millis worked to grow a roster of four eligible student-athletes into a program that expects to bring in 14 new recruits next season.
Millis also serves as the assistant media relations director for UWSP athletics, assisting with all aspects of the athletics media relations Following her playing career, the Black River Falls department. native was selected to participate on the ASA Regional All-Star team and played against Team Millis resides in Stevens Point with her husband, USA in Stevens Point. Nick.
20 SPORTS, 500 STUDENT-ATHLETES, 1 POINT