Jillian Celis begins her second season on the Wolf Pack softball staff in 2025.
Along with the rest of Victoria Hayward's first-year Wolf Pack staff in 2025, Celis played a key role in the capture of Nevada's first Mountain West regular season championship. Nevada went 18-4 in conference play and finished 41-14 overall while being one of the top offensive teams in the Mountain West. At the end of the campaign, the Wolf Pack ranked in the national top 50 in such statistical categories as stolen bases (15th), slugging percentage (27th), batting average (30th), doubles (40th), hits (41st), home runs (48th), and runs per game (49th).
Celis' role with the Wolf Pack is her first in the collegiate ranks. She joined the Pack straight out of her five-year playing career at Washington and San Diego State.
Celis spent her final collegiate season with the Washington Huskies, batting .313, being named to the All-Pac-12 Defensive Team, and earning a spot on the All-Pac-12 Third Team.
Prior to her season with the Huskies, Celis played four seasons at San Diego State. She was a two-time all-conference honoree during her career with the Aztecs. Celis was a career .316 batter while hitting 16 home runs and 50 doubles. Celis is fifth all-time in Aztec history with 37 doubles, including 13 in her freshman season, a San Diego State record.
Celis played under Hayward in 2022 and 2023 when Hayward was an associate head coach at San Diego State. Additionally, Delanie Wisz coached Celis when she was a volunteer assistant at San Diego State in 2023.
Celis is a native of Corona, Calif., and earned a B.S. in Business from San Diego State in 2023.
